Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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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
.
Video Output
—This setting enables normal video display output when set
to
Auto
. Set to
Disable
to disable video and reduce jitter with LabVIEW
RT. Note that the video display is disabled only when the boot switch is also
set to
On
to boot LabVIEW RT. The default setting is
Auto
.
Security Menu
Use this menu to enable BIOS security options.
Set User Password
—This setting allows you to specify a password that
must be entered to boot the system. To activate this feature, you must first
specify a Supervisor password and enable the
Password on boot
feature.
By default, no password is specified.
Set Supervisor Password
—This setting allows you to specify a password
that must be entered to access the BIOS setup options. By default, no
password is specified.
Password on Boot
—This setting controls whether or not a password is
required to boot the system. If enabled, the user must enter the User
Password to boot the system. The default setting is
Disabled
.
Write Protect Boot Sector
—When set to
Yes
, this setting prevents
modification of a hard disk boot sector via INT 13h services, which may
help prevent certain computer viruses from infecting the controller. This
setting does not prevent boot sector modification by 32-bit operating
system drivers that access the hard disk directly. The default is
No
.
