Cannot Find "lvdaq.dll" File Using NI-DAQmx

Issue Details

I am having issues migrating my DAQ application developed in an old version of LabVIEW. My old system is using Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) 7.4 with LabVIEW 8.5 on Windows XP. I would like to move the program to a new system running NI-DAQmx 20.1 and LabVIEW 2020 (32-bit) on Windows 10.

However, when I moved my application to the new system, several functions such as "AO Single Update (scaled array).vi" are showing a broken arrow because the "lvdaq.dll" file cannot be found in my computer.

Solution

This behavior is expected because some functions in Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) no longer exist in NI-DAQmx. You should update your application to use the functions available in the NI-DAQmx driver. Here are some general recommendations for achieving this:

• Use the DAQ Assistant to automatically generate DAQmx code.
• Find the DAQmx examples in LabVIEW and use them as starting point to accomplish specific tasks (e.g. continuous voltage acquisition).
• Review the reference guide to learn about the transition from Traditional NI-DAQ to NI-DAQmx in LabVIEW and the key differences between both drivers.

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