upgrade 8.2 from 5.x

[pdupre]

Hello,

I have several programs buildup on Labview 5.x  and in my new lab, there is only one version of 8.2.
The name (or location) of many VIs for DAQ have changed. Is there any automatic way for "reassociating" the new VIs .

Thank

[Dennis_Knutson]

I'm not sure I agree that many of the names of VIs have changed or moved. If any have moved, then the default search routine will find them if they exist and the relinking will be automatic. What I suspect is that because you are using a DAQ board, that you did not install the old driver that 5.1 used. This is now called the traditional DAQ driver and is not installed by default. The new, replace driver is DAQmx but you can still install traditional DAQ. It is on your device drivers CDs. Make sure that it is installed and then try to re-open your 5.1 VI. If you still have problems locating some VI, please include the names of them. It's also possible that your old program used functions in a toolkit that would need to be upgraded and installed for 8.2.

[pdupre]

Hi Dennis,

you are propably right. The previous card was a E series if I am correct and the new one is a M series.
I installed Ni-DAQ mx8.6. Which one should I install to minimize the problems ?

Thank

[pdupre]

Hi
Is the  NI-DAQmx 8.1 the traditional version ?

[Dennis_Knutson]

No. As I said, the new driver is called DAQmx. The old DAQ driver is described as Traditional NI-DAQ on NI's support pages. Your new card is an M series and can only be programmed with DAQmx so you have the correct driver for that. The traditional DAQ functions do have completely different names and even if you install the old driver, you cannot use it. You will have to rewrite your program in order to use the M series board. There are some compatability VIs available from the support site that put wrappers around the DAQmx functions. You might want to give those a try.

[pdupre]

Hi Dennis,

Thank for your help.

I had a look on http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4342, but the diagrams are almost unreadable (mainly for the mx) , is there a readable version ?

[Dennis_Knutson]

Sorry, not that I know of. Maybe someone from NI will see this and have a better answer.

[JonBowers]

Hi,

This Article has a good explanation of the main DAQmx functions and should help you get up and running.

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/2835

Regards

Jon B
Applications Engineer
NI UK & Ireland

Message Edited by JonBowers on 10-11-2007 05:59 AM

[pdupre]

Hello,

I did not find a way to convert a AI (or AO) group config VI in the mx new drivers.
Could you help me ?

Regards

[JonBowers]

NI-DAQmx does not have groups. The closest thing would be a DAQmx task. This you can create from the Create Virtual Channel function. The link in my previous post has more information on this function.

Regards

Jon