LabVIEW 7.0 Crashes when inserting "Instrument I/O Assistant" Express VI

[sayaf]

Hi,
I'm unable to work with Instrument IO Assistant when ever i try to place the IIOA express vi on the blockdiagram a message pops up saying "MAX or IIOA is not installed correctly please install from NI driver CD". Also i've not installed NI-DAQ/mx on my PC.
I tried to install from IIOA.msi but the problem remained & also tried install/uninstalling MAX & IIOA many times but didn't work.At present i don't have Driver CD as well.
Plz help me out.

Thanks
sayaf

[TommyTestBoy]

Sayaf,

Do you just get this message about IIOA not being installed correctly? Or does LabVIEW actually crash as the title of your post suggests? At what point does LabVIEW crash?

As far as the message goes, there are a couple of things to check:

1) Look under \vi.lib\ - is there a directory there titled "InstrIOAsst" with IIOA.LLB inside the directory? If this file is not there, then this is the source of the message you are receiving - I can help you get this straightened out if this is the problem.

2) If that file is present, then check your \Shared\ - is there a "LabVIEW Broker" directory there? If so, confirm there are two files present in that directory: LVBroker.dll and LVBrokerAux70.dll. If these files are not present then this could cause that message to show up as well.

-Tommy

[TommyTestBoy]

Sayaf, sorry, the directories I listed were messed up when I posted it. It should read:

1) Look under \Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 7.0\vi.lib\ - is there a directory there titled "InstrIOAsst" with IIOA.LLB inside the directory? If this file is not there, then this is the source of the message you are receiving - I can help you get this straightened out if this is the problem.

2) If that file is present, then check your \Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\ - is there a "LabVIEW Broker" directory there? If so, confirm there are two files present in that directory: LVBroker.dll and LVBrokerAux70.dll. If these files are not present then this could cause that message to show up as well.

[sayaf]

Hi,
Actually the exact problem is the Labview crashes as soon as the message pop's up.
I verified the mentioned directories for the mentioned files all files are present.Still the problem exists..
Waiting for the reply..

sayaf

[sayaf]

Hi Tommy,
Now the Labview is not crashing as i place the IIOA express VI, but the IIOA is still not working.
Help me out
Thanks.
sayaf

[TommyTestBoy]

Sayaf,

What OS are you using? Is it an English Operating System? What other NI products do you have installed?

I might be able to figure out why this is happening if you zip up your MAX directory and your Shared directory under the Program Files\National Instruments directory, and post it here. Can you do this for me as well?

-Tommy

[sayaf]

Attached Max Directory

[sayaf]

Tommy,
I'm using Windows 2000 & i've not installed any of the NI products

Sayaf

[TommyTestBoy]

Sayaf,

Judging by the directory and files you posted, there are some files missing from your installation. Did you download the Instrument I/O Assistant installer from the web? Or did you install it from the Driver CD that came with your LabVIEW 7.0? I can try to reproduce the installation problem you are seeing here, but I need to know how you are installing IIOA.

I know you said you have already tried uninstalling/reinstalling everything, but I think you should try to do this again. If you have been using the downloaded IIOA installer, then I would try to get your hands on the LabVIEW 7.0 Driver CD that should have come with your LabVIEW 7.0, and use that instead.

-Tommy

[Joe_H]

Have you checked and made sure that visa has been installed correctly. If so then I would do a complete uninstall and reinstall it sounds like a hassle but I had to do this about 3 or 4 times then it finally started to work right.