Require Labview driver for Campbell Scientific CR6 datalogger

[PickPower]

Hi all,

I have a CR6 Measurement and Control Datalogger from Campbell Scientific (https://www.campbellsci.com/cr6) and I would like to connect it directly to LabView in order to get the data.

I have the DSC (Datalogging and Supervisory Control) Module, NI MAX (Measurement ans Automation software) and DAQ Assistant.

How can I get the values in LabView from the CR6 ? 

Is there someone who prepare a Driver for this instrument ? Unfortunately, it is not in the NI instrument database software.

Actually, LabView sees that the datalogger is connected but can not acquire the data because the instrument driver doesn't exist.

Thanks a lot for your help,

PickPower

[bavci]

Hi PickPower,

Usually for 3rd party instruments the drivers, if they exist of course, can be found on IDNet (https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/instrument-drivers.html). I think this is the database that you are referring to.

If you couldn't find it there, you can directly contact the producer; maybe there is a beta version of the driver that they are currently working on.

If really no "easy" solution exists on the producer side, then you can take advantage of NI-VISA, which is a software API that enables users to create code to communicate with any instrument, over any bus, on most operating systems.

Here is a brief intro to NI-VISA:

https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/supplemental/06/ni-visa-overview.html

and here is the manual if you need more information:

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/ni-visa/page/user-manual-welcome.html

Let us know if you need further support.

Good luck,

Bart