I want to convert a old instrument driver written for LV51.

[gregarious-greg]

I have found that LV 2009 will not open an existing Fowler instrument driver written in LV5.1.  I want to see the block diagrams to make a new driver to use with a FV Fowler MarkV Ultra Digit Indicator that uses their OPTO-RS cable.  The cable uses rs232 to communicate to a pc. 

[smercurio_fc]

Either post the driver here, or provide a link to where it can be found. There's also a general thread for upgrading of old code in the LabVIEW board. Someone here can upgrade it to an interim version of LabVIEW, like 8.x and then you will be able to open it.

[Dennis_Knutson]

If you need help in converting the driver, why didn't you attach it? Otherwise, you will need LabVIEW 8.2 or earlier to open and save it.

[gregarious-greg]

Here it is.

[gregarious-greg · Accepted solution]

I emailed the instrument driver to instrument.drivers@ni.com.  Thank you commenting.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Why did you email it there? Did you get an updated copy?

[gregarious-greg]

I went searching for the tread to post new drivers.  I found links for posting new drivers and at the bottom of the page was a link for questions or comments which brought up the email link that I previously mentioned. 

This may not be the correct approach, but I have searched for other solutions for opening older drivers.  I did not find a clear solution or steps to take for a solution. 

[Dennis_Knutson]

Well, since NI did not write the driver, you may have a long wait for the response, if any.

You need to be a little patient. You have already been told a clear solution. On the pc I'm working on now, I don't have an older version of LabVIEW so I can't do it for a while. You've already been told about the threads on the LabVIEW board where numerous people have asked for conversions. If you don't get a response here soon, post over there. It's more properly a LabVIEW question anyway.

[smercurio_fc]

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jalopy-joe wrote:

I went searching for the tread to post new drivers.  I found links for posting new drivers and at the bottom of the page was a link for questions or comments which brought up the email link that I previously mentioned. 

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I'm not sure which thread you're referring to. That email link, I believe, is for submitting drivers to be included into IDNET, not for converting drivers.

I tried to open the driver you posted, but there appears to be a library missing.  It is looking for VIs in a library called L1010.llb. Do you have this?

For what it's worth, attached is the library you posted in 8.2. You will not be able to run the top-level VI because of the missing VIs, but perhaps you just need to see the way the communication is done. 

[Dennis_Knutson]

And whoever created that llb made a mistake in including functions from vi.lib. That will cause some problems as well.