Install NI myDAQ software: LabVIEW and ELVISmx
Versions: LabVIEW 2011, ELVISmx 4.3, and Windows 7
September 2, 2011
What to do:
1. Connect to DFS
2. Navigate to the “National Instruments” folder
3. Navigate to the LabVIEW installer
4. Launch the installer
5. Click “Next” and choose evaluation mode
6. Select the LabVIEW and ELVISmx products
How to do it:
Press “Windows button + E” (open a file browser
window) and double-click “DFS Root”
Enter your login credentials if prompted
Follow “Software | Course Software | National
Instruments”
Follow “LabVIEW | Core Software | DVD_1_of_2”
Double-click “setup.exe”
Expand the plus symbol
and select “LabVIEW 2011 English”
to end up with
. Scroll down and also
enable the ELVISmx product
.
7. Choose how you wish to handle product
notifications.
8. Accept the default product installation
directories and license agreements.
9. Confirm that you will install two products.
10. Wait for installation to proceed; midway
through the installation respond to the
request to change media.
Click the folder button
, navigate up two levels,
select the second DVD folder, and click “Select”
.
11. Once all the software has been installed,
connect the myDAQ device to a USB port.
Expect to see a driver installation bubble
message in the lower right, and then the
ELVISmx Instrument Launcher.
12. If for some reason the Instrument Launcher
does not appear, even when you
disconnect/reconnect the USB port, locate the
launcher from the Windows “Start” button
and “All Programs”.
Click the icon of the computer-based instrument
you wish to use.
For convenience you can add the launcher to
your taskbar.
If desired, right-click the Instrument Launcher and
choose “Pin to Taskbar.”