PXI chassis hot-plugging with remote controller

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Hello,

I am using the PXIe-PCIe8371 remote controller with PXIe-8370 to control instruments in the PXIe-1075 chassis in Vista. In order to see my instruments in MAX the chassis must be turned on when I reboot Windows. If I turn off the chassis while Windows is running, I have to reboot to be able to use the instruments again.

Is it possible to make MAX see the chassis if it wasn't running when Windows booted up or was turned off while Windows was running?

Thanks!

[Justin_E · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can disable and enable the PCI to PCI bridge in Device Manager, but this is not recommended nor supported. I'd also suggest that you don't turn off the chassis while Windows is running, which is essentially the same as removing a PCI card from your PC while the PC is on. This can lead to issues with your system such as MAX Database Corruption, which isn't very fun to resolve. The recommended way to boot your system is always chassis first, then PC, and to shut down it's PC first, then chassis.