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You can use third-party data acquisition boards with LabVIEW; you just cannot configure such boards using MAX. MAX support is just one of the integration advantages that you get when you use NI hardware and software in conjunction.
LabVIEW can communicate with 3rd party hardware using the Call Library function found in the Advanced palette under the Functions Palette. If your hardware is provided with a driver-level DLL then LabVIEW can communicate with the hardware. However, you will need complete documentation of the DLL in order for you to create your own interface for the 3rd party hardware.
Another option would be if the manufacturer of the hardware provided LabVIEW VIs that controls their hardware. You will not be able to use the National Inst
ruments Data Acquisition (DAQ) VIs because those VIs use the NI-DAQ DLL, which is our driver-level software for our DAQ boards. Other companies use their own driver-level software to control their own hardware. Only National Instruments hardware uses the NI-DAQ driver which allows you to use the LabVIEW DAQ VIs.
Zvezdana S.
National Instruments
