Have you installed the NI-RIO distribution on your computer? If not,
then that's one of the reasons you are not seeing it in MAX. If you are
using LabVIEW 8.0, then you should install NI-RIO 2.0. Follow this link
to download it:
http://digital.ni.com/softlib.nsf/websearch/454128832B8A2D73862570C90078819A?opendocument&node=132060_US
If using a prior version of LabVIEW, then you want to install NI-RIO 1.3.
If you have already installed NI-RIO in your system, then make sure
Windows Firewall is not preventing MAX from communicating to the
cRIO-9004 controller.
Another reason why you may not see the controller in MAX, is if it is
not in the local subnetwork or its network settings are improperly
configured (for this you should Reset the IP of the controller; Reset
dip switch).
Hope these suggestions help.
JMota
National Instruments