LabVIEW driver for Agilent E1432A VXI?

[Mushnik]

I'm trying to find a LabVIEW driver for an Agilent E1432A VXI card. I can only find one for CVI/LabWindows which I can't get to work with LabVIEW. My supervisor's saying that the only alternative is to write my own driver, and being a LabVIEW beginner (and not incredibly great at programming) this is kinda daunting.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Kim L]

Some companies that create instrument drivers do not post them on the NI site. You can go to the following website and search "Other Driver Resources".

http://zone.ni.com/idnet/

Another thing that might help is to find an instrument driver for a similar instrument and alter it so that it will work for your instrument.

A third option is to make a dll out of the driver in CVI (if you have it) and call it from labview. If you choose this option, you will find the following links helpful.

http://ae.natinst.com/operations/ae/public.nsf/fca7838c4500dc10862567a100753500/862567530005f09c8625668e004638b7?OpenDocument

http://ae.natinst.com/operations/ae/public.nsf/fca7838c4500dc10862567a100753500/cf78245cb9c707ce86256a3f00500ace?OpenDocument

Kim L.
Applications Engineer
Nat
ional Instruments

[Mushnik]

I have a dll converted for CVI, however, I can't configure the channels in MAX so I can't get the functions to recognise them. MAX says it's an "unknown VISA resource" and that, "NI-VISA can access, but not configure, these resources." I have now managed to get an Agilent active x driver working but this doesn't offer the funtctions that the plug & play driver does (in particular continuous read).

Any more ideas?

Rob Thurgood