FPGA Project Wizard keeps crashing

[joedowdle]

Hey all,

I'm running LV 2011, FPGA 2011, RT 2011.  I click on FPGA Project and create a new one; select R series on PXI; and then click on create new system.  It crashes everytime at this point and an error dialog pops up (I've attached it below).

I also installed NI VeriStand FPGA Interface Tools 2010 1.1.2 because I am going to be using the FPGA with VeriStand and I thought I would see if trying to create an NI VeriStand FPGA Project would work instead.  It crashes in the same spot as the regular FPGA Project wizard.

I have used the installer to repair the FPGA Module and LV 2011; it didn't change anything.  Then I uninstalled LabVIEW and reinstalled it; still nothing.

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?  I did see an earlier post dealing with this but the solution was not posted on the thread.

Thanks.

[joedowdle]

Hey all,

I'm running LV 2011, FPGA 2011, RT 2011.  I click on FPGA Project and create a new one; select R series on PXI; and then click on create new system.  It crashes everytime at this point and an error dialog pops up (I've attached it below).

I also installed NI VeriStand FPGA Interface Tools 2010 1.1.2 because I am going to be using the FPGA with VeriStand and I thought I would see if trying to create an NI VeriStand FPGA Project would work instead.  It crashes in the same spot as the regular FPGA Project wizard.

I have used the installer to repair the FPGA Module and LV 2011; it didn't change anything.  Then I uninstalled LabVIEW and reinstalled it; still nothing.

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?  I did see an earlier post dealing with this but the solution was not posted on the thread.

Thanks.

[Alex.T]

What version of NI-RIO are you using? You may benefit from repairing the driver installation, or downloading and installing a later version. The reason I say this is because when we're talking about adding devices to the project, on some level this will be performing some interaction with the NI-RIO driver since this is where all of the references to targets will live.

I'd recommend also trying to add the target to a LabVIEW Project manually rather than using the FPGA Project Wizard.

1. Open an Empty Project in LabVIEW.
2. Right click on My Computer and select New » Targets and Devices.
3. Select New Target or Device and select your PXI from there.
4. You can then right click on the PXI within the project and go through the same process to add an R Series Target.

I've attached the finished project to this post if that fails.

[joedowdle]

I am updated to RIO 4.1 and it did let me create an FPGA in the project.  I still would like to get this resolved as I'd like to explore the VeriStand FPGA Project Wizard.  All of my FPGA projects will be used with VeriStand so it would be nice to explore the usefulness of that tool.

Thank you for the help though.  I appreciate it.  At least I can get around it in at least one way.

[Alex.T]

Cool. I think the table below will shine some light on what has been happening.

[joedowdle]

Thanks, unfortunately I have LabVIEW 2011 SP1 and RIO 4.1; which should be compatible.  Once again I appreciate the help.  I really don't know what else to check on.

[Alex.T]

I thought once you'd upgraded your version to NI-RIO 4.1, it worked successfully?

[joedowdle]

Sorry for the confusion.  It worked this way that you suggested:

I'd recommend also trying to add the target to a LabVIEW Project manually rather than using the FPGA Project Wizard.

1. Open an Empty Project in LabVIEW.
2. Right click on My Computer and select New » Targets and Devices.
3. Select New Target or Device and select your PXI from there.
4. You can then right click on the PXI within the project and go through the same process to add an R Series Target.

It still does not work by opening up LabVIEW and selecting the FPGA Project Wizard.  It still crashes in the same place.

Thanks.