NI-488.2 does work on Windows XP Mode within Windows 7

[rutlean]

Awesome.  Looking forward to testing.  Will start on Monday.

[Matti_Autioniemi]

Hi,

I'm also having issues using GPIB-USB-HS with Win 7 32bit in XP Mode.

Great to hear that NI is working on this issue! Looking forward to test beta drivers and give feedback.

-Matti

[mabs metrologist]

We are trying to use an NI ExpressCard-GPIB in Windows 7 64 bit XP Mode Virtual PC.  Our legacy software does not run under Windows7 64 bit.  The card does seem to attach to the virtual window but so far we have install errors.  I don't want to go to the expense of buying a newer version of software if possible.

Is it possible to install the driver in the virtual XP box without installing it on the windows7 platform?  We may try the beta driver to see if that option works.

My software is Fluke MetTrack/MetCal ver 7.1.1.  I know I can upgrade to ver 7.3 but that is just another expense.

[JasonSmith]

The NI ExpressCard-GPIB should also work with the beta driver, although it has not been specifically tested. Please use the link provided my Michelle to request access to the beta driver.

-Jason S.

[mabs metrologist]

Initial testing says the beta driver does work with the ExpressCard-GPIB through XP Mode Virtual PC on the Windows7 64 bit platform.

[JohnPM]

Hi Ni,

I have been using GPIB-USB-HS with Win XP mode for the last few months successfully using the Beta driver.  It's been great.  My question to you at NI is "has the beta software for the GPIB been incorporated into the newest NI 488.2 software"?

[JasonSmith]

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@JohnPM wrote:

Hi Ni,

I have been using GPIB-USB-HS with Win XP mode for the last few months successfully using the Beta driver.  It's been great.  My question to you at NI is "has the beta software for the GPIB been incorporated into the newest NI 488.2 software"?

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John-

It is good to hear that the beta has been working well for you. The change has been incorporated into our next release of NI-488.2 for Windows. As you can understand, there are other features and changes going into this driver, and we must ensure that all of them are of sufficient quality before we release the final version. We are actively working on this right now, but I do not have a final release date available. This email thread has become the center of attention for this issue, so I expect that we will make an announcement to this thread when the driver is released.

-Jason S.

[KevinL]

Hi,

I was wondering if someone could help me.

I got the beta drivers for my PCI GPIB card. I uninstalled the previous NI drivers and installed this beta version. No problem at all in Windows 7, but in XP (virtual PC) I can't see the GPIB card in the device manager.

I also tried to install the beta driver directly in the XP virtual PC but I got the same result...

Thanks for your help,

Kevin

[mabs metrologist]

Kevin,

As I recall, sorry but I don't have it available to me right now, I installed the beta driver from XP mode.  Then when I put in the card I had to go to the top of the virtual box & through a tab or drop down menu and attach the device to the XP box.

Hope that helps.

[KevinL]

Thanks,

Actually, I can't find any option where I can "add" my GPBI-PCI card in the virtual pc... Only USB, ethernet adapter or hard drive nothing about PCI card.