using very old drivers with a new labview version

[alessimdon]

Hallo,

I need to use very old drivers  (2002) with a labview 2010. Is it possible? Do I have to "convert" them, somehow? (and how?)

Thanks

[NIquist]

That depends on the drivers you want to use.  Try Googling "LabVIEW compatibility chart".  You should find charts for which versions of LabVIEW work with which Window OSes, DAQ drivers, VISA, etc.

If you have drivers from some old hardware you need to use then tell us what it is.  Maybe someone here knows of a solution.

[Kevin_Price]

2002 predates DAQmx so I'm supposing you're talking about the "traditional NI-DAQ" driver.   According to this article, LabVIEW 8.6 is the latest version that (officially) supports traditional NI-DAQ.  It also states that you can't use NI-DAQ on a 64-bit OS.

It's conceivable that despite not being *supported*, NI-DAQ might still work under LV 2010.  But you'd be on your own if you try it.

My advice:  anything you do to keep this old hardware, driver set, code, and OS going should be considered a *delaying tactic* at best.  If you must, you must, but you should *also* start preparations to replace it before it's too late.

-Kevin P

[GerdW]

Hi alessi,

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@alessimdon wrote:

I need to use very old drivers  (2002) with a labview 2010. Is it possible? Do I have to "convert" them, somehow? (and how?)

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So you want to upgrade a "very old and deprecated" software to a "old and deprecated" software? In the topic line you mention some "new LabVIEW version"…

What kind of drivers are you asking about? Which kind of hardware do you work with?

Which LabVIEW version do those "very old drivers" use/require?

[altenbach]

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@alessimdon wrote:

Hallo,

I need to use very old drivers  (2002) with a labview 2010. Is it possible?

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Are you talking about NI drivers or third party drivers? Who wrote them? What do they do? Are they mostly LabVIEW or mostly dlls? You need to be significantly more specific. Also, what's the OS?

SInce you have them, what have you tried and what happened?

[RTSLVU]

It kinda depends on the "driver"...

Most LabVIEW "drivers" are just LabVIEW VI's that the manufacturer wrote. So worst case if the are too old for LabVIEW to open them. You post them to the "version conversion" board and someone can upgrade it to a newer version.

If it's an old DAQ driver then Keven Price pretty much covered it.

[alessimdon]

Hi, the problem is the hardware: some movement stages from Physics Instruments, who work perfectly well. I received the drivers from physics Instruments, and my labview 2010 version is not able to open them.

[alessimdon]

driver are for a Physics instrument moving stage.

The gave me the drivers.

If I try to open them with labview 2010 I get an error message.

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi alessimdon,

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@alessimdon wrote:

If I try to open them with labview 2010 I get an error message.

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So you got "a" message?

Which message did you get? Mind to share details?

[rolfk]

You really need to be more specific.

What model number and type are those stages?

What interface are those stages using to connect them to your computer?

What errors do you see when trying to load those drivers?

The problem is most likely not just the LabVIEW version alone, but rather other things such as missing DLLs, and possibly even device drivers. It may be actually more a problem that drivers last modified in 2002 and likely developed even before that simply won't load into Windows 10 if they contain any kind of kernel device drivers.