Upgrading from ISA to PCI based Daq and GPIB cards

[Riaz]

Dear Sir;

I am stuck up in a problem. I have a very huge testing software  written in lab view 4.0 in Win 98 and Ni daq ver 4.8.5. Lab view 4.0 accesses daq (ISA based) through CIN. Similarly it also had an ISA GPIB card. Now as the ISA has been obsoleted and i want to upgrade to PCI cards. I have used the same image of the OS system with the same LV4.0 folder and all. The software was compiled and an exe files was built in LV 4.0. This exe files calls various VIs placed in different folders during run time. Now after upgrading to PCI cards, the CINs and the lower level VIs are not linking up with the driver. I have tried various verisons of No daq from 4.9.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.5, 6.0, 6.1 6.5.0, 6.7 etc. driver versions like 5.0 are successfully installed and configure the device however, in lab view VIs the broken arrows are shown giving  the error of missing CIN or fatal errors in various cases. Now i have an idea that if i maintain the exe file and i just upgrade the standalone VIs in Lab view 7.1 or later would it be possible that the exe built in 4.0 can dynamically call / load the VIs update din Lab View 7.1 or later. Similar case for GPIB. 

Submitted for your kind help.

Thanks

[EEsRULEtheWORLD]

Hi Riaz,

After upgrading your PCI card, it is most likely that it is not supported in LabVIEW 4.0 and NI-DAQ 4.8.5.  What PCI card are you using?  To determine if it is compatible with your version of LabVIEW and NI-DAQ, you should check out the NI-DAQ Readme.  In this Readme, verify that the answers to the following questions are all "yes:"

1. Is this version of NI-DAQ compatible with my PCI card?
2. Is this version of NI-DAQ compatible with my version of LabVIEW?
3. Is this version of NI-DAQ compatible with my Operating System? 

If you have responded "no" to any one of these questions, then you will not be able to successfully communicate to your PCI card in LabVIEW.

When I am looking for a compatible driver, I go to the Drivers and Updates page and minimize my results by using the Narrow by Selection on the left side of the page.  Let me know if you need anymore help.