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Permalink Reply by bGatti on September 12, 2010 at 8:21am

too funny

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on September 12, 2010 at 8:58am

That means you didn't install the LabView drivers. Instructions are in the manual

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on September 12, 2010 at 11:05am

also in the manual the driver link is not the one for the windows 7 that you need go to the download page and find the windows 7 VISA download and get that. Its what I did and works on win7 32 and 64 bit Though I have noticed you have to kill the GCS as there is no way to close it and a few other weird things with the GCS.

This is the one in the wiki does not work for win7 http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/1071/lang/en -- works only to vista

here is the one that works for win 7 http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/2136/lang/en

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on September 12, 2010 at 11:28am

Jeremy, thanks for the catch. The manual has been updated for the more recent driver.

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Nathaniel Caner on September 12, 2010 at 4:53pm

Chris,

Thanks, I missed that in the wiki, I can see the link clearly in the instructions....I just missed it which surprises me because I probably read it 10 times. I guess I expected the RTE to be a complete package with the drivers.

Jeremy,

Thanks for the thoughtful clarification, and the clear instructions.

bGatti,

????? Gee thanks for your help?????

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Permalink Reply by bGatti on September 13, 2010 at 8:15am

ok, sorry, it was short.
in 2000, my employer wanted to protect some software (i wrote), so we bought these parallel port dongles; only the computer I had at the time - didn't have a parallel port or a serial port, and that was like 10 years ago.

So here we are 10 years later beating still this poor dead horse - now - in 64 bits. Serial Comm is anachronistic, and the juxtaposition with 64 bit is well, too funny.

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Nathaniel Caner on September 13, 2010 at 9:29am

bGatti,

Thanks for the clarification. OK now I can see the humor in it ! Funny stuff ! I am happy to report that overlooking the driver installer seems to have been thee problem. I haven't put the hardware in the loop yet.....but the software seems to be recognizing the com port.

Regards,

Nathaniel

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