"DAQmx Connect Terminals.vi" missing

[random$*@^]

I have Labview 2011. The drivers seem to have been corrupted so I installed DAQmx. Everything looks great except when I start up and LabView scans for the VIs it needs for my project I get an error message that it can't find "DAQmx Connect Terminals.vi" and later another error message that it can't find "DAQmx Disconnect Terminals.vi"

[Kyle97330]

What version of DAQmx did you install?  Was it 2011?

It could be that DAQmx didn't include that VI in 2011 originally.  DAQmx has 3 editions of back-compatibility.  If so, can you get a copy of DAQmx 2014, and install that instead, and see if the VI is now available?

[random$*@^]

I qualify as Novice (if that) at the NI infrastructure, particularly DAQmx. Where do I find the Version info? Package manager seems to show a menagerie. Is there a way do list which installation candidate has what and/or search for a particular VI in a package? Right now, I seem to be stuck with Guess and Check - 2 to 6 hours in between what I've guessed, waited to install, and check! Painful and unproductive. I'd prefer a more deterministic method.

[Kyle97330]

If you open NI-MAX, there should be a selection on the left side called "My software".  If you select that and expand it, it shows a list of all installed NI software and its versions.

[random$*@^]

Now that the last Nuclear Physics experiment completed (No visibility into what is going on - a guess, a run, a result) and a reboot, the NI MAX utility displays:

Labview 2011 SP1 f2

Labview 2020 f1

Labview  Run-Time 2012 SP1 f9 (64-bit)

Labview  Run-Time 2014 f1 (64-bit)

Labview  Runtime 2011 SP1 f5

Labview  Runtime 2012 SP1 f9

Labview  Runtime 2013

Labview  Runtime 2014 SP1 f3

Labview  Runtime 2018 SP1 f5

Labview  Runtime 2019 SP1 f3

Labview  Runtime 2020 f1

[random$*@^]

NI-DAQmx ADE Support 20.1

NI-DAQmx Device Driver 20.1

NI-DAQmx MAX Configuration 20.1

NI-FGEN

    Configuration Support 14.0.1

    Development Support 14.0.1

    Runtime

    FGEN Soft Front Panel

[random$*@^]

LabWindows/CVI Runtime 2019

Measurement & Automation Explorer 20.0

Measurement Studio for VS2010

    DotNET

        Common

        Common (64-bit)

        NationalInstruments.DAQmx

Measurement Studio for VS2012

NI 1588-2008 Network Management 20.0.0

NI I/O Trace 20.0

NI IF Digitizers

    Runtime 14.5

NI PXI Platform Services Configuration 20.0

NI PXI Platform Services Runtime 20.0

NI Script Editor 14.0

NI System Configuration 20.0

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NI-Serial Configuration 20.0

NI-Serial Runtime 20.0

NI-TClk 14.0.1

NI-USI 14.0

NI-VISA 20.0

    NiVisaServer.exe

    NIvisaic.exe

NI-VISA Runtime 20.0

[NIquist]

There is an Excel spreadsheet download at the bottom of this page that charts all compatibility:

https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/compatibility/16/ni-daqmx-and-labview-compatibility.h...

You will need to use DAQmx versions between 9.3.5 and 15.0 to be compatible with LabVIEW 2011.  I suggest trying DAQmx 15.0.1 first.  It will probably work.  If not you'll have to drop back to 14.5.1.  You can get them all here:

https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-daqmx.html#348669

[NIquist]

Almost forgot.  Uninstall your current DAQmx first.  Hopefully you won't get caught up in the loop where you keep needing to uninstall dependencies until there's no NI software left on your PC.  😫 I think the new NI Package Manager has alleviated a lot of those old issues so if you can use that go for it.

Good Luck!