Replacing PCI-6601 with PCIe-6612

[RobertoBozzolo]

Hello all, I'm currently asked to renew an old test bench built in 2006 which was using a PCI-6601 DAQ board together with R6868 cable and CB68LP connector block.

Suggested replacement is PCIe-6612 which as far as I can see can be connected again with a R6868+CB68LP.

I'm aware that the old card was using the old NI-DAQ driver, and I will need to convert the program to DAQmx: this is not a problem.

My question is at hardware level: are the accessories that I should buy now exactly the same as the ones I bought in 2006? That is: can I simply move the cable from the old board to the new one and work only at the SW level or do I need to also buy a new cable and/or a new connector block and perform some adaptation in the hardware?

[santo_13 · Accepted solution]

As long as the signal mapping on the connector of both the cards matches, you're good to reuse the same accessories.

Yes, they are directly compatible in terms of accessories - https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/cable-accessory-guide/daq-multifunction-i-o-cable-access...

[RobertoBozzolo]

Thank you Santhosh, in the meanwhile I arrived at the same page as yours, but it's good to be corroborated in my findings.