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NIDAQmx yosemite compatibility

I've installed osx 10.10 ( Yosemite ) and since then the device (NI-USB 6210) is not working anymore. The problem is obviously driver related. I called National Instruments and they confirmed the issue, and they also told me that the problem will be probably fixed in the next release of the nidaqmx, that will happen not so soon. So their suggestion is to downgrade to Mavericks, which kinda suck. They also told me to check the compatibility table

http://www.ni.com/labview/os-support/i/

in order to know when if will be supported, until then I have to struggle with downgrade or find a workaround which would be the best thing. anybody found a solution to this problem lately?

Solution

  • Depending on your device and how you program it, you should be able to get it working on Yosemite using NI-DAQmx Base 14.0 [1].

    NI-DAQmx Base 14.0 does not claim Yosemite support, but after inspecting the installer and running a few tests, here is what I have determined:

    • The installer, kernel extensions, frameworks, and applications are signed by National Instruments, which means Gatekeeper won't interrupt you with "are you sure you want to do this?" questions.
    • Both 32-bit and 64-bit LabVIEW APIs are provided.
    • Both 32-bit and 64-bit C APIs are provided, but a C or Cocoa application emits a warning on exit. It appears one of the components in the driver attempts to access UI elements from a background thread. My suspicion is that the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine, in which the DAQmx Base C API runs, is doing that.

    Links

    [1] NI-DAQmx Base 14.0 for Mac
    http://www.ni.com/download/ni-daqmx-base-14.0/5060/en/