Operating instructions
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Adding the cRIO-9030 to a LabVIEW Project
1. Launch LabVIEW. The LabVIEW Getting Started window appears.
2. Click Create Project.
3. Blank Project should already be selected on the right side of the Create Project dialog
that appears. Click Finish.
Note Alternatively, you can select Sample Projects»CompactRIO on the left,
then select one of the sample CompactRIO projects to explore.
4. On the Project Explorer window that appears, right-click the top-level Project item, then
select New»Targets and Devices.
5. On the Add Targets and Devices window that appears, expand Real-Time CompactRIO.
LabVIEW lists the system as the model name followed by the serial number, such as
NI-CRIO-9030-1856AAA. Select the cRIO-9030 and click OK.
6. On the Select Programming Mode dialog that appears, click Continue. The cRIO-9030
now appears as part of the project in the Project Explorer window.
7. You can expand the cRIO-9030 item by clicking the + sign beside it.
Troubleshooting Network Communication
What to Do if the cRIO-9030 Cannot Communicate
with the Network
If the cRIO controller cannot communicate with the network, you can perform the following
troubleshooting steps.
1. Use a USB A-to-B cable to connect the cRIO controller USB device port, shown in
Figure 1, to a host computer.
When you connect the cRIO controller to the host computer, the USB driver creates a
virtual network interface card and assigns an IP address to the cRIO controller in the format
of
172.22.11.x.
2. Launch NI MAX. Expand Remote Systems in the MAX configuration tree and select the
system. MAX lists the system as the model name followed by the serial number, such as
NI-CRIO-9030-1856AAA. Select the Network Settings tab to configure the IP and other
network settings.
3. (Optional) At this point, you can use the RJ-45 Ethernet port 1 to reconnect the cRIO
controller to the host computer. The cRIO controller attempts to initiate a DHCP network
connection at powerup.
If the cRIO controller is unable to obtain an IP address, it connects to the network with a
link-local IP address with the form 169.254.x.x. The host computer communicates with
the cRIO controller over a standard Ethernet connection.
If you are still experiencing network issues, complete the following steps.