[FTC]: First problem with FTC and LabView.....?

[PhilBot]

Hi

FTC 2818 just received their Kit of parts and I'm going through all the attached disks and software etc.

Keeping FLL, FTC and FRC Beta straight is getting difficult.

I sucessfully loaded Labview 8.5.1, updated the NXT firmware and went through the "Getting Started with Labview Toolkit for LEGO Mindstorms NXT" manual. (Located under the labview Program folder)

I was able to write several labview programs for the NXT, and ran them with debug mode and direct commands. I created some pretty cool realtime/logging displays. So I'm pretty sure all my software & drivers etc are GOOD !!!

Things went downhill when I started working on the "Getting started with the FIRST Tech Challenge Software" manual.

I just could NOT get the FTC Controller Station software to run.

The program loads, and I hit the Run Icon, but as soon as I try to type something in the "NXT" name box, I get a windows application error. Illegal instruction read..... I tried many times.

Since this is a pre-compiled (EXE) program, I went looking for the NI VI.
I found it (adjacent directory) and tried running that from inside LV8.5.1. Very simmilar results....

So now my question is.....

Who an I going to call? FIRST, NI, Pitsco

So I decided that THIS was the best place to start...... Any Ideas?