update teststand on controller

[Erik op het Veld]

I want to update from TestStand 3.0 to 3.1 on a PXI controller with an external CDROM drive that is connected through the USB port, but when I run the autorun and setup.exe this does not seem to work.
External CDROM drive(Teac) and PXI-controller were supplied by NI. Drive doesn't seem to work as a typical CDROM drive..

thank you,

[RikPrins]

Mr. op het Veld,

Can you copy from the CD-ROM drive? Maybe a quick work around is to copy the CD-ROM to a temp folder on the controller and install it from there. Second workaround would be sharing a CD-ROM drive of another PC in your network (if the controller is connected to a network) and run the setup from there. You could also copy the disk on to the harddisk of the PC and share the folder where the installer is located.

About the CD-ROM drive: Did you try other CD-ROMs? Do they also not work. It could be a problem with the CD-ROM itself. What kind of controller do you have and which OS?

Hope this helps,

Best Regards,

RikP
Application Engineering
National Instruments

[Erik op het Veld]

Hi RikP,
I tried copying to a temporary folder on the controller but a specific file under support wouldn't copy to disk (checksum fail). I thought it was a copy protection but now I suspect a disk read failure.
The USB-CDROM is a TEAC, supplied by NI. This is probably the cause, although I ruled this out since it was brand new..
I copied the contents of the CD on a second pc easy, so i'm gonna try one of the other workarounds. Controller is a PXI1045 and has no network so a USB stick may work.

thanks,
Erik