How to work with instrument drivers.

[RChoudhary]

I am working on project in which i need to communicate with several instruments. I have downloaded the instrument drivers from NI website, but when i am copying those drivers to the folder where i am saving my project, i am getting that yellow danger( resolve conflict) sign with every .lvlib file. how should i add the drivers so that there is no conflict.

i also want to know is it compulsory to install the drivers, can we use them without installing.

Below i am attaching the image of the conflict i am getting.

[crossrulz]

You really should be leaving the files in the <LabVIEW>\instr.lib directory.  The installer just puts these files where they should be accessed.  Also by leaving them in the instr.lib directory, they should be in your palettes too.

What I typically do for these is just use them as they are installed and document somehow what version of what driver you are using.  It is also common to put the driver installer in your source control just to make sure.

[RChoudhary]

Thanks crossrulz for your reply

use them as they are installed- by this line you mean to say that i should use all the drivers from palette or i am not getting.

one more question i want to ask here, if i install all the drivers in driver palette use them in making vi and then if i want use the same program on some other computer than do i need to install all the drivers again in that system.

[crossrulz]

Yes, you should use them in the palette.

To use the drivers inside of LabVIEW, you will need to install them.  If you are creating an executable for your other computer, then you do not need to install the drivers.

[RChoudhary]

For installing instrument driver do we just need to copy and paste the drivers in <LabVIEW>\instr.lib folder or is there some other procedure because i have copied the folders in <LabVIEW>\instr.lib folder but in palette although i am getting the option of every instrumetn but no vi is present under them.

[gagi1]

Ritu,

Here are the installation instructions: http://www.ni.com/devzone/idnet/inetinst.htm 

Most instrument driver .zip files already contain relative path information. The .zip file should be extracted directly to the <LabVIEW>\instr.lib directory.