High speed data collection using ethernet, PXI-8186 and PXI-6115

[kund2463]

I have a PXI-1042 chassis with a PXI-8186 Embedded Controller and a PXI-6115 I/O card installed.  Is it possible to use this setup for high speed data acquisition connected to a laptop running LabVIEW using the ethernet port on the PXI-8186?  

Thanks for the help!

Matt

[Perry_S]

Hi Matt,

What rates are you targeting?  According to the specifications page the max sampling rate is 10 MS/s. Is that fast enough?

Regards,

Perry S.

[kund2463]

Hi Perry,

The PXI-6115 is the one piece of this puzzle that I'm 100% confident in.  I've been using a PCI-6115 card for the last five or so years and it's plenty fast enough for what I need it for.  

What's completely foreign to me as a mechanical engineer is how to communicate back and forth with the PXI-1042 chassis through the ethernet port on the PXI-8186.  I'm not finding much in the way of documentation or examples doing something similar.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Matt

[preston_johnson]

Consider adapting the following cRIO reference design for your PXI applicaiton.  You will need to substitute in DAQmx calls for our RT Controller cRIO VIs.

https://forums.ni.com/t5/Example-Code/Embedded-High-Speed-Data-Logger-Reference-Design/ta-p/3996474

Preston