Hello Community,
I am trying to get the following PXI system up and running on a computer running Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit. We already have a duplicate system up and running on another computer running Windows XP 32-bit.
NI PXI-1036 Chassis
NI PXI-8360 Controller connected to the PC via the NI PXI-PCIe 8361 card
NI PXI-6220 Multifunction DAQ
NI PXI-2570 Relay Module
NI PXI-GPIB
I spent a day or two trying to download various drivers, and was able to see the NI PXI-PCIe 8361 card in NI Max, but I could not see the actual Chassis. I then tried uninstalling all NI software, so that I could carefully make sure it was installed in the appropriate order:
1. Shutdown the PC and PXI system, disconnected the PXI system from the PC.
2. Installed Labwindows + Labview (Developer Suite 2011)
3. Installed NI PXI Platform Services CD that came with the PXI system (Version 3.2.3)
4. Installed "NI System Driver Set 2014.05" from a flash drive that came with the PXI System
5. Shutdown the PC, then powered on the PXI system and connected it to the Computer.
After turning on the PC, I can see that NI MAX does not seem to even recognize the NI PXI-PCIe 8361 card as I was able to previously.
At this point, I thought it would be better to ask the community for help rather than to start abritrarily updating drivers again.