LabView Help for Data Acquisition System

[FrozenStorm]

I am trying to program a data acquisition system using LabView and a NI-DAQCard. I am using an older version of LabView (v5.1). How do I get the DAQCard to work with LabView (and the laptop I'm using is Windows98)? Are there vi's that I need to write/download, such as to Open or Close the Device, and such? Thanks.

[AlejandroZ]

Hello.
First of all, you need to make sure you have a version of the driver (NI-DAQ) that is compatible with the OS, with the version of LabVIEW you have, and that supports the board you have. I THINK the latest version of NI-DAQ with all these characteristics is 6.9.3, which you can download from ni.com/download.

Make sure you install NI-DAQ after you have installer LabVIEW because the NI-DAQ installer will look to see if LabVIEW is present to install the VIs that LabVIEW needs to interact with the board. If you install NI-DAQ before LabVIEW, you will not have the necessary VIs.

Then, for the general questions about DAQ that you have, the best thing to do is to look at the examples that come with NI-DAQ. In LabVIEW, go to Help>Examples, and open the Ana
log input and analog output examples, where you will see how you need to use AI Config, AI Read and other VIs to achieve daq tasks.

Hope this helps.