I apologize ahead of time as I am rather new to LabVIEW and PXI hardware.
I have a NI PXI-8186 controller that all of a sudden is not able to be reached via the network.
The PC is connected to the controller via a hub. I was able to ping another device also on the hub so therefore the PC NIC is OK. Since then, further troubleshooting, I connected the PC straight to the PXI via an ethernet crossover cable but again was also not able to ping it. Therefore, (obviously) I cannot reach the controller in MAX as well.
When the PXI boots up, I see the following
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PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0.6
Copyright 1985-2003 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
All Rights Reserved
Copyright 2004 National Instruments Corp.
NI PXI-8186 Controller
BIOS Version 1.20
CPU=Mobile Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 M CPU 2.20 GHz
254M System RAM Passed
512K Cache SRAM Passed
Press <DEL> to enter SETUP
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To me it seems like the controller is not fully booted. After a reboot, it stays in the state as shown above.
I have tried to go into setup, but it is not able to reach setup and I receive the following message but it never proceeds:
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Entering SETUP...
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Other information:
+ The "PWR OK" LED on the PXI is solid green.
+ The "DRIVE" LED on the PXI is off. This LED does not blink even during a reboot.
+ The Ethernet "10/100" LED on the PXI is solid green.
+ The Ethernet "Act/Link" LED on the PXI constantly blinks orange.
With my minimal experience with this hardware/software what other things can I troubleshoot? Is there some way to boot the PXI in safe mode or is that only available if I can get to the SETUP menu? Do you recommend a reformat of the hard drive? If so how can I do this and how do I get the application back on the PXI?
