If you need to use DAQmx, then of course you need to use an NI card. But you are thinking of this in the wrong order. Do you need to use an NI card to communicate with teh FF device? You can, but there are probably other cards out there as well. If you use an NI card, it probably won't use DAQmx but other things such as VISA since it is probably more like a serial protocol than a DAQ device. If you use another brand, then you use the that company's drivers with it.
I just realized you posted in the wrong forum. This forum is for requesting files to be converted between different version of LabVIEW.
You should be posting elsewhere. Possibly Instrument Control (GPIB, Serial, VISA, IVI)
