Traditional DAQ support in LabVIEW 2010?

[drfreeman]

Hello,

Been researching this a while and I must admit, I am quite confused. I am trying to run a program written in LV 7.1 using traditional DAQ vi's in LV 2010. I think what I need are traditional DAQ drivers, but I cannot find the correct drivers. Plus I'm unsure if I will run into compatability issues. If someone could point me in the right direction I would very much appreciate it!

Old machine:

PCI 6040E

LV 7.1

Win XP

New Machine:

PXI 6251

LV 2010

Win 7

Thanks

[Dennis_Knutson · Accepted solution]

A search for 'traditional DAQ windows 7' would have found this post. The link to the beta driver is now broken. I have no idea if the beta driver is still available but it's way past time to upgrade to DAQmx. Version 7.1 had support for DAQmx. Why was the old driver used then?

[SimonH]

The PXI-6251 in your new system won't be supported by traditional DAQ either.  E Series devices (such as your old 6040E) were the last ones supported by the old driver (and also the first ones supported by DAQmx).  The PXI-6251 is part of our M Series of DAQ boards and is only supported by DAQmx.

~Simon

[drfreeman]

Thanks for your quick reply, and I apologize for my searching ineptitude. A quick search did not find any sort of driver for traditional DAQ on Windows 7, so it does appear that the beta driver is now unavailable. Is my only solution to rewrite the program using DAQmx vi's? If this is the case, could you please explain why? The circuit diagram of the device this program controls is dated 1997, so I suspect that the program was actually written then, and then upgraded in a simliar fashion that I was hoping to do now. 

[smercurio_fc]

The why is because, as Simon pointed out, your device is not supported by Traditional DAQ.

Converting Traditional DAQ code to DAQmx is not really all that hard. You can get an overview from here: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4342

[Dirk_H.]

So now I'm wondering if I need to upgrade my I/O cards.  I have a PCI-6503 and a PCI-MIO-16E-4(along with a PCI-GPIB board).  The old computer took a dump and our I.T. department opted to upgrade to a Windows 7.0 computer.  I tried to upgrade to LabVIEW 8.2 then LabVIEW 8.6.  Finally, due to errors, I was forced to LabVIEW 2010.  Now I'm looking for the traditional DAQ(to minimize my work) for the old software.  Am I forced to upgrade any or both of the DAQ cards?  All of the cards appear to be installed successfully by viewing them in Measurement and Automation.

[smercurio_fc]

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@Dirk H. wrote:

...  Finally, due to errors, I was forced to LabVIEW 2010.

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What errors?

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Finally, due to errors, I was forced to LabVIEW 2010.  Now I'm looking for the traditional DAQ(to minimize my work) for the old software.

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LabVIEW 2010 would require Traditional DAQ 7.4.4. http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/F4E76EC05118F72D8625773000672298

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@Dirk H. wrote:

I have a PCI-6503 and a PCI-MIO-16E-4(along with a PCI-GPIB board).  ...  Am I forced to upgrade any or both of the DAQ cards?  All of the cards appear to be installed successfully by viewing them in Measurement and Automation.

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This page lists the required DAQ software for each device: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/6910. That page indicates both of your devices are supported by Traditional DAQ 7.4.4.

[Dirk_H.]

While I was successful in installing LabVIEW 8.2 on another Windows 7.0 machine(console), I corrupted the hard drive on two attempts with the current machine.  I went to LabVIEW 8.6 and had issues installing the Device Drivers only(I didn't log the errors).  The program installed without issues.  In my haste to get this console back on line, I opted to upgrade to LabVIEW 2010.

I appreciate the link to the Traditional DAQ 7.4.4 installation.  This should resolve my issues.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Since traditional DAQ is not supported on Windows 7, how will that solve your problem?

[Dirk_H.]

After viewing the compatibility chart and not seeing Traditional DAQ 7.4.4 under Windows 7.0, I am concerned about that as well.

Am I forced to recode to DAQmx?

Will Tradtional DAQ 7.4.4 not work with Windows 7.0?