LabView with non-NI hardware?

[Bill Stones]

Hello,

I have designed a data logger VI for my research and I want to share it with
my collegues. The problem is, I am using a NI DAQCard for data acquisition,
while most of them use Keyence DAQ cards. I was wondering if it is possible
to use the same VI on different hardware. If it is possible, then how should
I do? I guess some Keyence drivers must be installed in order to work with
LabView. Where do I get them?

Thanks in advance.

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[Dennis_Knutson]

VIs for NI hardware use NI-DAQ and NI-DAQ is only for NI hardware. What you might be able to do is write one VI for NI hardware and another one for the Keyence card. Name them the same and in your main VI, call it dynamically. You'll have to design your DAQ VI to support any differences in data returned, input specifications, etc. You could then install the appropriate VI on the different PC's.

You'll have to contact Keyence for any LabVIEW drivers that they might have.

[Bill Stones]

Thank you for your reply. It does not seem as trivial, as I have thought.
Maybe, it woun't be worth the effort after all. My collegues were interested
in my VIs, because they are so much more flexible than the Keyence provided
DAQ software. But after all, I think they have to put up with it.
Thanks again.

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"Dennis Knutson" wrote in message
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> VIs for NI hardware us
e NI-DAQ and NI-DAQ is only for NI hardware.
> What you might be able to do is write one VI for NI hardware and
> another one for the Keyence card. Name them the same and in your main
> VI, call it dynamically. You'll have to design your DAQ VI to support
> any differences in data returned, input specifications, etc. You could
> then install the appropriate VI on the different PC's.
>
> You'll have to contact Keyence for any LabVIEW drivers that they might
> have.

[eh]

Are you sure it is Keyence? I have not seen a Daqcard from them.

[Bill Stones]

Yes, here's the link
http://www.keyence.co.jp/keisokuki/lineup/NR-110_150/NR-110-150.system.html

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"eh" wrote in message
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> Are you sure it is Keyence? I have not seen a Daqcard from them.