Configure NI PXIe-8360 for Down/Upstream Power-up

[NathanJD]

I would like to test the downstream and upstream power-up options for the PXIe-8360.  I found the documentation for how to do this (with an executable) but in my system it is unable to find any devices.

We are running VeriStand on a RMC-8354 (Pharlap) which contains a PCIe-8362 connected to the PXIe-8360 in a PXIe-1071 chassis.

So, is there anyway to do this configuration with the setup that we have?  Or, would we need to put the PCIe-8362 in a Windows® Destkop PC and then run the program? 

[StarSarina]

NathanJD,

The KnowledgeBase article that you have pointed to has an executable that was built in Windows with LabVIEW 2012 and therefore to be able to run the executable and have the intended behavior you have to have the LabVIEW runtime engine installed. The LabVIEW runtime engine: http://www.ni.com/download/labview-run-time-engine-2012/3433/en/, is supported only on the following Windows operating systems: Windows 7 32-bit; Windows 7 64-bit; Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit; Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit; Windows Vista 32-bit; Windows Vista 64-bit; Windows XP 32-bit. Therefore it follows that the executable probably won’t have the intended functionality on an unsupported operating system.

You have a couple options:

• Use a Windows computer to run the executable and then you can use the power options via MXI.
• Determine if you need to have these power-up options via MXI, or if you could just leave the chassis running and then turn the RMC on and off when necessary.

[NathanJD · Accepted solution]

I've already run the executable on my Windows laptop and it was unable to find any devices.  I'm assuming that this is because my PCIe-8362 is not in the Windows PC, it is in the remote system (RMC-8354 running NI Real-Time running VeriStand) connected to the Windows PC via Ethernet.

So, at this point I'm going to guess I need to have the PCIe-8362 in a Windows desktop PC and have it connected to the PXIe-8360 for the executable to be able to find a supported device.