Specifications

Configuration and Firmware Update

NI Connection and Firmware Updating

15. Click OK to save your newly entered information and return to the previous Communication

Settings dialog where you must click OK again to begin the communication process to your

Master.

16. Click Ye s to interrupt the current communication from the Master and apply the new settings.

17. Once the particular System Master is configured for communication via an IP Address, remove

the DB9 connector from the Program port on the NI on-board Master.

18. 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.

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

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

default System value is one (1).

21. Right-click the associated System number and select Refresh System. This establishes a new

connection to the specified System and populates the list with devices on that system. The

communication method is then highlighted in green on the bottom of the NetLinx Studio

window.

Verifying the current version of NetLinx Master Firmware

All NI Controllers contain both an on-board NI Master and an Integrated Controller. If you are

using an NI-4000 or NI-4100 with installed NXC cards, these will also show up within the Online

Tree tab.

 The on-board Master shows up within the Online Tree as 00000 NI Master

 The Integrated Controller of the NI unit shows up as 0XXXX NI-XXXX

(ex: 050001 NI-700)

Each of these components has its own corresponding firmware shown in parenthesis ().

1. After Studio has establish a connection to the target Master, click on the OnLine Tree tab in

the Workspace window to view the devices on the System. The default System value is one (1).

2. Right-click the associated System number and select Refresh System. This establishes a new

connection to the specified System and populates the list with devices on that system. The

communication method is highlighted in green on the bottom of the NetLinx Studio window.

If you are currently connected to the assigned Master, a popup asks whether you

would want to temporarily stop communication to the Master and apply the new

settings.

If the connection fails to establish, a Connection Failed dialog appears.

Try selecting a different IP Address if communication fails.

Press the Retry button to reconnect using the same communication parameters.

Press the Change button to alter your communication parameters and repeat

steps 4 thru 18.

The current installed firmware version of the on-board NI Master is displayed to the

right of the device within the Online Tree tab as 00000 NI Master.