LabVIEW Driver FAQ
From Datataker
LabVIEW Driver Frequently Asked Questions
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Does LabVIEW come with the LabVIEW Driver?
No, you must purchase this seperately from National Instruments.
Which products are suported?
The Driver has been tested with all DT5/6xx and DT800 products.
Where is the documentation?
The Driver has a compiled help file which is installed with the driver. Right click on any of the VIs and select 'help'.
The datataker help.chm file is in the user.lib directory under DTDRIVER/documentation
The help is also online
dataTaker Driver for LabVIEW
Are there any examples using the driver?
There are examples included in the driver, which demonstrate the use of the various dataTaker VIs. They can be selected from the sub-palette's within the drivers functions palette in the block diagram.
Further examples which demonstrate applications are available for download on the open source section of the dataTaker website. open source software
The installer executable will not install?
The dataTaker instrument driver for LabVIEW was written for LabVIEW 6.0.2 for backwards compatability. Currently the installer is an executable, which installs the relevant files under the user.lib directory for LabVIEW 6.0.2, 6.1, 7.0 or 7.1 If you have LabVIEW 8.0 or later, you will need to do a custom installation as follows:
- Download the DTDRIVER.ZIP file from the downloads section of our website
- Extract this ZIP file to the user.lib directory of your LabVIEW installation.
Can I use the driver under LabVIEW for Linux?
Yes, however we have not tested this.
You will need to extract the DTDRIVER.zip file from the support>>downloads section of our website, under the heading "Software Developer Tools" downloads
Extract the folder to your "user.lib" directory under the LabVIEW folder. You should be able to see the vi's under your User Libraries sub-palette in your block diagram.
You will need to install NI-VISA for Linux in order to talk to the dataTaker logger over serial. If you are using the dataTaker logger over ethernet, you will be able to modify the VIs so they are not using the NI-VISA VIs in the lower level VIs
The documentation for the driver is a compiled HTML file, linked into the dataTaker VIs, and I don't know if this will work under linux. However all the HTML files have been placed on the website. See the above link under the question "Where is the documentation"
