DAQ assistant does not recognize anything is connected...

[DARB]

Hello,

I'm trying to import data from two sources, one of which are serial connections, and one of which is a usb connection. I am using labview 7 express. When I go to use DAQ assistant, I click on "analog input", then "voltage input", and in the following menu under physical channels, it says "No Supported Devices Found." They are not found under any other menus either.

I'm not sure why labview is unable to see them, some of the software they came with work without issues.

The devices I'm having issues with are a checkline digital tachometer [DT-209X] and a shimpo digital force gauge [FGV-500HX]

Thanks in advance, I'm looking forward to your responses.

[RavensFan]

Because the two devices you listed are not DAQ cards.  DAQ assistant is used to get data from NI data acquisition devices.

You are using serial devices.  You communicate with them using whatever serial communications protocol they use.  The corresponding express VI for that would be Instrument I/O assistant.  It uses the VISA device driver.

But it would actually be better if you try to avoid express VI's and learn to use the native VISA functions to get the job done.

[Dennis_Knutson]

DAQ Assistant is just the wrong function to use unless you have an actual NI DAQ device.

Neither of the instruments have drivers from NI. For the serial instrument, you will have to use VISA functions or the Instrument I/O Assistant. For the USB device, it will depend on whether it appears in MAX. If it does and it appears as another serial port, then you have the same options. If it does not, then the best thing would be to use whatever driver the vendor provides.

[DARB]

OK I'll give that a shot and see what I can come up with, thanks for your responses..

It's been almost 5 years since i've even glanced at labview. Hope there are some good tutorials out there!