Can I use the NI PCI 6013 under DOS mode?

[Anton_P]

Hi,

I have a program for dilatometer measurements, which I wrote some years ago using Turbo Pascal for DOS. Now, I need to use the NI PCI 6013 card instead of old one (ISA card). It is possible to read the data from 6013 under the DOS?

Thanks in advance.

Anton.

[Spencer S.]

Anton,

NI-DAQ 4.8.0 was the last version of the driver to support DOS. The first version of NI-DAQ to support the PCI-6013 was 6.9.3. So, unfortunately, this will not be an option. Why do you need to use the PCI-6013? Maybe some alternative options exist.

Good luck with your application.

Spencer S.

[Anton_P]

Ok, Could you advise me another PCI acquisition card? My task is read two DC signals, one from B-type thermocouple (mV range) and another one from ATA-2001 amplifier (+/- 10V range) with high precision (16-bit). I want to use my old program, which was wrote by Turbo PASCAL for Dos. These signals should be read simultaneously with the frequency around 1-2 kHz.

Anton.

[Spencer S.]

Anton,

Unfortunately, none of the PCI DAQ boards are supported under DOS because they are not compatible with NI-DAQ 4.8.0 or earlier. There are 16-bit ISA DAQ boards that NI-DAQ 4.8.0 supports. Are you required to use a PCI board? If so, you will need to perform register-level programming (does not require NI-DAQ) to use a PCI DAQ board in DOS.

Spencer S.