Error 8 when saving to external hardrive on cDAQ-9137

[AbeG]

Hello all,

I am trying to set up a cDAQ-9137 for continuous data capture and logging. I have an external USB hard drive attached to the cDAQ. However, when I try to output a file to the harddrive, it gives me an Error 8:

"LabVIEW:  File permission error. You do not have the correct permissions for the file.
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NI-488:  DMA hardware error detected."

When I save it to the cDAQ's built in memory, it works. I've attached an image of my labview block diagram. How do I change permissions on the USB hard drive? I can access the cDAQ both through the web browswer and through putty.

Thank you,
Abe

[Ben]

It is not by chance a USB drive with a "write-protect" switch on it?

Ben

[AbeG]

Ben: No, this is a fat32 usb drive.

[mikeporter]

Do you have permissions set? What OS are you running on the 9137, Windows or linux? Are you writing to a subdirectory?

Mike...

[AbeG]

mikeporter: my cDAQ is using linux. I can access it through the web browser, and through putty. Through putty I set the ownership of the external hard drive to lvuser, but I am still getting the permissions error. Is there another way to set folder permissions?

[mikeporter]

No other way I can think of. What exactly have you set the permissions to?

Can you read from the drive?

Mike...