Load cell with labview 6

Hey guys,
I have to write load cell program with labview 6, but I have no idea how to do it.
If anyone knows, please give some hints.
Thank you

If you have little LabVIEW programming experience, the link below would be a good place to start:
http://www.ni.com/gettingstarted/labviewbasics/
I've also located a good example on ni.com/community that shows how to monitor a load cell in LabVIEW
https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-2151
I hope this information is helpful.
-Nick-
Nick C | Staff LabVIEW Platform Product Support Engineer | National Instruments

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Thank you for your feedback.
>create your own external circuitry to amplify the signal.>
True a few op-amps could amplify and filter the signal externally but the performance of such an amateur built system will never match the accuracy and functionality of the 1520 SCXI. That’s why we spent the $2500 for the professional version.
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Hello, I'm working with a HP8510C. In order to simplfy the use, I try to save and to load the configuration file. Actually, such files are saved in the HP8510C, but there is only 4 places to save. It will be more interresting when I can storage this file in the computer with Labview. I don't have found anything about in the Documentation.
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