an Excalibur card that is working good on Lab VIEW 6.1 RT is unknown on 8.5.1 RT unit

[shimonshami]

Hi my name is Shimon

• I've worked till now on a Lab VIEW application that have been developed with Lab VIEW 6.1 RT.
• The application has the following cards: NI8127 (CPU), NI6527, NI6071E and Excalibur card.
• The above application run good till we decided to upgrade it to 8.5.1 RT version.
• I've installed all of the Lab VIEW 8.5.1 program with the Device drivers and the 8.5.1 Lab View Real Time.
• I've format my NI8127 (CPU) to Lab View 8.5.1 RT operating system and installed all of the drivers.
• The Measurement and Automation can recognize all of the mentioned cards beside the Excalibur card.

My Problems/Questions:

• What can be the difference between the Lab VIEW programs ( 6.1 <=> 8.5.1 ) Real Time?
• What should I do to fix that problem?

Thanks,

Shimon.

[Kameralina]

Hello!

Could you please tell us what drivers/software (with versions) you have installed on your Real-Time target?

You may also need to consult the documentation of your third party card regarding detection.  You may also want to check whether there is an ini or inf file that should be on the target for your device, and if so, you should make sure that it is there.

Once we can confirm whether you have all of the required software, we can begin to assess whether it is an 8.5.1 issue.

Have a good weekend!

[StevenA]

Do you still have the third party drivers you used to get the Excalibur board working under LV 6.1 RT?  If you formatted your controller, whatever drivers you had installed before are probably gone.  You will need to re-install them.  The NI drivers will not do anything for the third party board.

[shimonshami]

Hi Steve,

• After the format of the NI8176 (CPU System) I've installed only the needed software and when I saw that its not recognize the Excalibur card I've installed all of the drivers of NI that where to be installed.
• The thired party (Excalibur company) don't know anything about the driver (there Driver of the card).

Regarding your Second Massage

• I've all of the LabVIEW 6.1 RT unit program as Backup.

Regards,

Shimon.

[shimonshami]

Hi Steve,

• After the format of the NI8176 (CPU System) I've installed only the needed software and when I saw that its not recognize the Excalibur card I've installed all of the drivers of NI that where to be installed.
• The thired party (Excalibur company) don't know anything about the driver (there Driver of the card).

Regarding your Second Massage

• I've all of the LabVIEW 6.1 RT unit program as Backup.

Regards,

Shimon.

[StevenA]

Can you be more specific on what the third party board is?

[shimonshami]

Hi Steve,

• The thired party board is simulates a RS422, RS488 and RS485 Communications.
• The link for the Data Sheet of the board is: PXI module with the above communications.
• The link is: http://www.mil-1553.com/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&TMID=108&FID=205&PID=526&IID=524

Regard,

Shimon.

[StevenA]

I'm not familiar with that board.  I would recommend contacting them and asking about a LV RT compatible driver. 

[shimonshami]

Hi Steven,

• You had to tell me that your name is Steven and not Steve, I'm sorry for the mistake...
• Regarding the insstallation procedure I've attached the procedure that I've used to install the Excalibur card (after doing that procedure the Excalibur card was known to the system.
• I've saw that the driver that I've used in the Lab VIEW 6.1 was a dll file, how can I install a dll file to the Remote system when the Add & Remove program gives me the option to install only from the National Instruments Real Time Software that is in the mesurments & Automation).
  Is there a way to use it on the Lab VIEW 8.5.1 program?

Thanks,

Shimon.

[Kameralina]

Hello,

Can you specify the exact model number for the excalibur card?  Do you have a copy of the original DLL that you called?

As for the instructions that you had posted in the Office Document, the method for building applications is completely different past LabVIEW 8.x
You will need to first:

1. Create a new project
2. Add your Real-Time target to the project by right clicking the project name in the project tree and clicking New >> Targets and Devices.
3. Add the VIs that will be part of your Real-Time executable underneath your Real-Time target. 
4. Right-click Build Specifications, and select the proper type of new build that you would like.
5. You can then right-click on the build and select Deploy
   

If you are looking to transfer the dll directly to the Real-Time target, you can open Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), and find your PXI Real-Time controller under Remote Systems.  Then you can right-click and select File Transfer.