How do I reboot the RT engine using "RT Reboot Controller"?

[coreyGN]

I'm trying to reboot the rt engine programatically using the RT Reboot Controller vi. It requires inputs of the system location and the MAC address. I got the MAC address from MAX set it as a string constant and wired it to the RT Reboot Controller vi. I got an Error 56.

When I use the RT Ping Controllers vi and get the MAC address from there, rebooting works fine. The MAC address is a string type, but the characters are in binary or something. How can I get RT Reboot Controller.vi to work without using RT Ping Controller?

[DavidT]

Hello coreyGN,
I had the same problem with this VI, so instead, I used the attached one. All it requires is the FP controller IP address.
Hope it helps.

[coreyGN]

Thanks, but I don't have a FieldPoint controller. I'm using a PC (Dell Gx270). Is there something for a PC?

[DavidT]

Sorry Corey,

I had a look for other examples. The example at this link does not work but it is made for PXI controllers (which your system falls under i think).
http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/niepd_web_display.DISPLAY_EPD4?p_guid=B45EACE3ECF756A4E034080020E74861&p_node=174824&p_submitted=N&p_rank=&p_answer=&p_source=External

You could also try to force the watchdog timer to expire and reboot the controller as your expiration action.

Sorry I couldnt be of more help.