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Getting Started with NI 9512 and P7000 Drives
Step 3: Install Software on and Configure the NI RT
Controller
Complete the following steps to configure the controller and install software on it. If you are
setting up a distributed system using the NI 9144 distributed chassis, refer to
Software
Installation and Configuration With the NI 9144
in the
Getting Started with NI 951x C Series
Modules and LabVIEW
for software installation instructions.
Note
The Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) user interface may not
match these steps exactly depending on which version of MAX you are using.
1.
Launch Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) on the development computer by
clicking the MAX icon on the desktop (
), or by selecting
Start»All Programs»
National Instruments»Measurement & Automation
.
2.
Expand the
Remote Systems
tree.
3.
Highlight the system.
Note
If you do not see the controller, you may need to disable the firewall on the
development computer. Go to
ni.com/info
and enter
RIOMAXTroubleshoot
for more information.
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.
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
pane in MAX and
select
Format Disk
.
9.
(Optional) Enable the
Keep Network Settings
checkbox if you want to retain the same
target name and IP address.
10. Click
Format
to start formatting the disk.
11. When MAX finishes formatting the disk, set the
Safe Mode
switch to the
Off
position and
click
OK
.
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.
