I need advice to decide if I accept taking a project or not

Hi,
I have to make the decision if I take a project or not.
I have worked with LabVIEW for less than a year. I'm a CLAD but I only have experience in one project, which involved only using modbus tcp to communicate with a controller, so I don't have any experience (aside from taking Core1 and Core2) with data acquisition.
I was offered a project which consist on acquiring sound. The hardware used is a microphone connected to a cDAQ, and then a cRIO is connected to the cDAQ. Periodically (about 5 mins) the data is sent to a local database. If the sound is higher than the maximum dB level allowed, then the system should record the sound for X seconds. Then that audio file (it can be wav) must be sent to a Web Server, via HTTP or FTP. The last requirement is that the maximum level of dB allowed should be a parameter that can be changed remotely.
I don't have any idea on how to do any of that stuff (except reading and writing to a database), and I have never worked with cDAQ or cRIO. The ideal is that the project lasts about 1,5 months. I have to tell them soon how much time I think I would take, and that's where I'm complicated. I know the LabVIEW enviroment, and I know there are APIs for almost everything, and I'll also have the cDAQ and cRIO for myself to test everything I want, so I know that eventually I could finish the project. But my main concern is that since I don't know how to do anything of this project, I don't know what's the learning curve for all that and much time would it really take. I'm inclined to take the project to win experience, but I don't want to tell them a deadline I won't be able to meet. I was thinking in telling them 2 months. Is that unrealistic? How much time do you think I would take to learn all that stuff if I don't have any experience at all with their requirements for this project?
I know that there's not a clear answer for this, in the end everything depends on me, but any estimation you could make based on your experience is very welcome.
Thanks in advance. 

mikeporter wrote:
Stephan;
As I have looked over my previous answers I recognized two things:
The are all carefully thought out, and pragmatic and -- safe.
They are not how I have run my own like, professionally or otherwise.
It all came together for me when today I saw a quote on linked-in by Sir Richard Branson:
"If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and you're not sure you can do it, say yes -- then learn how to do it later."
It's not pragmatic, and certainly not very safe. But boy it results in an amazing ride...
Mike...
Thanks for making the end of my work day a lot less tedious Mike!
I've actually been trying to figure out how to chime in with a dissenting opinion (and slinging mad bundles of wires all day) and then you came back and did it yourself.  
The Project Templates in this instance are absolutely invaluable!  "Yup, I know LabVIEW but, I Don't know how to use it for this" is a great opportunity.  Look through the sample projects:
READ: the for information pages! 
EXPLORE: the links to LabVIEW Features and Concepts Used
WATCH: The developer walkthroughs
POST: for clarification of what you do not understand
REPEAT until you learn the concepts
Be honest with the client offering the opportunity- LabVIEW talent is in high demand lately.  You do not see many posts to the LabVIEW Developers Seeking Employment forum.  But, as always, you need to manage the client's expectation.  You are not a 20 vet CLD with a few 10's of Gbytes of LabVIEW tools on your keychain from scores of successful projects.  On the other hand, you do have a lot of ways to help you learn (Post 2013 Examples, Post 2012 Project Templates, Online Self paced Core I, II, Advanced, Embeded, OOP...) My friend, you have a lot of advantages over what we had!  AND SUCCEDED WITH!
Best of Luck!- Go Get'R'Done
Jeff

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