Solution
These unknown devices are the controller's Watchdog Timer and Trigger Router. After upgrading to Windows 7/10, they might show up this way in the Device Manager:
In order to let Windows recognize these devices properly, follow these steps:
- Download and extract the attached Watch Dog and Trigger.zip folder to a local directory (for example, C:\Windows\Drivers\NI):
- In Device Manager, for each device, click on Update Driver under the Driver menu:
- Make sure to select Browse my computer for driver software and browse to the file path created in Step 1.
- Click Next. The driver for the Watchdog Timer and Trigger Router will be updated and they will show up properly in Device Manager