Replacement for PCI-DAS1000 with VEE

[Mark McKinley]

Working on updating an old Win2k machine using a PCI-DAS1000.

OS will need to be Win10 64 bit.

Existing code uses Cbv.h and cbv32.dll which seems to be ancient.

NI has the PCIe-6230 that seems to match up well feature wise, but NI and Keysight tend not to play well together at times.

It seems as if only 6 of the AI are being used on the existing card so perhaps one of the USB offerings from MCC such as USB-1608G would work, but not sure if the .dll provided will work with VEE.

[Fausto]

Hello @Mark McKinley.

The USB-1608G module is a good replacement for the PCI-DAS1000, if updating your OS to Windows 10.  You would need to install the latest version of InstaCal, which includes updated cbw.h, cbw32.dll, and cbw64.dll files.  Not aware if the current version of VEE supports the current version of InstaCal.

Regards,

Fausto

[Mark McKinley]

Any old timers still around that know vee?  Seems like at least back in the day the .dlls were tweaked somehow for use with vee.  I believe it is related to the limitations on return types allowed.

[Mark McKinley]

Comparing the old CBV.h and Cbv.hCBW.h there seems to be some differences.  Was CBV.h and CBV32.dll provided by MCC back in the day?  The StopBackground and AInScan functions are of main concern.

cbv32.dll

[Fausto]

Here's what I was able to find regarding the legacy VEE support for MCC products.
https://kb.mccdaq.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50378.aspx

https://mcc.download.ni.com/#Archive/UL for VEE/

 

[Mark McKinley]

Follow up question.  Is the USB-1608G end of life?  Seems to out of stock most places with long lead times.

[Fausto]

The USB-1608G is an active product.  

https://digilent.com/shop/mcc-usb-1608g-series-high-speed-multifunction-usb-daq-devices/