Solution
Not all of NI's drivers have a property node that will return their version number. In order to check which NI components are installed on your computer, you may use the Get Installed Software VI. This VI may be added to your block-diagram by navigating through the functions palette:
Measurement I/O »
System Configuration »
Software Management »
Get installed Software.vi This function may be used to examine the installed software on any computer on your network. To check just the software on your workstation, use
localhost as the
Session In argument. The
Get Software Information.vi will return an array of clusters, with each cluster containing:
- Title
- Description
- ID
- Version
- Component Type
The attached example demonstrates how to get the version of both
NI-IMAQdx and
NI-Serial drivers.