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NI 9144 User Guide and Specifications
4.
Right-click the NI 9144 that requires a firmware change and select
Online Device State
,
as shown in Figure 13.
Figure 13.
Online Device State
5.
Change the online state by clicking the
Init
button and then clicking the
Bootstrap
button.
The LED beside the
Bootstrap
button lights up.
6.
Click the
Download Firmware
button. Navigate to
Program Files\National
Instruments\NI-IndCom for EtherCAT
and select the file with a
.foe
extension
(such as
NI 9144 rev2.foe
) or a custom FPGA project with a
.lvbitx
extension.
Do
not
disconnect the device or interrupt firmware while it is downloading.
Using the NI 9144 with an EtherCAT Third-Party
Master
All of the functionality of the NI C Series modules is available to third-party masters using
vendor extensions to the object dictionary. The NI 9144 is a modular device, meaning each
module plugged into the backplane has its own object dictionary, and each module configuration
is done through this dictionary. If your master software supports AoE services (ADS over
EtherCAT), you can address the module directly. If your master software does not support AoE
services, you can still configure your module using NI vendor extensions and CoE (CAN over
EtherCAT).
