VXI-MXI-2 is not detected in VIC / VISA panel
Hello,
I have a VXI work station (VXI-MXI-2) with Windows XP (PCI-MXI-2). I had installed the nivxi 3.1.1.
The VXI-MXI-2 card is not detected / showing in the VIC panel. Only the PCI-MXI-2 is detected as VXI0 (PCI-MXI-2).
No error occoured while running the Resman. It was completed successfully.
Regards,
Perumal.V
My Friend.
I understood your frustration totally. I got the same problem. There is not much you can do about it. Probably you won’t like my solution either. It is very painful experiences. Are you ready? Here is the solution.
Reinstall all of your software.
Yes, Reinstall it. The whole thing, LabVIEW, Drivers, and etc. But you must uninstall first.
If it does not work, change the computer.
The system should run and found the device. It may takes you a couple of days to do it. But it should work.
I ran into this issue a few times. Every time I end it up uninstall and reinstall every thing. And it runs without any problems.
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