Waveforms rename failed when Device Name is equal

[Holger Senn]

Hello,

I have two ADP5250 Pro and I want to name both the same using Waveforms.

Unfortunately this is not possible. Waveforms reports "rename failed".

Is there a possibilty to name both the same?

I would like to operate it with Labview and there a same name is advantageous.

[attila]

Hi @Holger Senn

The limitation is from the low level library, niVB_Status_ErrorCannotRenameDeviceBecauseNameInUse
It does not allow devices to have the same name.

This can be tricked by renaming one from another computer.

If you connect multiple ADP5XXX or VirtualBench devices with the same name, only one will be listed/available !

To rename with one computer: close WaveForms (and LabView, VirtualBench app...), delete the following file, connect one device and rename.
C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Local\National Instruments\NI-VirtualBench\ ni-virtualbench-devices.db

[Holger Senn]

13 hours ago, attila said:

Hi @Holger Senn

The limitation is from the low level library, niVB_Status_ErrorCannotRenameDeviceBecauseNameInUse
It does not allow devices to have the same name.

This can be tricked by renaming one from another computer.

If you connect multiple ADP5XXX or VirtualBench devices with the same name, only one will be listed/available !

To rename with one computer: close WaveForms (and LabView, VirtualBench app...), delete the following file, connect one device and rename.
C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Local\National Instruments\NI-VirtualBench\ ni-virtualbench-devices.db

That works fine,

Thank you very much