ISOLATED DRIVERS FOR GPIB-USB-HS+ AND USB-232

[MCEddieD]

I'm in the process of migrating a legacy data acquisition system to a modernized hardware/software platform. As a stepping stone, I need to use NI GPIB-USB-HS and USB-232 devices. The driver download for both together is Almost 1.6 gigs. That's quite ridiculous for two simple communication devices. A standard prolific USB-RS232 converter is no more than 7mb, and that includes drivers for all releases of windows. 

Is there a way to install ONLY the drivers I NEED for these two devices. If not directly, can I do a full installation of the driver package on my laptop, and then just copy out all the files I need? And place them in the proper directory so I don't need all this mess of crap I don't need. It's kinda crazy to me I can't just get a simple set of drivers for a device. Thanks for the help!

[andmboa7]

Hey MCEddieD

You would need:

NI-VISA

NI-SERIAL

NI-488.2

http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/main/p/ap/tech/lang/en/pg/1/sn/ssnav:drv/fil/phwebntpmdm:124819/

http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/main/p/ap/tech/lang/en/pg/1/sn/ssnav:drv/fil/phwebntpmdm:120494/

http://www.ni.com/download/ni-visa-15.0.1/5693/en/

Just make sure the drivers version match compatibility with your characteristics.

-AndreaG

National Instruments

[gpibtester]

The links point to the downloads for the Full distributions that include utilities, MAX, etc. If all you want are the drivers, the search needs to be for Runtime distributions.

A search for NI-488.2 Runtime: http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/main/p/bot/no/ap/global/lang/en/pg/1/q/install%20ni-488.2%20runtim...

A search for Serial Runtime:http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/main/p/bot/no/ap/global/lang/en/pg/1/q/serial%20runtime/

And if VISA is really needed, then http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/main/p/bot/no/ap/global/lang/en/pg/1/q/visa%20runtime/

And as Andrea pointed out, "Just make sure the drivers version match compatibility with your characteristics."

Hope this information helps.