ok, Not sure what happened to that first post...Anyway, I'm very much a newbie to Labview, running version 8.5. I'm trying to create a VI that can communicate with a TCP device [FMod-TCP (DB)]. There's currently no labview drivers for it. The device has 5 A/D ports, 19 I/O and 2 I2C, all of which I plan to use. I'd like to be able to monitor signals on each port on a waveform graph in Labview. However, just for development purposes I'd lke to get Labview just to recognize the device. My question is: Are the TCP protocol functions enough to allow me to communicate with this device or do I need to create a driver for it. If creating the driver is necessary, the Labview help hasn't helped me very much so far. Any suggestions?