Use Ni-Visa instead of Visa

[iviewlab]

I installed Ni-Visa on Linux. I can see my external devices in Ni-Visa. How can I tell LabView to use Ni-Visa and not Visa?

[natasftw]

What other VISA is there?  Just use the VISA VIs on your function palette.  What actual errors are you running into?

[iviewlab]

Maybe I misunderstand how this is working. I was told by the manufacturer of my device to use Ni-Visa. So I installed it and I see the device when I type visaconf. But In Labview, I don't see the device under Visa. I was under the impression that I need to replace Visa with Ni-Visa somehow?

[crossrulz]

What is the device?  How is it connected?  Do you see it in MAX (Measurement and Automation Explorer)?

Some possibilities:

1. If you are connected via Ethernet, you will have to either create the VISA reference from a string or use MAX to create a VISA alias that you can use in LabVIEW.

2. Many instruments connected via USB just show up as a serial port.  So you will need to figure out which COM port is being used.

3. If connected over serial port, you just have to reference the COM port the instrument is connected to (similar to the USB option I mention).