PXI-6115 & PXI-6143 on Same Computer, RDA's Future

[nealpederson]

Today I installed several PXI-6115 cards and realized that they are only
supported with traditional DAQ under version 7.2. This is OK for now
because I'm already limited to traditional DAQ to be able to use RDA.
However, I was considering adding the new inexpensive S board, the PXI-6143,
to my system. According to the list of supported boards this board is only
supported by DAQmx. Questions:

1. How can these two S boards be used by the same system if programming with
LabVIEW?

2. Any guesstimate on if or when the PXI-6115 will be supported by DAQmx?

3. Any guesstimate on if or when RDA will be supported by DAQmx? RDA
(remote data acquisition) is an extremely valuable DAQ method and I hope it
will be supported by D
AQmx soon!

[bilik]

I'm really interesting about answer from NI side according to point 3 (RDA). I already asked about it in this forum on October 2003, but I got just very foggy answer, do not telling either yes or no from NI side. I agree RDA is really valuable feature and I'm waiting for it also.

Looking forward for DAQmx via RDA even for free or for money (who knows what marketing guys prepare for us)! Petr Bilik

[Tiptop]

Hello,

You are correct about the support of both boards. The 6143 is only supported in DAQmx, and the 6115 is only supported in Traditional DAQ. Here is the best that I can do for the other questions.

1. You can program each card in a different driver. This is not a problem at all. The only conflict occurs when you try and program a card in both drivers at the same time. Such as trying to do analog output in Traditional DAQ and analog input in DAQmx.

2. This is internal information only. For further information I would contact your local sales representative, she/he might be able to assist you further.

3. Again, if and when is internal information. It is not currently supported. At the moment, you can use remote front panels, or create y
our own server/client VIs to control a remote DAQ board.


These are excellent pieces of feedback for our R&D department. I highly encourage anyone who reads this thread to submit product feedback using this link.

Best regards,

Justin T.
National Instruments