View Single Post
  #2   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 13-01-2009, 16:36
TDohse TDohse is offline
Registered User
AKA: Thomas
no team (NI)
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 39
TDohse is an unknown quantity at this point
Re: Need Help With 2009 Control System

You should never need to turn on IP Reset.

As a general rule, the SAFE MODE switch should always be in the OFF position, for both reimaging and general usage.

There is one special case where users are required to turn Safe Mode on, and that is if the cRIO is severely corrupted (for instance, if you yank the power in the middle of reimaging) you can use Safe Mode with the imaging tool to reformat the device, after which you can turn SAFE MODE off and run the imaging tool again to set up the system correctly.

The problem professorx has run into is a misunderstanding of what the documentation was trying to convey. If you refer to the LabVIEW Robotics Programming Guide for FRC document, available by navigating to the National Instruments\LabVIEW8.5\manuals directory and opening FRC_Programming_Guide.pdf on page 3-5 under the heading "Considerations Before Running the CompactRIO Imaging Tool" it says:
Quote:
Before running the CompactRIO Imaging Tool, ensure the SAFE MODE switch on the CompactRIO device is turned off. For routine use, do not use the CompactRIO Imaging Tool when the CompactRIO device is in SAFE MODE.
Severe corruptions of the software or settings on the CompactRIO device result in the device no longer functioning. If the CompactRIO device is corrupted or if the IP Address is set incorrectly, the device boots only in SAFE MODE. When this occurs, switch the device into SAFE MODE. The CompactRIO Imaging Tool offers to reformat the disk. After the disk has been reformatted, switch the CompactRIO device out of SAFE MODE, reboot, and run the CompactRIO Imaging Tool normally
Reply With Quote