Installation of SDK for LabView 32bit on Win7 64bit

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Thomas Kinder
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Installation of SDK for LabView 32bit on Win7 64bit

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Hello,

After installing PicoScope 6 on my Win7 64bit computer, I tried to install also PicoSDK_32_10.6.10.24.exe from the CD for use with LabView. I could find example VIs, but not the corresponding 32bit DLLs. I deinstalled everything, downloaded the lastest PicoSDK_32_10.6.12.41.exe from the web. After installation, I finally found the ps5000a.dll in C:\Program Files (x86)\Pico Technology\SDK\lib, which I suppose is the correct dll for my PicoScope 5442A. However, now I am missing the LabView example VIs.
What is the correct procedure to install PicoScope 6 and LabView example VIs including the suitable DLL, and where do I find these after the installation?

Best regards,
Thomas

Hitesh

Re: Installation of SDK for LabView 32bit on Win7 64bit

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Hello Thomas,

The PicoSDK 10.6.12.41 version is the current one to use.

Our examples are now on GitHub:

https://github.com/picotech/picosdk-ni-labview-examples

Please refer to the README file and note that the examples for your PicoScope model are in the ps5000a directory - there are examples for 32-bit and 64-bit LabVIEW.

Hope this helps,

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Re: Installation of SDK for LabView 32bit on Win7 64bit

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Hello Hitesh,

I am using LabView 2014, so the examples on Github are too new for me. Can I use the examples from my CD (SDK 10.6.10.24) with the DLLs installed from SDK 10.6.12.41? In fact I got the VIs running after setting the DLL path in every single VI from C:\...\LabView 2013\... to D:\...\LabView 2014\... . However, the PicoScope5000aExampleBlock.vi got stuck somewhere in the PicoScope5000aGetBlock.vi in a while loo that seems to be waiting for the PicoScope to be ready:
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Is this due to version mismatch? In any case, what is the reason for this problem, and how can I solve it?
The PicoScope is working fine with the PicoScope 6 software.
Best regards,
Thomas

Hitesh

Re: Installation of SDK for LabView 32bit on Win7 64bit

Post by Hitesh »

Hi Thomas,

We save most of our examples for LabVIEW 8.5 so they should work with LabVIEW 2014. Are you getting any error messages to say that the files were saved with a later version of LabVIEW?

With regards to the device not becoming ready, if you have set a trigger condition on the front panel of the example, that trigger condition will need to be met before the device becomes ready.

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Re: Installation of SDK for LabView 32bit on Win7 64bit

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Hello Hitesh,

I get this error message:
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It is German, but you can recognize the error code 9: The VI version (16.0) is newer than the Labview version (14.0).
Anyway, I could create a trigger event and got data into my Labview plot diagram. So I assume my not-straight-forward installation process was successful! It seems I can run the LabView VIs from the CD with the newer DLLs.

Best regards,
Thomas

Hitesh

Re: Installation of SDK for LabView 32bit on Win7 64bit

Post by Hitesh »

Hi Thomas,

Thank you for your reply.

We will check this here and update the GitHub repository as required.

Regards,

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