Running Introduction labs

[jûrgen]

I recently installed NI ELVIS software and am trying to run the example labs that came with ELVIS to become familiar. In particular I have been trying to run
the "RC Transient" and "Digital Thermometer" labs. They will not run though.
I receive a following error: Error -10401 occurred at AI Group Config, Possible reason(s):
NI-DAQ LV: The specified device is not a National Instruments product, the driver does not support the device (for example, the driver was released before the device was supported), or the device has not been configured using the Measurement & Automation Explorer. I have labview 7 installed, a DAQ card that works, and the NI elvis equipment installed. Why won't they work?

[AlanArmstead]

Hello, I'd like to help you, can I get some more information:
What data acquisition device do you have?
What version of NI-DAQ (7.3.1 is the most recent) do you have installed?
Are you able to run test panels in Measurement & Automation Explorer?
How do you know your DAQ device is working properly?
Where did you get the labs you are trying to run? They are LabVIEW programs, right?
-Alan A.

[jûrgen]

Hello!
I have DAQ device NI PCI-6251. The version of NI-DAQ I have installed is 7.3.0. Yes, I am able to run the test panels in Measurement & Automation Explorer. I am doing my final year project so I got these labs from my teacher, and yes they are LabVIEW programs from the LabVIEW 7 Express manual.

[AlanArmstead]

Ok, your board is an M Series board. M Series boards are only supported by the NI-DAQmx driver. The program you are trying to run is a Traditional DAQ program (AI Group Config is a Traditional DAQ VI). With that board, you will need to run applications programmed with NI-DAQmx. There a ton of great examples written with DAQmx that install automatically with the NI-DAQ driver. You can find them in LabVIEW by going to Help>>Find Examples. Navigate to Hardware Input and Output>>DAQmx. Hope this helps!
-Alan A.

[Michael]

Hello,

I think your problem is that you don't have the latest driver of NI ELVIS installed. It was released late last year specifically to support M-series boards, and has all new programs, examples, etc. You can download the NI ELVIS driver at
http://digital.ni.com/softlib.nsf/websearch/0280F23C58AAB00486256F150078C338?opendocument&node=132070_US

[creekmax]

I ran into this problem as well (after solving many, many other cascading issues...).  I solved this problem by downloading the latest versions of the Courseware examples at www.ni.com/academic.  I believe this included support for NI-DAQmx.

In general, I've solved may of my recent issues by downloading current versions of software, drivers, etc.  It is especially important to download ELVIS 3.0 for LabVIEW 8 support.