Configuring a non-labview digital device with no recognised labview driver

[TommyP]

I have a anemometer(wind speed meter) with a manufacturers driver which i have used to configure the instrument to send a measurement every 100ms.  The instrument has a digital output and connects to the computer through a USB port.  However, in labview there is no recognised driver for the instrument so i was forced to use the instrument I/0 assistant.  This only collected measurements every ten seconds which is nowhere near the 100 ms required and doesnt appear to be talking to it correctly.  I know the instrument is configured properly because the instrument driver shows it working fine.

Is there anyway i can use the manufacturers driver through labview?  Or will i be forced to convert the instrument to an anlogue output and connect it through my daq card?

[smercurio_fc]

You should have gotten some sort of library or DLL (if you're on Windows) to talk to the device. Did you get some example programs, like in C? Those would tell you what library/DLL is being used. In LabVIEW you would need to do the same thing.