Downloaded Instrument Drivers

[Joe Geller]

Hi,

Please forgive a newbie question. I downloaded several instrument
drivers from the ni site for instruments that I would like to control with
LabView 6i (student version). They run fine when I open the vi's one at a
time and run them.

My question is, How do I tell LabView where they are so that they appear
in the Functions menu under Instrument I/O? There is a sample HP DVM there
already and I would like to see icons pointing to the library functions for
all of my downloaded drivers.

Thanks!

Joe

[Joey Oravec]

There is a directory

C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6.1\user.lib

which specifies what appears on the "user libraries" tab. You might try
linking them from there, or putting them on there, or editing the menu file.
Check the online help for more details.

-joey

"Joe Geller" wrote in message
news:b1g59.123730$D8.4210602@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> Hi,
>
> Please forgive a newbie question. I downloaded several instrument
> drivers from the ni site for instruments that I would like to control with
> LabView 6i (student version). They run fine when I open the vi's one at a
> time and run them.
>
> My question is, How do I tell LabView where they are so that they
appear
> in the Functions menu under Instrument I
/O? There is a sample HP DVM
there
> already and I would like to see icons pointing to the library functions
for
> all of my downloaded drivers.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joe
>
>
>

[Joe Geller]

The problem was that the student version has a 'LabView 6.1' directory
structure and then a near identical 'LabView SE' structure with another
inst.lib! I got it by searching for the example instrument .mnu file ...
only to find out that my downloaded drivers lived elsewhere. When I moved
my downloaded drivers to the SE inst.lib the new icons popped right up.
(Joey, thank you for pointing me to the menu files!)

-Joe


"Joey Oravec" wrote in message
news:3d55a017@newsgroups....
> There is a directory
>
> C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6.1\user.lib
>
> which specifies what appears on the "user libraries" tab. You might try
> linking them from there, or putting them on there, or editing the menu
file.
> Check the on
line help for more details.
>
> -joey
>
> "Joe Geller" wrote in message
> news:b1g59.123730$D8.4210602@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please forgive a newbie question. I downloaded several instrument
> > drivers from the ni site for instruments that I would like to control
with
> > LabView 6i (student version). They run fine when I open the vi's one at
a
> > time and run them.
> >
> > My question is, How do I tell LabView where they are so that they
> appear
> > in the Functions menu under Instrument I/O? There is a sample HP DVM
> there
> > already and I would like to see icons pointing to the library functions
> for
> > all of my downloaded drivers.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[btejani]

Joe,

The directory you're referring to is not the user.lib, but the instr.lib. You should put downloaded driver files in the following directory:

:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6.1\instr.lib\

Be sure to create a directory for the driver.

For more details check out the Installation Instructions page.

--Bankim

Bankim Tejani
National Instruments