In function palette-instrument I/O i have lost library:INSTR LIB

when i clik on instrument I/O in the function palette, inside i have this library:GPIB,SERIAL,VISA,I/O COMPATIBILIY but i lost library INSTR LIB.
In directory c:\programmi\national instrument\labview6\instr lib there are all my driver instrument
haw can i view this driver in function palette\instrumet i/O ?

Here is a great document that has instructions how to add a palette.
How Do I Create a Custom Sub-Palette in the Functions Palette in LabVIEW 6i and Above?
If this doesn't work, try reinstalling LabVIEW.
Zvezdana S.

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Hello Greycat,
The subpalettes for the VISA and Serial subVIs are suppose to be
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Why does LabVIEW for Lego Mindstorms have 2 Functions Palettes?

LabVIEW for Lego Mindstorms has 2 separate Functions Palettes. One of them appears when one creates a VI (.vi) for a Project (.lvrbt), and it appears to contain Mindstorms NXT functions. The other appears when one creates a stand alone VI (.vi), and it contains functions which are labelled "NXT Robotics" but which appear to be the old Mindstorms RCX functions. For example, the Motor Functions have no Speed or Duration controls. (See Control Palette pictures on the attached Word document.) (NI should be aware that the RCX is no longer sold or supported by Lego.)
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I knew that the NXT could be controlled from a "remote" device (e.g. cell phone), though perhaps "remote" is a poor choice of words given your use of the word "direct" which, as you use it, has the same connotation. I have never run the NXT in the direct mode, nor have any of my team members. The reason I assumed that you had included RCX functions was RCX functions had fewer properties than NXT functions just like your "direct" functions do. I have no idea where the "dual mode" functions are to be found.
I think LVLM has inadequate introductory documentation.I have Gasperi's book, but like NXT-G books, he only gives recipes for robots with different functionalities. LVLM needs a better structural and functional description.
Lego Education is not supporting LVLM (nore is NI, for that matter, at least not very well...it was a lot of work to get to someone who knew what they were talking about). The guys at Lego Education are not in a position to support LVLM. Your guys also asked me to call "Tom Barrowman," Lego's New England sales rep. I didn't call him, but I am betting that he knows even less.
I understand why NI doesn't want to put the support bucks into LVLM. The license for LV cost $2500/year, and I bought LVLM for $100. LVLM was intended to be an introductory product for people (kids) who might become NI customers someday, but if those kids walk off in disgust because they can't figure out how to use LVLM, NI's investment in it will have been for nothing.
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Hi Ewan,
Uninstalling and reinstalling in the right order would ensure that everything was properly associated. However, I don't think that should be necessary yet in your situation. Please go to Control Panel > Programs and Features > National Instruments Software to see the full list of National Instruments software you have installed. From here you should be able to select any individual installation from the list and select "Repair". Instead of just seeing that something is already installed and exiting, this should go through the installation and check for corruption. As well, this should add the correct associations if they were currently missed due to the order of installation.
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My function palette was moved on to a secondary monitor. I no longer have that monitor and cannot see the functions palette. I've gone in to the labview.ini file (in the Program Files/National Instruments/Labview 2011 directory) but cannot find an entry that sets the function palette position. I did see in another post that there was supposed to be such an entry for the tool palette, but can't find that either) How can I get the function palette back on screen?

Off-hand I'm not sure, but in the interim you can just right-click on the BD and pin the resulting palette. I think the old one will still be off screen, but at least you'll have something to work with.
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"dir.mnu warning" after editing the function palette

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I´ve got a small problem, which is getting on my nerves! I created a new subfolder with vi´s in the function-palette (with the advanced palette tool)... after all i deleted it, because now i use other vi´s. So the problem is everytime i open a vi of my project which has something to do with the "signal processing palette", i got this warning that the "dir.mnu" has changed.
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I think when i installed Labview, there was a symbol for every VI in the function-palette. Could it be that i somehow have overwitten the defaults in the ...\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2009\menus folder? So thats why the "restore defaults" button is grayed out, because these ARE the default values. Is it possible to get the "dir.mnu" for the signal processing subpalette (...\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2009\menus\Categories\Signal Processing\dir.mnu) of somebody?... Reinstalltation is al little more complicated, because the DVDs are at our computer administrative department.
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Can't find NXT functions in Function Palette

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Thanks for the additional information! Looks as if everything should work fine...
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Modify function palette quickly?

Hi, everyone
I got a boring question when I modifying the function palette.
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I have an old version of its driver, so only I need to do is to update it, as the function palette.
For example, the prefix of the old version driver is xyz2000, this time I should change it to xyz1000.
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Therefore I try to modify the following original xyz2000 mnu files with UE(text editor),
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I got something like"memory is not enought" error.
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Does everyone have some ideas how to modify the function palette quickly in my case?
Cause I think insert all the vis one by one again to function palette is a boring job ^o^, no easier way(just like modify the mnu file)?
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This unfortunately doesn't apply to LV7.0, but there was a new feature in LV8.6 (it may have been in 8.5) for editing palettes much more quickly and easily. It was a VI-based set of functions for editing palettes. This would enable you to write a quick utility to manage your palette files and rename things more quickly and easily as you like.
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Change Folder Icon in Functions Palette

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I think the secret is in having an mnu file, which defines what will appear in the palettes. You can create one by editing the palettes (under Tools>>Advanced) and there you should be able to remove items and to edit the palette icon by right clicking it. You should probably also make sure that the mnu file is saved in the same folder, so that you can have it in other PCs. Note that the palette editor has this annoying confirmation dialog which tends to hide under other windows and which you need to get to finish editing, so move it to somewhere you can find it before you start editing.
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Image Processing and machine vision don't appear in Function Palette

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If the image is already a Grayscale U8 image you would just have to save it to a bitmap file using the IMAQ WriteFile VI. If not, use the IMAQ Cast Image VI to convert it to a Grayscale U8 and then save it.
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"in port" and "out port" VIs are not in the functions palette!

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I am using LabVIEW 2012 on a Win 7 64 bit. I want to read a digital input (3.5V) using PC parallel port. I also read this white paper:
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They have not been supported for quite some time. What happens when you use the recommended VISA api?

Help on function palet

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This'll show you what to do:
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LabVIEW's functions pallete has come with a very useful tool --> "Search" tool
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I'm VERY new to labview but I'm starting to get the hang of it. Anyway i've been searching for hours and have been unable to find a solution to my issue.
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It sounds like a "corrupt" installation of NI DMM (see paragraph below).
Please note that NI DMM 3.0.5 is out-dated, so you should get a more recent version.
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