I have created a VI that I want to turn into an instrument driver, but I AM NOT using the tools>instrumentation>create instrument driver project.
My would be driver is currently a .vi file and saved in the inst.lib folder of labVIEW 8.5. and I am unsure of how to 1) make the .mnu file for the driver, 2) convert the .vi that I have made into a .llb, and 3) create/arrange/edit the icon that will appear in the functions palette that I will use when creating my program.
I have tried going to tools>advanced>Edit Palette Set and created a new dir.mnu file in the same folder by inserting a new subpalette under Instr Drivers in the functions palette, but I feel like I did this step slightly wrong. It created a new submenu tab under Inst Drivers in the functions palette but there's nothing in there. I also worry that all I did was make a dir.mnu file for a blank template, as I did nothing to designate it to work with the VI that I want to make a driver other than saving it in the same folder.
I have also tried inserting a new VI instead of a subpalette. This puts an icon that I can bring into the block diagram onto the functions palette, but it doesn't create a .mnu file, and the icon for the VI has no terminals to connect to, so I can't do anything with it.
