Re : Remote IP 0.0.0.0 not seen from MAX

[Guillaume Dargaud]

This is a copy of a message posted in the LabWindows forum, but it's not LW
specific, so here goes:

I'm booting a laptop with the real-time Desktop PC boot floppy. Now I'm
stuck at the step:
* Initializing network...
* Device 1 - MAC address:... - 0.0.0.0 (primary)
* System state: unconfigured

When I launch the Measurement & Automation explorer on my master system, I
can't see the remote. The local network is tightly secured and the admins
have no idea what an IP of 0.0.0.0 means.
- is there some kind of broadcast that comes from the remote ? For MAX to be
picked up by the remote ? What protocol ? What port ?
- is it possible to set the IP manually on the remote ? Preset it on the
floppy ?

Otherwise I don't really see a way to make this work...

Yes, I've read
mk:@MSITStore:C:\Program%20Files\National%20Instruments\MAX\Help\MAXRmEng.chm::/html/tutorial.html

And patched MAX to 4.2.0.3025 thanks to
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/D3076C71B32910D9862572A30064528A but
still no go.
--
Guillaume Dargaud
http://www.gdargaud.net/
"Most people would rather die than think. Many do." - Bertrand Russell.

[pierreR]

Hi,
Have you a firewall enabled on your host PC ? If yes try to disabled it if possible.
Have you tried to connect the windows PC directly to the RT target with an appropriate ethernet cable ?
Cheers

Message Edité par pierreR le 04-04-2007 12:32 PM

[xseadog]

Hi

If you have a wireless netcard, disable it
Then reboot MAX.

Hopefully that we enable connection.

There is a bug with MAx 4.2 with regard to wireless networks, NI are working on a patch.

If using a cross over either cable remember to set pc address to ---.---.---.001 (- indicates arbitary number see appropiate set up manual)
and compact RIO to ---.---.---.002

Regards
xseadog

[Christian_L]

Guillaume,

You could try to manually configure the NI-RT.INI file that is used to boot the laptop. This file should be located in the root directory. (C:\) In this file the [TCP_STACK_CONFIG] section is used to configure the Ethernet interface. If you are running on a network with a DHCP server, try the following entries in this section.

[TCP_STACK_CONFIG]
DNS_Address=USE_DHCP
Gateway=USE_DHCP
Halt_On_Error=FALSE
IP_Address=USE_DHCP
Subnet_Mask=USE_DHCP

Using a static IP address, this section would look similar to the following:

[TCP_STACK_CONFIG]
IP_Address=10.0.22.144
DNS_Address=10.0.1.1
Gateway=10.0.22.129
Halt_On_Error=FALSE
Subnet_Mask=255.255.255.128

[Chris_Cilino]

One last note to add. When your target is in the unconfigured stated (IP of 0.0.0.0), in order for it to appear in MAX the target has to be on the same local subnet as your pc.

Chris C

[Guillaume Dargaud]

There's more info about this subject in this thread CVI:
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=180&message.id=28638

But alas there seems to be some hardware incompatibility, so I'm giving up
on it for now.

Thanks anyway for helping out, I guess I'll do my evaluation when I receive
more suitable hardware.
--
Guillaume Dargaud
http://www.gdargaud.net/

[CEE]

I’m not sure if you solved the problem yet.

The problem only exists if you have MAX 4.2.

Down load the following Patch

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/D3076C71B32910D9862572A30064528A