Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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PCI Device x Option ROM Scan
—This setting selects whether PCI
device
x
will be scanned for an option ROM. Setting this option to
Enabled
allows the BIOS to scan for a PCI option ROM on this PCI device. Setting
to
Disabled
prevents the BIOS from detecting option ROMs on this device.
Setting to
Disabled
does not completely disable the PCI device, just the
option ROM scan. The default is
Enabled
.
LabVIEW RT Options Setup Menu
Use this menu to configure boot options for LabVIEW RT if it is installed
on the controller. If you are not using LabVIEW RT, you should leave these
settings as default.
Note
These settings override the behavior of the switches on S1. Refer to the
section for more information. To use the settings from the
switches, select
Use Hardware Switch
for each option.
•
Boot Configuration
—This setting selects whether the controller
should boot LabVIEW RT, LabVIEW RT Safe Mode, or an installed
OS such as Windows XP. The default is
Use Hardware Switch
.
•
Disable Startup VI
—If the controller becomes inaccessible because
of a startup VI, this switch can prevent VIs from automatically running
at startup. The default is
Use Hardware Switch
.
•
Reset IP Address
—If the controller is deployed to a different subnet
from which it was originally configured, or if the current IP address
is invalid, use this switch to reset the IP address to 0.0.0.0 during
LabVIEW RT startup. The default is
Use Hardware Switch
.
Boot Setup Menu
This screen displays the boot order of devices associated with the
controller. The BIOS proceeds down the
Boot priority order list
in search
of a bootable device. Devices under the
Excluded from boot order
list
will not be used for booting. If the BIOS fails to find any bootable device,
the message
Operating System Not Found
is displayed, and the
system halts.
•
IDE 0
—The internal IDE hard drive, connected to IDE Channel 0
master.
•
USB HDD
—A USB based flash drive or hard disk drive.
•
USB CDROM
—A USB based CD-ROM drive.
•
USB FDC
—A USB based floppy disk drive.