RDA in DAQmx

[bilik]

The problem I see with using RDA under Traditional DAQ function in
DAQ7 is: NI doesnt informed how long traditional DAQ function will be
supported (in some NI materials is written: in few new DAQ releases).
In case that RDA will not be supported in DAQmx in future when
traditional DAQ function disappear from DAQ7.x, all developers using
RDA will be in few months in situation that there will be no
substitution for it in actual DAQ7.x release.

This means these who will need to use RDA in future, must stay with
obsolete DAQ release (and forget about DAQmx) or to forget about RDA
and use modern DAQmx. Looks like no bright future...

Our company produce SW (firmware) which is mass produced, so the
decision if we will move or not to DAQmx is essential, because to
make
SW upgrade of hundreds units is really expensive.

As I see there is no clear answer to this point from NI.
Thank you for any other informations.
Petr Bilik

[mhaag]

Petr,

I have looked into your issue regarding RDA a little more and was able to find some information. National Instruments has always tried to support all of its previous products and make sure that new releases work with as many of its older hardware and software as possible. Because of this, Traditional NI-DAQ will be around for awhile in order to enable those customers who have used it for years to continue to use their products and applications in the future.

While I do not believe there are any current plans to support RDA under DAQmx in the near future, we will continue to support it with Traditional NI-DAQ. We have put a lot of time and effort into releasing our NI-DAQ drivers with both Traditional and DAQmx support, which means we will not be willi
ng to stop support of either of those drivers any time soon. We are still working hard on building up the DAQmx drivers and the devices that it supports, which will take some time. This means that Traditional NI-DAQ will definitely be around for awhile.

Regards,
Michael H
Applications Engineer
National Instruments