Will Measurement Studio 8.1.2 for Visual Studio 2005 work with NI-9215 hardware?

[MadMax]

Hi there,

I have an older version of Measurement Studio (8.1.2), along with Visual Studio 2005.  It's been a while since I've done any development with this software.  It was previously used with PCI-6013 hardware, developing software in VB.NET.

I now have a need to work with some newer hardware (cDAQ-9178 DAQ Chassis, NI-9401 C Series DIO Module, NI-9215 C Series Voltage Input Module).  I'd like to know if anyone can tell me whether this older software will properly run with this newer hardware?

I'm guessing it's a matter of whether the older version of Measurement Studio can access the newer version of the driver for this hardware?  Or would it be possible to install an older version of the driver?

I am working with a Windows 10 development machine.  Would appreciate if anyone has any insights on this, or can offer any tips?

Best,

Chris

[ChristopherBrenes]

Hi MadMax,

As you say, if Measurement Studio and Visual Studio are compatible (Measurement Studio and Visual Studio Version Compatibility: https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z0000019RD9SAM&l=en-US) the Hardware compatibility is more related to the compatibility between the driver DAQmx and Visual Studio. First take a look at this document, it will clarify some of your doubts:

Using DAQmx in Visual Studio .NET With or Without Measurement Studio

https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z0000019Ma3SAE&l=en-US

As you are using Windows 10, you will need DAQmx 15.1 or further versions according to this document (http://www.ni.com/product-documentation/52818/en/).

And the readme of DAQmx 15.1 indicates that those devices you mentioned are supported, and you can use Visual Studio 2005 with ANSI C:

NI-DAQmx 15.1.1 Readme

http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/374768g.html

I hope this helps!

[MadMax]

Hi Christopher,

Thank you for the very detailed response.  Very helpful.

It's been a while since I did any development in the VB6 platform, so things will hopefully come back to me as I get going.

Do you know if there is anywhere that I can find examples?  Perhaps they are installed with the DAQmx driver?

Best,

Chris

[ChristopherBrenes]

Hi,

You are right, the examples are installed with the DAQmx driver. You can find them in this default path:

C:\Users\Public\Documents\National Instruments\NI-DAQ\Examples

If you are looking for VB6 examples, this information will be helpful:

DAQmx Example Programs for Visual Basic 6.0

https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000P7jYSAS&l=en-US

Regards,

Christopher Brenes

Technical Support Engineer

National Instruments

www.ni.com/support