I'm running Labview 5.1 on a G3 with a PCI-MIO-16XE10. Also installed is a Keyspan serial port card. I can communicate through the serial port using the serial port VI's, until I capture data from the DAQ. After this, the Serial Write VI's hang, and my VI gets stuck.
Couldn't find anything on our Databases regarding that combination. My suggestion is to upgrade the VISA driver to the latest version available, and to contact the manufacturer of the third party device to see if they have something reported related to a compatibility problem is between their product and NI DAQ board.
Regards Filipe A. Applications Engineer National Instruments