DaqMx driver only for specific hardware

[Forbes_marshall]

Hello,

Is there any possibility to install a driver only for a particular NI hardware like PCI-6220? When I install NI DaqMx 9.7, it installs drivers for all the NI products which takes too much space on hard disk. I have constraints on hard disk size and also on RAM. Please advise.

[Dennis_Knutson]

No. DAQmx is s single driver for multiple devices. You do have the option of deploying the core version of the driver from a development system. You also have the option of using DAQmx Base. It is a smaller driver but has fewer capabilities.

[Chris_B]

While DAQmx doesn't support installing individual drivers, you can install subsets of DAQmx (depending on your needs):

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/370466V-01/daqhelp/subset/ 

core: https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-daq-mx.html#288372

~193MB, NI-DAQmx 9.7.5 Core Runtime contains all the features of the full version of NI-DAQmx 9.7.5 except for the following:

• Application development environment (ADE) support for LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, and Measurement Studio
• The DAQ Assistant
• NI-DAQmx documentation
• LabVIEW Real-Time support
• Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX)

config: https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-daq-mx.html#288373

~873MB, NI-DAQmx 9.7.5 Configuration Run-Time provides a smaller footprint run-time driver for deploying applications developed using NI-DAQmx 9.7.5 (Full Version).  NI-DAQmx 9.7.5 Configuration Run-Time contains all the features of the full version of NI-DAQmx 9.7.5 except for the following:

• Application development environment (ADE) support for LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, and Measurement Studio
• NI-DAQmx documentation

full: https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-daq-mx.html#288369

~1.3GB