I've been trying to make automatic backups of our PXIe's, including the configuration and the NI MAX Import/Export feature drives me nuts. It won't import to a newer version of DAQmx, even though its just a text file. I had to go manually edit the file to say it was for the appropriate version of DAQmx (bit of guessing on the minor revision). Even though it stores the serial numbers of your cards, it can't automatically restore the appropriate card without user intervention to decide which card is which.
I was very excited to discover the Linux command of nidaqmxconfig so I can automate the backups of the config at least. You can easily issue ssh with --export to make a backup every month for all your DAQs. But although there's a --import switch, it fails unless the names are already identical saying "No clear choice available: Existing Object or Create Simulated". So on a new CPU, which has all the cards named PXISlotX, it's useless. Again, it has the serial number so its very odd that it can't manage an import.
If the units dies suddenly, I want to be able to get the new one up, cards named appropriately, with as little room for user error for manually renaming cards as possible. Am I missing another method of backing up and restoring the card configuration?
