Labview is constantly requesting the device driver cds

[Joseph_Loo]

I am running Labview 8.01. I have copied all the device drivers from the two cds onto the disk drive. I have gone into the additional installer to point to this location for all the installation modules that it allows me to set (NI Data Socket contantly pointing to the cd directory). I have selected:

    NI Labview Engine run-time 8.01

[Joseph_Loo]

Part of the message got sent before completion

NI Measurement and Automation Explorer 4.0

NI Field point 5.0

Whenever I do the build it always request the distribution for device drivers but it does not state what it is requesting.

[JLS]

Hello,

If you installed the driver CD or specific drivers from our website, then your additional installers page will show you the relevant options for adding additional installers.  I am not sure how you have saved the driver CD to your drive, but if you're being asked for the driver CD, I presume you may have selected to include a driver, and then it wasn't found.  Can you install the driver CD, and then attempt to build your installer by selecting the additional installers you would like to include?

Best Regards,

JLS

[Joseph_Loo]

The driver from the CD are already installed. This is occuring on a build during the installer build where it is bundling all the aditional installers. I have already marked the additional installers to look for the files where I have copied the device driver files. This is coming up evidently from a dependency of some sort which I can not determine.

[JLS]

Hello,

It sounds very much like one of the additional installers can't be found.  Perhaps the following will make sense and help:

Copy the contents of both CD's to a single location without any extra levels of hierarchy - that is, if each CD has a single folder containing all the files when you copy it to your hard drive, then copy the contents of THAT folder to the single location so that everything sits "at the same level."

Also, can you cut the number of installers in half, then again, then again... until you can determine which one is causeing the problem?  Perhaps we can narrow it to a particular installer.

I hope this helps and look forward to hearing back from you!

Best Regards,

JLS

[Joseph_Loo]

The device driver were all copied into a single location all. I just made sure that it did not over write the previous version. I copied driver 1 first followed by driver 2. all the files must be there otherwise when it requested the file it completes without error.

I use three additional installation modules:

Run time labview 8.0.1 no problem

Measurement & automation unknown dependency

FieldPoint 5.0 unknow dependency.

If you use either Measurement  & automation or fieldpoint 5.0 it will cause the dependency.

[JLS]

Hello,

When you select Measurement and Automation Explorer, where does it point you by default?  I have attached a screenshot showing you the field you noted you have updated, and I think it will point to an NI-DAQ installation which will install Measurement and Automation Explorer.  Perhaps you aren't pointing directly to the right installation, and then it asks you for the driver CD since it can find it there deterministically.

I look forward to your repost - perhaps some screenshots from your end will help clarify things.

Best Regards,

JLS

[Joseph_Loo]

I have it pointed to the location where I put all of the drivers in. The picture has the only additional modules I need with the build.

[JLS]

Hello,

Ok, let's try this.  I looks like your path is to a folder containing all the drivers.  Since my Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX) pointed to the NI-DAQ installer folder, try pointing your there, and for fieldpoint, directly to the fieldpoint installer folder.  Perhaps you can try it with just MAX first and see if that resolves the problem.  My guess is that the installer isn't searching for those - if it doesn't find what it needs immediately in the folder you specify (at that level) it will as for the driver CD.

I hope we've got it this time!

I look forward to your reply!

Best Regards,

JLS

[Joseph_Loo]

On my distribution there is no NI-DAQ location. I have a MAX location only.