Attempt to communicate to Newport MM4006 controllers via serial in new labview

I am attempting to communicate to a Newport MM4006 motion controller via labview, however the drivers built are for version LABVIEW 6i, and was worried about backward compatibility with the current version of Labview. Is there any support to show the best way of upgrading the VI systems to communicate and hence move three stages in parrallel.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Kind regards,
Asiri

Dear Asiri,
Thank you for your post to the forums.
I wanted to ask you a few questions in regards to the issue you are having:
- You mention the drivers were built for LabVIEW 6. What version do you now have? What have you tried so far in regards to your application in the new version?
- Are you looking for the equivalent functionality in the newer version, is that correct?
If you could provide me with more information on what exactly it is you are after that would be great!
In the meanwhile, from what I understood so far, I managed to find some relevant links for you to look at.
- Upgrading from LabVIEW 8.6 or earlier
- Converting VIs
- Upgrading from LabVIEW 6
- How to upgrade or revert a VI in a different version of LabVIEW
In case you haven't already got this downloaded, I have found the driver download for the MM4000 series motion controllers. This was on our 3rd party driver network.
- Newport MM4000
I hope this helps.
Kind Regards,
Dom C

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