New IF Transceiver Software ver. 1.2 Available (LabVIEW 8.5)
For those users wishing to use the NI PCI-5640R IF Transceiver module on LabVIEW 8.5 and LV FPGA 8.5.
LV FPGA 8.5 adds new features such as the ability to add a feedback node to a diagram that is not tied to a While or For Loop. This feature is useful for adding feedback nodes or shift registers for pipelining in subVIs that are placed within Single Cycle Timed Loops.
Please download the new installer file (NI5640R12.zip) from the National Instruments Drivers and Updates Support pages:
Note: This new version of the driver handles the NI 5640R VIs differently from previous versions. LabVIEW projects created in LabVIEW versions 8.0 and 8.2.x must be opened in LabVIEW 8.5 after fallowing a specific procedure. This procedure is in the NI-5640R Readme
Version 1.2. I’ve copied it here for reference:
Host VIs developed in LabVIEW 8.2.1 or previous versions will not run when initially opened in LabVIEW 8.5. To run the VI, first complete the following steps:
1. Ensure LabVIEW is closed, and then copy the folder <LabVIEW 8.5>\examples\instr\ni5640R\FPGA\ni5640R Template\NI-5640R VIs over your project folder of the same name.
2. Copy <LabVIEW 8.5>\examples\instr\ni5640R\FPGA\ni5640R Template\ni5640R Template.lvlib to your project folder.
3. Open the copied ni5640R Template.lvlib
4. Select Save As, then click Rename in the resulting dialog box.
5. Rename ni5640R Template.lvlib to match the name of the original library.
