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Getting Started with NI 9501 Modules and NI SoftMotion
4.
Verify that the
Serial Number
in the
General Settings
section matches the serial number
on the device.
5.
If you do not want to format the disk on the controller, eliminating all installed software and
files, skip to step 15.
6.
Set the
Safe Mode
switch on the controller to the
On
position.
Note
If your controller supports the
Attempt to restart into safe mode
option, you
can programmatically enable safe mode rather than using the hardware switch and
skip to step 8.
7.
Power on the controller. If it is already powered on, press the
Reset
button on the controller
to reboot it.
8.
Right-click the controller under
Remote Systems
in the configuration tree in MAX and
select
Format Disk
.
9.
(Optional) Enable either the
Preserve the primary adapter settings and disable the
others
or
Preserve the settings for all network adapters
options if you want to retain the
same target name and IP address and retain settings for the secondary network adapter, if
available.
10. Click
Format
to start formatting the disk.
11. When MAX finishes formatting the disk, set the
Safe Mode
switch to the
Off
position
(if necessary) and click
OK
in the confirmation dialog box.
12. Select the
System Settings
tab on the bottom and type a descriptive name for the system in
the
Hostname
field.
13. (Optional) Complete this step only if the target has an empty IP address (0.0.0.0). Select the
Network Settings
tab and select
DHCP or Link Local
from the
Configure IPv4 Address
list to assign an IP address or select the
Static
to specify a static IP address in the
IPv4
Address
section.
14. Click
Save
on the toolbar and let MAX reboot the system. You may not need to complete
this step if you did not change the IP address or name.
15. When the new system name appears under
Remote Systems
, expand the controller item in
the tree, right-click
Software
, and select
Add/Remove Software
.
16. Select a recommended software set that includes NI-RIO 2012 or later. Click
Help
if you
need information about installing recommended software sets.
17. Click
Next
.
18. Select
LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module
from the add-ons list.
19. Click
Next
to install the selected software on the controller.
20. When the software installation completes, click
Finish
to reboot the controller.
21. Make a note of the IP address assigned to the controller, to use when adding the target in
LabVIEW.
22. Close MAX.
