Omega NI-DAQ in Labview

Dear all,
I'm trying to connect my Omega OMB-DAQ-2416 (with expansion module EXP32) to Labview software. But somehow I'm missing a step along the way I think....
I've installed Labview 2012, and the software from Omega Engineering (InstaCal for calibration, tracerdaq as another software for read out, and the Universal Library, which I think I need to connect with Labview.)
When starting the NI instrument driver finder, I don't see the hardware in the connected instruments list. How should I make the connection (by using the InstaCal software I checked there is proper communication between the Data Acquisition module and my PC (windows-7, 32 bit).
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Best Regards,
Evert

MAX (Measurement and Automation Explorer) is a program made by NI that installs with just about any NI hardware. It is like the device manager for hardware.
Lucky for you your device does have drivers written by Omega.
ftp://ftp.omega.com/public/DASGroup/products/OMB-DAQ-2416_OM-USB/LabVIEW%20Drivers/
You'll want to download and install them, then use the code on the palette that the installer added. As for general LabVIEW help try some of these.
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> I am having a hard time convincing myself that there is any value in the generic
> DAQ functions available in LabVIEW when it is desired to have software reusability/compatibility
> with possibly non-NI hardware. It seems to me that I would be much better
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