Problem w/ cRIO sensing other NI modules across backplane

[kblack]

Problem Description :
We are a new team in the FIRST FRC competition. We have ordered and built a
set of parts identical to the 2009 kit of parts. And are trying to bring up
the basic as-shipped Labview environment on the CRIO-FRC, and 2009 driver S/W and H/W
to give us a platform to come up to speed in anticipation of this January competition.

We ordered and assembled all the bits and parts for the 2009 driver station, and a basic robot drive train.
After installing from the FIRST CD, and having also updated the driver station flash image, and updated the 
labview / crio w/ the 3.0.a update zip file. We reimaged the CRIO, and We tried to run the Basic and Advanced robot apps.

The App Driver Station and the CRIO are communicating correctly. We can see Joystick data on the cRIO using Labview.
Likewise, the Dashboard App running on another PC reflects the same info sent back up from the cRIO.
But the PWMs just sit there and blink. And we get no voltages from any of the outputs on the Digital I/O module.

Debugging further, we believe there is something amiss w/ the "connection" between the cRIO CPU / backplane and the 
 modules. None of the NI modules appear in MAX, and we ran the tool found here: 
 
 http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/1717
 
 And just like MAX, it can't see any modules. And give the following error out:
 
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Error code: -61141 
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Reference in nirviIntfOpen_cRIO-9074.vi->cri_cRIO-9074 Modules Data.vi->CRI Get cRIO Modules Info.vi->CRI Get cRIO System Info.vi->Detect cRIO Configuration (RT) Example.vi<append> 
<b>FPGA activities:</b> 

Reserved outside LabVIEW FPGA:  FRC_FPGA Chip-Object. 
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 I've attached screen shots (and version txt) in case there's something useful there. 
 We're hoping the problem is some disconnect cause by some install mistake we made, but we're out of ideas.
 
 Thanks
 -Ken
 
 

[eek]

Hi Ken,

This code exchange is specifically for customers using LabVIEW Robotics. It's similar to,  but not the same as the LabVIEW FRC software you're working with.

The good news is that there's an entire support community NI created specifically for FIRST teams. They can help you with your cRIO setup. Copy/paste your post here and you'll get help from NI Applications Engineers who specifically support the cRIO-FRC controller.

I hope this helps. Good luck in next year's competition.

Emilie