installing downloaded device drivers 2012

[GlenS]

Hi,

I am trying to install labview 2012 from the downloads section. We have a site license. The LV install (32 bit, english) works fine. Then it asks for the device drivers location. I open dcd_aug12_1.exe and it extracts files to C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Aug12\Products\ etc. When I try to select one of these directories in the installer dialog it just keeps telling me that the drivers are not at this location. How do I tell labview where the driver files are? Can I install the drivers after the installation has finished?

[AustinManinTown]

Yes, you can install the drivers after installing LabVIEW.

When it comes to the Device Drivers there are 2 downloaders:

dcd_feb12_1_downloader.exe  and dcd_feb12_2_downloader.exe. Once I have downloaded the files (via the downloaders) I extract them to a folder ready for installation.

[GlenS]

Yes, I have the dcd executable that those downloaders download, which extract to a directory on the hard drive "ready for installation". But the Labview installer doesn't want to recognise the directory that the drivers are in, no matter which directory on the tree I tell it to use, and I've tried all of them from C:\ down.

[crossrulz]

The simple work around: install the device drivers separately.  It'll still work just fine that way.

[Leah-L]

The .zip file should be extracted directly to the <LabVIEW>\instr.lib directory. This link explains more about how to download 3rd party instrument drivers.

http://www.ni.com/devzone/idnet/inetinst.htm

 Also, make sure that you are extracting them to the correct version of LabVIEW if you have more than one installed.

Regards,

Leah

[JÞB]

Leah,

The OP is not installing an instrument driver he is installing NI device drivers (NI-DAQmx, NI-FGEN, NI-DMM.....)

[Leah-L]

Ah, I see. My mistake!

Regards,

Leah

[AustinManinTown]

The times when I run into issues of files not being visible to applications/installers is when I am using network drives, or trying to access a hard drive via the host of a virtual machine (VMWare Workstation/Virtual). Other than those use cases I don't think I have had any issues with LabVIEW and Device Drivers.

I appreciate how frustrating these kinds of problems can be. I am still trying to work out why an installation of Windows 7 won't run the Windows Update application. 

[GlenS]

Thanks for all the replies! I'll try installing the drivers after I've finished the install and see how it goes.

And yes, this is a new Windows 7 install. It's about as convenient as being hit by a bus.  😉

[LaVanup]

Hi,

dcd_aug12_2.exe is listed under supporting files, means is it optional to use or something like driver for languages other than English? Any difference between this and dcd_aug12_1.exe files?