Okay I got it all figured out now.
The process is a long one, so I might miss a few steps:
- The first thing I did was use the above link to reboot the cRIO into safe mode and unlock and reset the ip config
- Reset your computer's ip configuration to "automatic"
- Go to MAX, and check to see if the safe mode switch is enabled, if it isn't enable it. DO NOT USE THE IMAGING TOOL!
- Reboot the cRIO
- Open your favorite ftp client (I use filezilla) and upload the cRIO image manually (located in the same directory as the cRIO imaging tool)
- Go to the cRIO imaging tool, set your options, but make sure that the safe-mode switch is still on!
- Check "apply"
- Now, the cRIO's ip has been set back to 10.xx.yy.2, change the computer's IP setting back to normal
- Use FTP *again* to upload the latest firmware manually
- Now, you can use the Imaging tool to format the cRIO regularly
Hope it helps!