I found out that when you have the Explorer software open and the .iak file that your using in LabVIEW is opened in the Explorer software, that windows only allows one application to use the COM 1 port. Once I closed the Explorer app. the LabVIEW VI began to work.
Thanks for your help I'm a self teaching novice here so please ignore the simplexity of some question I may ask in the future.
Thanks again,
John Morris
Glendinning Marine Products, Inc.