Unable to Install Instrument I/O Assistant

[netminder39]

I recently purchased the Student Edition of LabVIEW 7.1.1 and am trying to get the I/O Assistant up and running so I can do serial communication as I was able to with the 7.0 Evaluation. Since no Device Drivers CD came with the package, I followed the instructions in the Read Me First flyer to go to ni.com/info and enter the info code "drivers" to download the latest drivers. The link that I came up with is as follows:
http://digital.ni.com/softlib.nsf/websearch/f3ca0298c715bcd886256e82005758e5 

Unfortunately though, the "Instrument I/O Assistant Version 1.0.1 for Windows 2000/NT/XP" download gave me the following error message when I attempted to open the VI I had already created using the 7.0 Eval: "Your installation of Instrument I/O Assistant is incomplete because you must install LabVIEW 7.0 before installing Instrument I/O Assistant. To complete your installation, use the LabVIEW Driver CD to re-install the Instrument I/O Assistant."

This message doesn't make any sense, because I first uninstalled LabVIEW 7.0 then installed LabVIEW 7.1.1 -- all before installing the Instrument I/O Assistant Version 1.0.1! Also, it seems odd that the error message referenced 7.0 instead of 7.1.1, so I did some searching and ran across this lone reference to Instrument Assistant Version 1.0.2:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/5C4F70EE4CFD7EF086256E74004F2D50 

I'm guessing that what I really need is the Instrument I/O Assistant Version 1.0.2, since I'm assuming 1.0.1 is for some reason not compatible with LabVIEW 7.1.1 -- but is this correct? And if so, where and how do I get it?

Any assistance here would be greatly appreciated...

[TommyTestBoy]

Instrument I/O Assistant 1.0.1 IS compatible with LabVIEW 7.1. The issue is really an installation problem - the Assistant installs LabVIEW support files under the LabVIEW directory. The I/O Assistant 1.0.1 was released before LabVIEW 7.1 released, so that the I/O Assistant cannot install LabVIEW 7.1 support files, it can only install LabVIEW 7.0 support files. Now, the LabVIEW 7.0 support files installed by the I/O Assistant 1.0.1 are compatible with LabVIEW 7.1 - they just need to be manually copied to the LabVIEW 7.1 directory.

I've included a zip file with the 4 LV support files necessary for IIOA 1.0.1 to run in LabVIEW 7.1. Create a directory under your LabVIEW 7.1 directory structure:

\LabVIEW 7.1\vi.lib\instrIOAsst

and unzip the contents of the archive into that new directory. Then you should be good to go. Let me know if you have any other problems.

-Tommy

[netminder39]

Works great now! Thanks for the help, Tommy.

[suanhadiah]

i've tried those steps and still cant use the instrument I/O Assistant.
when i try to use it there's an error message
"MAX Instrument I/O Assistant not installed correctly. please install these from the Labview driver CD"
i hope you can help me to solve the problem.
thanks before

regards

suanhadiah

[TommyTestBoy]

What version of LabVIEW are you using?  Do you have a Device Driver CD that you are using to install Instrument I/O Assistant?  Or are you using the Instrument I/O Assistant web-download installer?

-Tommy

[suanhadiah]

i use the labview 7.1
the I/O assistant driver is integrated with the labview.
so when i installed labview 7.1 the I/O assistant driver was also installed.
thanks

[TommyTestBoy]

Actually, the Instrument I/O Assistant "driver" is installed off of the driver CD, not from LabVIEW 7.1.  There is a place in the LabVIEW function palette that holds the Instrument I/O Assistant, and this is installed by LabVIEW - I believe this is what you are seeing.  But the actual driver needs to be installed from the Driver CD.  Do you have your Driver CD that came with LabVIEW 7.1?

-Tommy

[suanhadiah]

hahahaha...
thanks tommy
after i install the driver CD from the web, the instrument I/O assistant can work.

[Örn]

Thank you

This helped me also with LabView 8.0

Örn Ingi

[kirakd]

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@TommyTestBoy wrote:
What version of LabVIEW are you using?  Do you have a Device Driver CD that you are using to install Instrument I/O Assistant?  Or are you using the Instrument I/O Assistant web-download installer?

-Tommy

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I am having problems as well..I tried what you had suggested earlier in this post but still no luck. Does it matter if I install the assistant from the disk or the net? I have Labview 7.1.

Thanks,

Mike