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Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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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 Switch
Setting
.
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LabVIEW RT Configuration Overrides
—Use this setting to access the
LabVIEW RT
Configuration Overrides
submenu. Refer to the
LabVIEW RT Configuration Overrides
section for more information.
Current Hardware Switch Settings
This submenu displays the current values of the LabVIEW RT configuration switches,
indicating Boot Configuration, Reset IP Address, and Disable Startup VI switch status. For more
information on these settings and the switches that control them, refer to the
section of this chapter.
LabVIEW RT Configuration Overrides Submenu
In order to minimize jitter when booting into LabVIEW Real-Time mode, the following features
are automatically disabled. These features can be manually enabled. Refer to the
for specific details on what each feature enables.
•
CPU Hyper Threading
—The default is
Use RT Default
.
•
CPU C-States
—The default is
Use RT Default
.
Boot Setup Menu
Use this menu to configure settings related to the boot process and boot device priority.
•
Boot Settings Configuration
—Use this setting to access the
Boot Settings Configuration
submenu. Refer to the
Boot Settings Configuration Submenu
section for more information.
•
PXI Drive Boot
—This setting specifies whether or not boot support is enabled for legacy
mass storage devices, such as SCSI drives. When enabled, legacy mass storage controllers
with boot support will be displayed in the
Boot Option Priorities
menu. The default value
is
Enabled
.
•
PXE Network Boot
—This setting specifies whether or not the PXE network boot agent is
enabled. When enabled, the Intel Boot Agent will be displayed in the
Boot Option
Priorities
menu, allowing you to boot from a PXE server on the local subnet. Note that the
Intel Boot Agent device names are preceded by
IBA GE Slot 00c9 v1310
in the
Boot
Option Priorities
menu. The system must be restarted for this setting to take effect. The
default value is
Disabled
.
•
Boot Option Priorities
—These settings specify the order in which the BIOS checks for
bootable devices, including the local hard disk drive, removable devices such as USB flash
disk drives or USB CD-ROM drives, or the PXE network boot agent. The BIOS will first
attempt to boot from the device associated with
1st Boot Device
, followed by
2nd Boot
Device
, and
3rd Boot Device
. If multiple boot devices are not present, the BIOS setup
utility will not display all of these configuration options. To select a boot device, press
<Enter> on the desired configuration option and select a boot device from the resulting
menu. You can also disable certain boot devices by selecting
Disabled
.