SMC100 LabVIEW Drivers are seen as "Question Marks"

[Kindly-Wisher]

Dear all,

I am trying to install the SMC100 device drivers

The SMC100 controller drivers has been developed under LABVIEW 6.1.

So i installed also LABVIEW 6.1. run time engine.

I installed the drivers(in the link below) to the  "instr.lib" file as required.

ftp://download.newport.com/MotionControl/Current/M​otionControllers/SMC100/Software/

When i open the block diagram(functions pallette), the SMC100 drivers are seen as question mark like in the attached picture.

I am using Win7 32 BIT, LabVIEW 2009, and also

*My device still on the way from USA to Turkey, so i did not connect the SMC100 device to my PC yet. Is it smthg to do with this? Should i connect the device to install the drivers?

[Kindly-Wisher]

I am trying to install the SMC100 device drivers

The SMC100 controller drivers has been developed under LABVIEW 6.1.

So i installed also LABVIEW 6.1. run time engine.

I installed the drivers(in the link below) to the  "instr.lib" file as required.

ftp://download.newport.com/MotionControl/Current/M​otionControllers/SMC100/Software/

When i open the block diagram(functions pallette), the SMC100 drivers are seen as question mark like in the attached picture.

I am using Win7 32 BIT, LabVIEW 2009, and also

*My device still on the way from USA to Turkey, so i did not connect the SMC100 device to my PC yet. Is it smthg to do with this? Should i connect the device to install the drivers?

[Eric-M]

Hi Kindly-Wisher,

You're not going to be able to install the LabVIEW 6.1 Runtime Engine and get the VIs to work in LabVIEW 2009.  The device driver that they made is a set of VIs, so what you will actually need to do is convert the VIs to 2009 from 6.1.  Linked below is an article that helps describe the process.

How to Upgrade or Revert a VI to a Different Version of LabVIEW