The instructions are under the FAQ link I posted on the last page. The URL changed to: http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Channel-Wires/Getting-Started-With-Channel-Wires/gpm-p/3505658
ps. man this community upgrade is so great, right? If you get the "message not found" error it really means "log in" and if you still get it, apparently the migration made the channel group private so go up one level and join the group.