NI-Motion with Labview 5.0.1

[Rich_N]

Hi,

I'm trying to setup my pci-flexmotion-6c board under Labview 5.0.1 on a Windows 98 box. When I go to the recommended drivers page on NI.com it directs me to the NI-Motion 5.0.1 driver. When I try to install the software on my system, it only seems to provide drivers for Labview 5.1, not Labview 5.0. Help!

Rich_N

[VuD]

Hello Rich,

You are correct that Motion 5.0.1 installs with 5.1 or 6.x.  This is because this version of our motion driver was released around the same time as LabVIEW 6.1; therefore it provides support for the three most current versions at that time.  To use this hardware, you would need to use one of these three versions of LabVIEW.  We do offer comparable current versions of software and hardware particularly the 734x series controllers which can be found at Motion Hardware.  If you would like to continue using LabVIEW 5.0 you could either look into using our older ValueMotion drivers or create a function library that you can call.   Also in order to prevent future complications, I would like to inform you that the pci-flexmotion-6c board is not compatible with NI-Motion 5.2 driver and later.  I hope this answers your question.  Please let us know if you would like further clarification or assistance.Regards,

Vu D
Applications Engineer

[Rich_N]

Vu,

Thanks for your reply to my question. One further question: Is the Flexmotion Release 4.0 (on ftp.ni.com) compatible with the pci-flexmotion-6c and Labview 5.0.1?

Rich

[VuD]

Hello Rich,

Based on the release notes, it appears that FlexMotion 4.0 is compatible with LabVIEW 4.0.  Since this software was released in 1998, it is no longer officially supported by National Instruments.  This is why we currently offer version 5.0.1 as the earliest release on our website.  I do not have a Windows 98 test machine to try this on so I am not sure that the executables in the ftp folder are working correctly; however, this is something you can definitely try.   Please let us know if you have any further questions.

Regards,

Vu D

Message Edited by Vu D on 12-29-2006 09:57 AM