Use a NI cDAQ 913x chassis with integrated controller (WES7 OS) like a normal cDAQ Ethernet chassis

[moseulr]

We own mutliple cDAQ chassis: some with integrated controllers (913x) and some without (9188, 9189).

Sometimes all chassis without integrated controllers are used, and only chassis with integrated controllers are available.

In such cases, it would be nice to use a chassis with integrated controller just as normal cDAQ Ethernet chassis.

Maybe NI could make that possible by a upgrading the 913x Firmware?

[moseulr]

We are in the exact same situation, but four years later now.

With a big effort, the 913x devices can be upgraded from WES7 to W10, but W11 is out of reach due to hardware reasons.

IT department policies will subsequently disallow to run the devices in a network.

It would be very nice from NI to deliver a "downgrade" firmware for 913x devices, allowing them to act similar to a NI 918x device.

One could even think of using the RAM of the 913x device to buffer data in case of network issues.