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Appendix A LabVIEW Data Acquisition Common Questions
LabVIEW Data Acquisition Basics Manual A-4
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If not, you need to obtain the latest version of the DAQ driver from the
NI BBS, World Wide Web, or FTP site.
We have also seen cases where the video driver conflicts with both the
NI-DAQ Configuration Utility and LabVIEW. You can obtain the
Error Messages and Crashes Common Questions
document from the
NI Fax-on-Demand system.
(Windows)
I bought LabVIEW for Windows and also have a slightly
older DAQ device from National Instruments. I installed the entire
LabVIEW package, but should I go ahead and install my NI-DAQ for
Windows drivers that I originally got with the board?
In most cases, the answer is no. The LabVIEW installer installs a set of
DAQ driver files that are guaranteed to work with LabVIEW, whereas if
you happen to install an older version of the drivers afterwards, you may
run into many problems. You may even end up crashing your computer
every time you do any data acquisition. If you buy a new DAQ device and
if you already have LabVIEW installed, it is safe to install the NI-DAQ for
Windows drivers from those disks. In any case, make sure you install and
use the latest version of the NI-DAQ drivers, unless a dialog box at
installation tells you your board is no longer supported on that version.