FTDI FT4232HQ automation using labview driver

Hi,
I am working on FTDI chip .I want to communicate FTDI chip using labview driver and i have downloaded driver of FT 4232.But i am not able to read and write with that .Can anyone help me out or send me some VI or video ,so that i will be able to communicate.
Thanx in advance
Regards
Shweta

Hi Dennis,
I am using D2xx driver for FTDI.As i want to write and read back data from FTDI FT4232 chip.I hav connected loop back wire between TX and RX buffer of UART port of FT 4232 chip. I m using FTDI's D2XX drivers to find a device, open it, write data in a byte-array format, read data in a byte-array format and close the device from http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/SoftwareExamples/CodeExamples/LabVIEW.htm example 1.
My device getting detected ,but i am not geting the read data back.
Is that example having some error ? or i have to add something else?
thanks in advance
Regards
Shweta18

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