Features Labview 8.5 + NI 232 series usb

[Mark]

Hi, I'm installing labview 8.5 and I use it with a NI USB 232 series in
order to control the movement of an electric motor and the pressure to
acquire the whole of a cylinder. what features need to install in
addition to those features by default? Unfortunately I dont' install all
features cause of space on my hd.
can I install additional features not installed the first time?
Thanks

[Cory_K]

Yes, if you still have the CD's, you can install whatever toolkits you want.

Make sure you have NI's MAX installed if you are going to do hardware communication.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Well, the specific hardware drivers required are NI-VISA and NI-Serial. Don't know about NI-Serial but installing NI-VISA will also install MAX.

[Paul M.]

The NI Serial installer contains everything you need, so you can just install that and be on your way. It will install VISA and MAX as well.  Just make sure to run it after you install LabVIEW, so it can recognize that you have LabVIEW installed and install the appropriate components. 

Your program will only interact with NI-VISA, as it's the "Universal" communication library.  Then, VISA talks to NI Serial for you. VISA makes sure your code will work if you were to move to another serial interface on any NI platform (they all hook into VISA), or a regular windows serial port on a desktop machine (if you can find one anymore).

Message Edited by Paul M. on 09-16-2009 02:31 PM