06-01-2012 03:47 PM
Hi all,
I recently installed the evaluation version of LabVIEW and I am trying to communicate with a Mark-10 Series 5 force gauge. The problem, however, is that MAX does not seem to detect the instrument or any other instrument. There isn't even a Device and Interface tree.
I am running Windows 7 and the Mark-10 drivers are installed (and is detected by the device manager as a USB device).
Anyone have any idea what could be wrong?
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06-01-2012 05:42 PM
Max will only show NI products.
06-01-2012 05:51 PM - edited 06-01-2012 05:52 PM
06-02-2012 04:43 PM
Hi SkitleIntern, basically any third-party (non-NI) devices will not show up in MAX, although they may show up in Windows Device Manager.
06-02-2012 05:09 PM
06-02-2012 06:01 PM
I recently went through this problem. You have to register a USB instrument to use the VISA driver. There is an NI tutuorial on how to do this. You can find the tutorial here.
This allows 3rd party instruments to show in MAX and be used in LabVIEW.
Rob
06-02-2012 06:03 PM
06-03-2012 02:02 PM
As it turns out, I did not install the NI-VISA package. Once I did, the problem was resolved and MAX could detect the instrument. Thanks for the help guys. I'm not sure if I'm adding another message to the thread or if I'm just responding to a reply....