mwibm -
While you are correct that NI Support Engineers around the world support the questions asked in the discussion forums, your question about the SG04 is being handled by the US team.
We have internal procedures for escalation of issues from any NI Support Engineer around the world all the way up to the R&D engineers, so in theory it shouldn't matter who is handling your question because it should go up the chain until there is a solution. I understand that in practice things aren't this simple. I will see what I can do internally to get this issue resolved for you.
Thanks!
Molly K.
Web Support & Operations Manager
National Instruments