test panel in NI DAQ/ Labview

[poli]

Hi

I downloaded NI-DAQ and Labview 6i evaluation version to program my DAQ 6020E(BNC) . I clicked on MAX and in the "configuration tree" i see under "devices and interfaces" my DAQ device present as device 1, but when i right click on my device  i see  that the "test panel" is disabled .

My O.S. is Windows Vista. Sometimes i get errors like" NI-Max" files stopped working or "shared" file stopped working etc. What should i do to enable "test panel" on Max? My aim is to program one analog output channel to generate 5.5Volt for which i need test panel. Without the test panel being active, is there an alternate way to do this? The green LED on DAQ board usually is on but occasionally it blinks but finally stabilizes to continuously on state.

Regards

[Dennis_Knutson]

NI-DAQ is not compatible with Vista and I have no idea how you could download LabVIEW 6i. That has been obsolete for a long time and is not supported by NI or Vista either. The only driver that is supported under Vista is DAQmx and you need LabVIEW 8.2.1 or greater to have a supported version of LabVIEW.

The latest version of DAQmx is at http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/965/lang/en

To get an evaluation copy of LabVIEW, go to https://lumen.ni.com/nicif/us/lveval/content.xhtml

[Stuart_G]

I totally agree with Dennis.  Can you send me the link of where you downloaded 6i.  We should remove that from the web.

StuartG

[poli]

thank you very much for your excellent support. I downloaded labview 6i from a CD that comes with a book , not from web.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Usually the term download does not mean installing a program from a CD but it soounds like you have a very old and obsolete student edition. The comments still apply though. You need to either get a new version of LabVIEW or downgrade your OS.

[poli]

but is NI-DAQmx driver good for the daq board 6020E (BNC) or will this DAQ board only work on NI-DAQ legacy ?

[delvin]

Download a new version of LabVIEW and DAQmx, i think it will be ok.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Actually, no it is not supported by DAQmx. See http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/6913.