Swapping computers using PCI-GPIB

[Paul Donaldson]

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am currently running a 1998 PCI-GPIB card using Labview 6.i on a Windows 2000 machine. I want to transfer this card onto a machine running Labview 7.1 on Windows XP. Your drivers page indicates that this can be done with the NI-488.2 v 2.2 driver.

The Windows 2000 PC has a suite of programs that we may need to fall back on if I fail to develop the applications fast enough on the Windows XP PC. Should we need to, is it possible to plug the card back into the Windows 2000 pc and expect it to work? Or does the driver need to be reinstalled in reinitialise the card.

Thanks as always for your help.

Paul Donaldson, Imperial College London

[SShekhar]

Dear Paul!
Thank you for choosing National Instruments Support!

You can safely use the PCI-GPIB card in the Windows XP system with the 2.2 driver and if it needs to be done, you can plug this card back into the Windows 2000 PC and it should work without you having to reinstall the driver (I am assuming you have driver version 1.7 or 2.2 installed). So please feel free to switch back and forth between the two computers!

Thanks and Regards
ShekharS
National Instruments