fieldpoint

[JimN]

I have the professional version of labVIEW 8.  I installed it and couldn't find the fieldpoint vi's. I moved them over from my old labVIEW 7.1. But, it seems that I am missing some menu files that one knowledge base refers to: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/7B21ADB6CD5ADCDF86256A3B0052D2A0?OpenDocument

2. Copy the FieldPoint folder into your Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 7x\vi.lib folder.
3. Copy the fpConfiguration.mnu, fpOptomux.mnu, fpPublish.mnu, and fpRT.mnu files into your LabVIEW 7x\vi.lib\addons folder.
4. Copy the ExpresFP.mnu file into your LabVIEW 7x\menus\default\Express folder.

I don't have the fpPublish or the fpRT mnu files, or the ExpresFP.mnu files

I have renamed all of my old versions of labVIEW (ie. oldlabview7.1).  I have uninstalled the fieldpoint 4.1 through the windows control panel and downloaded the field point 4.1 zip and reinstalled it.  There seems to be no support files for labVIEW 8.  After doing this, the above files are not anywhere on my computer.  Also, when I go to create an installer, under the additional installers there is no field point choice.

I have tried numerous uninstalls and reinstalls of fieldpoint 4.1 and well as trying both cds of device drivers.  Another thing is that on the knowledge base about creating installers: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/5ADBC06AC32E508A8625706E0062EBD1

The example shows the box checked for fieldpoint "5", is there such a thing?

When I get everything working, a question about the iak file.  I know that it needs to be put on the target computer in the same place the vi will look for it. If it is something like  C:/myapp.iak, is there a way that the installer could put it there so it wouldn't have to be done manually from the app/install cd?

Thanks

Jim

[JimN]

I seemed to have fixed some of the problem with: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/B62BA881D8ED1FF48625709E00680BF0

However, when creating an installer there still is no fieldpoint checkbox under additional installers

Jim

[Aaron_G]

Jim,

NI FieldPoint 4.1 is the version that shipped with LabVIEW 7.1. It will not recognize and install drivers for LabVIEW 8.0. Looking at the NI ftp site and web site, I do not see a newer version posted yet. It should have shipped on the drivers CD that would have come with your copy of LabVIEW. If not, hopefully NI will post it soon.

As for the installer, with the LabVIEW Application Builder (at least in versions prior to 8.0, I haven't played with 8.0 much yet), you could add the IAK file as a support file. Then, in the installer creation tab, under Files, you can set custom destinations for any of the files. In your case, you would Installation Destination as the root directory and would not specify a sub-directory.

Regards,

Aaron

[Tom_W_[DE]]

Hi All-

Aaron is correct- there is no FieldPoint driver for LabVIEW 8.0 available on the web currently.  The FieldPoint driver was not shipped with the LabVIEW 8.0 Driver CD because the LabVIEW Real-Time module had not yet completed testing for release.  The FieldPoint 5.0 driver will be available shortly on the LabVIEW Real-Time Driver CD as well as a web download, but at the moment the FieldPoint 4.1 workaround from the KB Jim posted is the only option for using FieldPoint with LabVIEW 8.0. 

Hopefully this helps-

[JimN]

The URL I posted was a workaround until fp 5.0 comes out. However, 8 is much different animal when it comes to building an application. There is a page called "additional installers" under which fieldpoint should be there. But on mine, it still doesn't show. Also, I don't think it allows for custom destinations of files. Thanks Jim

[Tom_W_[DE]]

Hi Jim-

The 4.1 version of the FieldPoint driver does not have support for this feature because the additional installer functionality is new to LabVIEW 8.0 and drivers built specifically for LabVIEW 8.0, like FieldPoint 5.0. 

[JimN]

Ok, then how would I build my application. Jim

[Tom_W_[DE]]

Hi Jim-

For the timebeing, you should just build your installer for the application without including the driver and simply install the FieldPoint 4.1 driver seperately.  I will post back to this thread as soon as the new driver is available for download.

Hopefully this helps-

[Tom_W_[DE]]

Hi All-

As promised, here is the much anticipated FieldPoint 5.0 driver.  Enjoy

[Soup]

Has anyone else noticed that using the Item Name "All" in FieldPoint 5.0 for analog modules merely returns an array of zeroes, independent of the actual values of all the channels on the module?