Specifications

Configuration and Firmware Update

NI Connection and Firmware Updating

2. Select the Change System selection box from the System to Change section.

3. Enter both the current and new system address values (this example uses 2).

4. Click the Change Device/System Number button. This configures the on-board NI Master to

accept the new value and incorporate the information. The system information (in the OnLine

Tree tab of the Workspace window) refreshes and then displays the new information.

5. Click Done to close the Device Addressing dialog and return to the main program.

6. Click Reboot (from the Tools > Reboot the Master Controller dialog) and wait for the System

Master to reboot. The STATUS and OUTPUT LEDs should begin to alternately blink during

the incorporation. Wait until the STATUS LED is the only LED to blink.

7. Press Done once until the Master Reboot Status field reads *Reboot of System Complete*.

8. Click the OnLine Tree tab in the Workspace window to view the devices on the System.

The default System value is one (1).

9. Right-click the associated System number (or anywhere within the tab itself) and select

Refresh System. This establishes a new connection to the specified System and populates the

list with devices on that system.

10. Use Ctrl+S to save your existing NetLinx Project with the new changes.

FIG. 33 Device Addressing tab (changing the system value)

System Address

(default for initial

system is 1)

Check-Off to

verify change

This tab represents the only way to change the System Number associated to the

active on-board NI Master. The Master must have it’s power cycled to incorporate

the new System number (often a simple reboot via Studio will not be enough to

incorporate this new number).

If the NetLinx device does not appear within the OnLine Tree tab, make sure that the

Integrated Controller’s on-board Master System Number (from within the Device

Addressing tab) is correctly assigned.

If there is a problem, use a system value of zero (0) on the NetLinx device.

The Master by default is set to DEVICE 0. Connected NetLinx device addresses

can only be changed through the Protected Setup page. The new address is reflected

within the OnLine Tree tab of the Workspace window only after the devices are

rebooted and the system is refreshed.