NI DAQPad 6020e in labview 8.5

[brjasc]

I have several DAQ Pad 6020e's from a university program. I have them working on a Labview 7 system but when I upgraded to 8.5 they are not recognized.

I have installed the traditional legacy drivers and I can run the test panel in MAX and get it to work there. How do I go from MAX to using them in a vi.? 

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

In MAX, try resetting the device to a Tradional DAQ device, not a DAQmx device.

Then try using it a vi.

[brjasc]

Ok, I have the 6020 setup in MAX as a traditional legacy device. I also have it set up as a Traditional NI-DAQ virtual channel and it gives correct readings from the MAX explorer. My issue now is I cant find the correct way to use the I/O functions in the block diagram to get to the legacy channels. How do you do that?

[Now_With_Underscores · Accepted solution]

Hey Brjasc,

The traditional DAQ drivers by default are only going to install into one version of LabVIEW, so it's possible that you aren't seeing the traditional DAQ drivers in version 8.5.  To see which version of LabVIEW the traditional DAQ drivers are installed on, go to C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW x.x\vi.lib and see if there is a folder called "Daq".  My guess is that the Daq folder is installed for LabVIEW 7, but not LabVIEW 8.5.  Once you figure out which version of LabVIEW this folder is present in, open that version, go to the block diagram, and then right click to bring up the functions palette. Navigate to Measurement I/O and then Traditional DAQ.  To install traditional DAQ into multiple versions of LabVIEW, go to ni.com and search for Traditional DAQ Palette Does Not Appear After Upgrading LabVIEW.

[brjasc]

Thanks, That was basically the problem. The traditional drivers were installed to Version 8.2 which i did not see. In 8.2 I have access to the VIs from the legacy drivers and my programs work. Thanks for the help!