problem with DAQ card NI USB 6008

[ximun&françois]

Hello,

to the no-french-speakers...

We are 2 students working on a data acquisition projet with the NI USB 6008 card on Labview 7.1.

When we try to create a task in Labview with the VI of NI DAQ Base, the physical channel concerned is asked.

But, the problem is that the card is not available among the list of devices, although it is recognized by MAX!

Thanks to help us not to have a bad mark...

Ximun&François 

[Kenny_K]

You should be using NIdaqMX base, not daq base.  The measurement and automation will probably recognize the daq card, but you really cant configure it, in my experience, through the autmation wizard.  You can try using the basic NI logger program that comes with the 6008 and basemx, or you can look at the program below to see a very simple example to see how to read from the 6008.

Good luck.

Kenny

[Tom_W_[DE]]

Hi All-

Actually, if you are using Windows O/S then you should program your USB-6008 using NI-DAQmx 8.0.  Instructions for configuring your device for use with NI-DAQmx are available in this KB.  After making this change you may want to convert any NI-DAQmx Base VIs to NI-DAQmx using the NI-DAQmx Base to NI-DAQmx Conversion Utility.  You can also use any supported LabVIEW examples from the NI Example Finder (Help>>Find Examples) by browsing to Hardware Input and Output>>DAQmx. 

The NI-DAQmx controls for LabVIEW only work with NI-DAQmx.  The information is true whether you are using Windows, Linux, or Mac OSX. 

Hopefully this helps-