Integrate USB 6008 DAQ into Labview program

[Harry_Sundberg]

I am new to LabVIEW and I am trying to write a vi to access the 6008. I am using LabVIEW 2012. I installed the NI-DAQmx 3.6 driver, however, the example code is c code - no vi's. Also, I can't  see any NI-DAQmx examples in the example finder. I have downloaded various examples, but each are missing subvi's that I think should have been installed with the driver. Any advice is appreciated.

[Dennis_Knutson]

There is no such thing as DAQmx 3.6. The latest is 9.7. Click on the Support link at the top of the page.

[gaving]

I think you downloaded "NI-DAQmx Base", not NI-DAQmx. 

[Harry_Sundberg]

Apologies - I am on MacOS.

[Harry_Sundberg]

I did download NI-DAQmx Base, but that is the only option I was given.

The white paper here: http://www.ni.com/white-paper/6913/en directed me to download 3.6B, which was the base version.

How do I get NI-DAQmx for the Mac?

I am MacOS

[gaving]

Currently we only have Base on MacOS. You will need to use examples and the API included with Base.

[Harry_Sundberg]

It doesn't appear that the example VIs were installed. In the Folder: Applications:National Instruments:NIDAQmx BAse, the only examples are C source and binaries, no VIs. When I go to LabVIEW Help, Find Examples, the NIDAQ folder is not there under Hardware Input and Output.

[johnsold · Accepted solution]

Harry,

1. DAQmx Base is the only driver supported on the Mac OS.  You can find petitions on the Idea Exchange asking for better support.

2. DAQmx and all its nice examples are not installed on the Mac.  This means that Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX) is not installed on the Mac and things like the DAQ Assistant are not available (although the latter is no great loss).

3. When DAQmx Base is installed on MacOS X with LV 2012 you should have the DAQmx Base VIs accessible from the Measurement I/O palette.

4. Installing DAQmx Base includes a bunch of examples in this path: Applications: National Instruments: LabVIEW 2012: examples: daqmxbase:  However, the Example Finder does not seem to know they are there, so you have to search manually.

One nice thing about DAQmx Base is that it is almost completely written in LabVIEW, so you can see what it is doing.

Once you get past the hurdles, the USB-6008 works well with DAQmx Base and the Mac.

Lynn

[Harry_Sundberg]

Thank you.