Yokogawa UT driver for LabWindows/CVI 6.0 won't translate to LabVIEW 8.6?

[screamingzebra]

The device driver for the Yokogawa UT series furnace controllers is in LabWindows/CVI 6.0 and I would like to use it in LabVIEW. I tried to use the utility to convert from LabWindows/CVI to LabVIEW, but it said it couldn't and that the device driver is from before LabWindows/CVI 5.01.

In any case, here is the series of events.

I downloaded the LabWindows/CVI to LabVIEW Converter, from
the page on LabVIEW's developer's connection that had the driver for the
Yokogawa UT controller.

From an empty LabVIEW Block Diagram, I click
Tools>>Instrumentation>>Create LabVIEW Interface to LabWindows/CVI
Instrument Driver...

This takes a little while to load. During loading an
FC_Interface_Main.vi runs, apparently trying to find a file.

Once that is done, the two options are Basic and Advanced. I leave
basic selected. I click next. browse to find the ykut.fp file from the
driver I downloaded.

I then click next. The error window that is seen in the screen shot is
then shown.

I called a tech support guy at NI about this, and I e-mailed him with all the above, but there was no reply, though the conversion utility is no longer available on the same web page as this specific device driver.

In any case, if anybody could give a little guidance, it would be appreciated.

[Jon_S.]

Hello Screamingzebras,

I converted the .fp file to be version 5.5 and ran the utility that was mentioned.  I have attached two files to this post.  "ykut.zip" is the converted .fp file (version 5.5).  "yut.zip" is the converted instrument driver.

[screamingzebra]

I unzipped them, and tried to open one, but it asked me to find the shared library yut_32.dll, which I couldn't find. Also, it said there was a dependency loaded, from yut VXIpnpError Converter.vi.

Thanks for the help, though.

[Jon_S.]

Did you try to create the instrument driver from the new .fp file I posted?

[Dennis_Knutson]

Jon,

The llb is no good without the dll. Neither the original or new zip file contains this.

[Jon_S.]

screamingzebra,

I downloaded the CVI driver from the link you pointed to.  There were only 4 files in this download.  I would guess that these drivers assume that you have installed the dll from another source.

[juanka]

I tried to installed same UT driver following Jon S. instructions but the VI needs the yut_32.dll in order to install. Where I can find this dll?

The option will be to find the latest driver for a UP150 Yokogawa temperature controller to use with LabVIEW.

Please let me know where I can find this drivers.

Thank you

JC

[Kurt-P]

Juanka,

There is probably a separte set of device drivers from Yokogawa in order to use your hardware. I would recommend first searching yokogawa's website for the instrument to see if they have the drivers:

http://tmi.yokogawa.com/us/service-support/downloads/

If you cannot find the drivers you can then contact the company and see if they know where that dll is located. I also found a forum post regard where another customer wrote some basic drivers for the device. You may find them useful (the VI is in the is the third post):

 http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/yokogawa-UP150-driver/td-p/208434

Best Regards,

-KP