Error of MAX connecting to database

[baohong]

Hi Guys,

I got a very strange problem from my DAQ system.

1) Everything works well before. But after I moved the system to another room (After the moving, there were a few days without using the system, but it was connected to internet),  I found the following error when I started the computer:

Micrsoft Visual C++ runtime error. 

This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more info.

(It related to nimxs.exe)

The problem is very similar with this post

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=192333&requireLogin=False

2) We uninstalled the original MAX (4.0) and driver (cannot exactly remember the version, probably 7... )  and installed MAX4.1 and DAQmx 8.3.

However, we got another problem. The problem is quit same as the problem described in the following post. I copied some descrpition here, which is "MAX takes quite a long time to start and after that, when clicking on "Devices and Interfaces", it pops up the error message  "There was a problem connecting to the database. Please restart your computer and contact National Instruments if the problem persists".

Please see the details in this post: http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=200&message.id=13164

Also, we noticed the same thing "that the service "NI Configuration Manager" nimxs.exe is not willing to stop. It is so when trying to stop it from Windows, as well as when the NI installer tries to stop it when repairing MAX installation".

We still have the problem even though we did all the things mentioned by the following artile:

"Why Do I Get a Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) Database Connection Error?"  http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/B9107A7F281F9B408625720B0078E5A8

please help

baohong

[David L.]

Looks like you came to a solution here.

[baohong]

yes, the problem has been solved by manually deleting the "Data" folder.

Now, I got another question:

My anolog output card (NI PCI-6713) was drived by traditional NI-DAQ driver. My analog input card (NI PCI 6133) was drived by DAQmx 8.3.  ( Actually, NI PCI-6713 can also be drived by DAQmx drivers).  The problem is when I tried to simultaneously trigger both cards by one trigger (from DIO 0 of analog output card), the analog output card was sucesfully triggered, but the analog input card kept waiting for trigger even the trigger had been sent out. All the trigger type was set as negative edge and I am sure the trigger pulse was sent out.  Any idea about this.

Someone said I should reset the analog output card. I am not sure what "reset" means.  Also, can I reset all the cards as traditional cards or DAQmx cards? If yes, how to do that?

thanks

baohong 

[David L.]

Boahong,

I would suggest trying to trigger the 6133 alone, and get it working first. Once this is accomplished, you can go back and incorporate the other card as well. Please keep in mind you can trigger off of any AI channel you are measuring or the AI Start Trig / PFI 0 line (pin 11). If you are still having problems, maybe post simple code which you are using to test the 6133 and detail your setup. If you are using LabVIEW, please see the shipping example ‘Cont Acq&Graph Voltage-Int Clk-Analog Start.vi’ , located under Help >> Find Examples… >> Hardware Input and Output >> DAQmx >> Analog Measurements >> Voltage.

On a side note, next time please create a new thread for any unrelated issues. This helps with separation of issues, along with better search capability for the future.