NI-DAQmx is not available in LabVIEW 8.6 after installing DAQmax 8.7.1

[LV_fun]

I have both LabVIEW 8.0 and LabVIEW 8.6 installed on my laptop running Windows Vista.  After the successful installation of  NIDAQmax 8.7.1,   NI-DAQmx is only available in LV 8.0, but not LV8.6.  In LV8.6, can only see MAX configuration under 'Measurement I/O'.     Can anyone help on this?   Thank you.

(I need DAQ assistant for my application coded in 8.6)

[Christian Mergl]

Try to install it again and check if you have added support for LabVIEW 8.6.

Christian

[LV_fun]

Hi, Christian

Thanks for your prompt reply. I run the installer again, but it seems that NIDAQmax 8.7.1 does not have support for LabVIEW 8.6,  it only got support for up to LabVIEW 8.5.   Should I download a higher version DAQmax?

[Christian Mergl]

ups, you are right!

Yes, in that case you can download the NI-DAQmx 8.9 here.

Christian

[LV_fun]

Thank you  for the link. I've installed DAQmx8.9.  Now, LV 8.6 got DAQmx, while it dissapeared from LV8.0,  because NI-DAQmx8.9 does not support LV 8.0.  So it is impossible to have DAQmx in both LV8.6 & LV8.0 at the same time, is it?

[Christian Mergl · Accepted solution]

Well, the last DAQmx which supported LV8.0 was version 8.7.1. Since 8.7.2 the LV 8.0 support went away and LV8.6 supporte came....so there is no DAQmx version which supports both, 8.0 and 8.6.

[LV_fun]

I see. Thanks for your clarification. Kudos was given to you to express my appreciation.