NathanB is right, you shouldn't have a problem with the Arduino Pro since it is functionally equivalent to Arduino Duemilanove or UNO but lacks the USB port. You'll need to use a USB to TTL converter to upload sketches to the Arduino. Other than that, it has an Atmel328 microprocessor that will act the same as the UNO since that's the idea behind the various kinds of Arduinos .
Starting from the beginning, here is the procedure I follow to get going with LIFA on a different board. To do this, I am using the Arduino 1.01 IDE from Arduino.cc. When there is no USB connection, for communications I use a Sparkfun FTDI Basic for 3.3.volts devices or a Sparkfun FT232RL USB Breakout Board for 5 volts. In a pinch, a Sparkfun XBEE Explorer can also be used.
Using only the Arduino IDE programming environment, can you compile, upload and run one of the Arduino example sketches from the Arduino application window? This is where you choose the Board type and Serial Port with the Arduino > Tools> Board and Arduino > Tools >Serial Port menu. If you cannot upload and run the sketch, check out "Getting Started w/ Arduino on Windows" and "The Arduino Pro" Web pages on the Arduino web site. There is an issue with Automatic (Software) Reset when using various FTDI or breakout boards that may be encountered. The procedure to deal these problems can be found on the Sparkfun web site under Arduino Pro/Getting Started. There is no point in trying to do anything with LabVIEW until you can run some sketches from the Arduino examples.
Now, you can upload the LIFA sketch to your Arduino using the Arduino IDE Serial Monitor. Be sure to choose the correct board and port before downloading LIFA. I use LabVIEW 2011 PDS, NI-VISA 5.1 and have the LabVIEW Interface for Arduino v2.1.1.69 in my VI Package Manager.
In your VI, you can select either Uno or Dimuelanove (even though the name is spelled wrong) for the Arduino Resource in the Init.vi. It doesn't matter which one you choose unless you are using some variant of the Mega. Be sure to use the default baud rate of 115200 and leave everything else at default. Close the Arduino Serial Monitor before you try to communicate with LabVIEW.
Following this procedure, I've been able to use LIFA with FIO, UNO, Duemilanove, Diecimila and Nano with no problems. Although there are some small differences between the boards, these boards will all work with the LIFA without modification. By editing the LIFA firmware, you can access the different capabilities of the boards.
I took a quick look at the VI in the youtube video. It won't work as presented. One needs to add the Digital Pin Mode.vi to enable the LED for writing. The VI is also highly inefficient since it iterates several hundred times a second just to check if you clicked on a switch. On each iteration, a message is sent to and from the Arduino. When it runs, it takes more than 30% of the processor time. You could put a Wait in the While loop but a better way to do this is to use an event structure and only send a message to Arduino when you actually want to do something.
JohnCS
