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LabVIEW and DLP RFID1

I want to use LabView to read and write from a DLP RFID1 reader. But I am very new to this and need some starter help.

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Have you gone through any of the tutorials? Of not, that's step 1. After that, give a try at writing the code and ask questions about problems you're having.

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This - http://www.dlpdesign.com/rf/rfid1.shtml?

If you install the FTDI driver, it should appear as a com port in MAX, assuming you also installed NI-VISA. From there, you would then read it with the VISA serial functions.
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How do i know if I have the NI-VISA? I just got the student edition of LabVIEW to work with these.

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Look in Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX) to see what is installed. If you only installed LabVIEW, then you don't have VISA. Download it - http://www.ni.com/download/ni-visa-14.0.1/5023/en/
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Still nothing after installing NIVISA. Not really sure where to go from here.

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What exactly do you mean by 'nothing'? You have provided nothing except the model number of the device. Did you install the ftdi driver? Is the com port visible in Windows device manager? Is it visible in MAX? Can you communicate with it in MAX or another program such as putty. Have you tried any of the LabVIEW examples? Do you get an error code/message? These questions should show how incomplete your problem description is.
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I am sorry my posts are short. I have installed the ftdi drivers. It shows up as an USB serial converter, location Port_#0003.Hub_#0002 in device manager. It is not visible in Max, that is what i meant. I do not get a com port for it in MAX. So then I built a small vi with Visa, but i cannot pick the reader.

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Please show the screen from device manager. What ftdi driver did you install? It should be the vcp driver.

It is pointless to write a VI until the port is visible in MAX.
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Thank you for your help. I installed  the combined drivers with the D2XX and VCP. http://www.dlpdesign.com/cdm20830certified.zip

I had the D2XX drivers enables for a demo program that i downloaded from http://dlpdesign.com/rfrdr/ . I did change that so the VCP drivers are loaded and now MAX recognizes my RFID as COM5. I also ran it through the vi quickly and added a screenshot of the output. If i come up with more questions after working with my professor, i will post on here.  thanks again for your help.

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