Using ESP6000 driver on LV 8.6

[GianniCarbone]

Hello,

I am using labview to control a rotating stage via an old NEWPORT ESP6000. So far I used Labview 8.2 and the drivers/VI provided by NEWPORT. The combination worked just fine, but now I need to migrate to a newer Labvie version (8.6.1) which refuses to use the old drivers/VI and gives the following error: "error code 10: labview version (4.0.1) is too old to convert into the current version (8.6.1).”

I would be grateful if someone could help me understand whether there is a workaround to have the old driver working on LV 8.6.1.

Thanks a lot,

Gianni

[Chris V · Accepted solution]

Hi GianniCarbone,

The problem here is that the driver VIs were obviously written in LabVIEW 4.0.  If you take a look at this link, you will see that VI's written in LabVIEW 4.0 can be opened in LabVIEW 8.2, but not in LabVIEW 8.6.  The easy solution is to open the VIs in 8.2, save them, and then you will be able to open them in LabVIEW 8.6.

However, I also did some more looking and this may not even be necessary.  If you go to our Instrument Driver Network, I was able to find a driver for the Newport 6000 that was written in LabVIEW 8.0.  Note: this driver is not NI certified.

Hope this helps!

Chris V

[GianniCarbone]

Chris,

Thank you very much for the prompt and precise answer. For some reason I could not find the new Newport driver for the ESP6000, but, following your suggestions, I did open the 4.0 VI’s with LV 8.2 and save them. LV 8.6 does now handle the VI’s just fine.

Thanks a lot for your help,

Gianni