Ni 9146/7/8/9 Ethernet Rio Expansion Chassis; Step 3: Adding An Ni Softmotion Axis To The Project - National Instruments C Series Getting Started

C. NI 9146/7/8/9 Ethernet RIO Expansion Chassis
Complete the following steps to add the device to the project and detect the C Series modules if
the NI 9146/7/8/9 Ethernet RIO Expansion chassis is being used.
1. Right-click the top-level project item in the Project Explorer window and select New»
Targets and Devices from the shortcut menu to display the Add Targets and Devices
dialog box.
Make sure that the Existing target or device radio button is selected.
2.
Expand Ethernet RIO.
3.
Select the Ethernet RIO expansion chassis to add to the project and click OK.
4.
If you have LabVIEW FPGA installed, the Select Programming Mode dialog box
5.
appears. Select Scan Interface to put the system into Scan Interface mode.
Use the Chassis Properties dialog box to change the programming mode in an
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existing project. Right-click the chassis in the Project Explorer window and select
Properties from the shortcut menu to display this dialog box.
Click Discover in the Discover C Series Modules? dialog box if it appears.
6.
Click Continue.
7.
Right-click the controller item in the Project Explorer window and select Properties from
8.
the shortcut menu to display the Ethernet RIO Properties dialog box. Select Scan Engine
from the Category list to display the Scan Engine page.
9. Set the Scan Period to 5 ms or lower, then click OK to close the Ethernet RIO Properties
dialog box.

Step 3: Adding an NI SoftMotion Axis to the Project

Complete the following steps to create a LabVIEW project.
Right-click the controller item in the Project Explorer window and select New»NI
1.
SoftMotion Axis from the shortcut menu to open the Axis Manager dialog box, shown in
Figure 12.
2. Click Add New Axis to create an NI SoftMotion axis associated with the NI 9514 or
NI 9516 module. Axes are automatically bound to an available module. You can
double-click the axis name to rename the axis and give it a descriptive name.
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