niScopeDAQ or niScopeDMF dll could not be loaded

[Cimtek]

Hi there,

We have a NI PCI-5112 installed in an inductrial PC. The OS is Windows 2003 server. After power up, the call to niScope_init returns an errorcode of 0xBFFA4030, the error message associated with this errorcode is "The specific niScopeDAQ or niScopeDMF dll could not be loaded.". After going to "Measurement & Automation" and opening "My System"->"Devices and Interfaces"->"Traditional NI-DAQ Devices"->"NI 5112 for PCI (Device 2)"->"Test Panels...", the device works with our niScope_init call. We tried to uninstall, reinstall the NI software, it didn't help.

For your information, here is the list of NI software installed in our system:
NI Hierarchical Waveform Storage 1.1
NI IVI Compilance Package 2.1
NI Labview Run-Time Engine 7.0
NI Labview Run-Time Engine 7.1
NI Measurement & Automation 3.1
NI-DAQ 7.1, Traditional
NI-DAQmx 7.2
NI-Scope 2.6
NI-VISA 3.0.1f3

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Hanshi

[Shea C]

Hanshi,

NI SCOPE is not officially supported by Windows Server 2003. Some customers have been successful using other NI drivers such as NI DAQ with 2003 server but unfortunately it is nothing we can guarantee will work as there has not been extensive testing to indicate this. You may want to try using the latest drivers available for your device before assuming that it is incompatible. The latest drivers are available for download at

http://digital.ni.com/softlib.nsf/MainPage?ReadForm&node=132010_US

You may need to upgrade versions of other drivers such as NI DAQ before installing a newer version of NI SCOPE. The requirements for the driver can be found in the readme file included with the driver. I hope this resource helps!

Regards,

Shea C
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