NI-max is not detecting my PXI device!!!!!

[IVI]

Hi,

 NI max is not detecting a ARINC 429 PXI device which is not a NI made.

 we are using NI-1045 PXI chassis.

 can any one suggest some idea why it happened???

any help will be appreciable.

thanks

Bharathi

[Can_W]

Bharathi,
I believe the problem that you are having here is that the third party device is not being recognized by MAX. There is a way to work with your device through NI-VISA, you can get the driver here. There is also a tutorial on how to register level program a PXI/PCI device.

Let me know if this helps,

[IVI]

hi,

thanks for ur response.

we are using ARINC 429 card by MAX technologies,but i didn't find any driver update for that in the link given by u.

How can obtain it for ARINC 429 card??

thanks

bharathi

[Can_W]

Sorry for the confusion, but the issue is that there aren't any drivers on NI.com that was made for your device. MAX technology may have one, but it isn't something that National Instruments has tested out. The work-around for not having the driver is to communicate with the device through VISA.

[ThSa]

Bharathi,
in MAX you get displayed your 3rd party PXI device when an *.INF file for the 3rd party device is available on the system.
Normally the *.inf file is povided by the device manufacturer (in your case MAX Technologies).

If you do have specific information on the card you are using, like manufacturer ID, model code, subsystem/interrupt information, etc., you may use the VISA Driver Development Wizard to create your own *.inf file for the ARINC.
Please find below the link to a guidline for using the Wizard:
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/3142

The above mentioned VISA wizard is an interim solution for you or lets say a "good to know" stuff. I am sure that MAX Technologies is providing a specific *.inf file for your device.

Thanks

[IVI]

hi,

thanks for ur response,

whether i need to do any modification in the ini file supplied by the vendor to be detected by NI-MAX?

because i could see Visa driver develpoment wizard genrated inf file has some entries for MAX database.

thanks

bharathi

[ThSa]

You are absolutely right.
The simplest way would be to load the information from the original vendor ini file by clicking on "Import Settings from a Module Description File".
Alternatively you may use the information of the ini file and copy the specific information from the ini file into the wizard manually.

[IVI]

hi thanks for ur reply

it's working fine.

I need to automate the process of instrument detection through NI-VISA!!!

Is there any way to do programatically ,the process which the wizard does???( i hope it's need to be entered in to NI-PAL database)

thanks

bharathi

[Can_W]

Sorry to say this, but the process you've been doing is the best way to get you what you need. If I find any information about this I'll be sure to post it as soon as I can

Regards,

[ThSa]

Bharathi,

to automate the process we do not have really a script or something like this.
I would recommend to create, for example, a LabVIEW executable to sync the information from the original INI file with the information from INF file from the VISA wizard.

Thanks,
ThSa