Possible to use labview with daq-system not from NI?

[Vlassaks]

Hello,

I have a daq-system and software from another company than NI. But I want some changes in the software. So the possibility was to make a new program with Labview.

Is it possible to use the old daq-system? Is it compatible with Labview? Or do I need to buy new hardware?

Thanks.

[Hillman · Accepted solution]

Hi VIassaks,

Good afternoon and I hope your well today.

Thanks for the post.

LabVIEW can communicate with 3rd party hardware using the Call Library function found in the Advanced palette under the Functions Palette. If your hardware is provided with a driver-level DLL then LabVIEW can communicate with the hardware. However, you will need complete documentation of the DLL in order for you to create your own interface for the 3rd party hardware.

Another option would be if the manufacturer of the hardware provided LabVIEW VIs that controls their hardware. You will not be able to use the National Instruments Data Acquisition (DAQ) VIs because those VIs use the NI-DAQ DLL, which is our driver-level software for our DAQ boards. Other companies use their own driver-level software to control their own hardware. Only National Instruments hardware uses the NI-DAQ driver which allows you to use the LabVIEW DAQ VIs.

Hope this helps,