HW compatibility between USB CDAQ and RJ45 adapter

[LTSTY]

Hello,

I curently have a USB CDaq (cDAQ-9178) and I would like to interface it with a RJ45/USB 2.0 adapter. It does not appear in NI max. Do you know what could I do to interface it, please ?  

[ZYOng]

To my knowledge, a USB-RS45 adapter emulates an Ethernet port on a USB port. It does not work in the opposite direction. Try connecting a mouse or USB drive to it and see it works.

[elcalverado · Accepted solution]

So you have the adapter plugged into the USB port on the cDAQ? That will not work. The cDAQ does not have the drivers/ability to enumerate a network port over USB, nor would it know how to communicate with it. You need to connect the cDAQ to a host PC over USB.

If you need the cDAQ to be further from the host PC than a USB cable would allow, you could use a cDAQ-9189 and connect to a PC or LAN network over Ethernet.

[LTSTY]

Thanks !