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Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
LabVIEW RT 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 at default.
Note
The settings below override the behavior of the switches shown in Figure 2-4.
Refer to the
LabVIEW RT Configuration Switches
section for more information. To
use the settings from the switches, select
Use Switch Setting
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 7. The default is
Use Switch
Setting
.
•
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 and other TCP/IP settings to their factory defaults during LabVIEW RT startup.
The default is
Use Switch Setting
.
Note
By default, the target will automatically attempt to connect to the network
using DHCP. If the target is unable to initiate a DHCP connection, the target connects
to the network with a link-local IP address of
169.254.x.x
.
•
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
.
•
LabVIEW RT Configuration Overrides
—Use this setting to access the
LabVIEW RT
Configuration Overrides
submenu. Refer to the
LabVIEW RT Configuration Overrides
Submenu
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
LabVIEW RT
Configuration Switches
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
CPU
Configuration Submenu
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
.
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