Advantech 1730 mass confusion

[idbeu]

Hi, I'm a newbie at IO programming, but I'd really like to learn. I was given an Advantech PCI-1730 to play with, but I'm having trouble understanding the concepts involved with making it control a relay.

The card came with a few examples, but they all eventually lead to subvi's that link to C code, which I can't find. It makes it horribly annoying to learn from. I know how to send GPIB or VISA commands to a machine, but this doesn't seem to support any similar commands (unless I just can't find them).

My question is, what should I read? What website should I start at? Does anyone have any tips on programming this card to control a circuit?

Thanks for any help!
-James

[Dennis_Knutson]

Your best bet is to go to Advantech's web site and see what you can find there. At the very least, you'll need to download the driver for the card. What it sounds like you have is a set of VIs that access a DLL from Advantech for controlling the board. You will need to install their software before you can run anything. NI's MAX will not help you either as it's only for NI boards.