Getting Started with NI 9514/16 Modules and AKD Servo Drives
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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.
2. Make sure that the
Existing target or device
radio button is selected.
3. Expand
Ethernet RIO
.
4. Select the Ethernet RIO expansion chassis to add to the project and click
OK
.
5. If you have LabVIEW FPGA installed, the
Select Programming Mode
dialog box
appears. Select
Scan Interface
to put the system into Scan Interface mode.
Tip
Use the
Chassis Properties
dialog box to change the programming mode in an
existing project. Right-click the chassis in the
Project Explorer
window and select
Properties
from the shortcut menu to display this dialog box.
6. Click
Discover
in the
Discover C Series Modules?
dialog box if it appears.
7. Click
Continue
.
8. Right-click the controller item in the
Project Explorer
window and select
Properties
from
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.
1. Right-click the controller item in the
Project Explorer
window and select
New»NI
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.
