LED
Color
LED Pattern
Indication
Yellow Blinks twice and
pauses
The cRIO-9036 is in safe mode. Software is not installed, which is the
factory default state, or software has been improperly installed on
the cRIO-9036.
An error can occur when an attempt to upgrade the software is
interrupted. Reinstall software on the cRIO-9036. Refer to the
Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) Help for information
about installing software on the cRIO-9036.
Blinks three times
and pauses
The cRIO-9036 is in user-directed safe mode, or the cRIO-9036 is in
install mode to indicate that software is currently being installed.
This pattern may also indicate that the user has forced the
cRIO-9036 to boot into safe mode by pressing the reset button for
longer than five seconds or by enabling safe mode in MAX. Refer to
the Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) Help for
information about safe mode.
Blinks four times
and pauses
The cRIO-9036 is in safe mode. The software has crashed twice
without rebooting or cycling power between crashes.
Continuously
blinks
The cRIO-9036 has not booted into NI Linux Real-Time. The
cRIO-9036 either booted into an unsupported operating system, was
interrupted during the boot process, or detected an unrecoverable
software error.
On momentarily The cRIO-9036 is booting. No action required.
Red
Continuously
blinks
This indicates a hardware error. An internal power supply has failed.
Check front-panel I/O and C Series module connections for shorts.
Remove any shorts and cycle power the cRIO-9036. If the problem
persists, contact NI.
—
Off
The cRIO-9036 is in run mode. Software is installed and the
operating system is running.
Table 3. STATUS LED Indicators
NI cRIO-9036 Sync Firmware Licensing
Software is licensed pursuant to the software license agreements provided with the
software or, in the absence of such license agreements, the National Instruments
Software License Agreement available at
at the time of purchase.
© National Instruments
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cRIO-9036 Getting Started
