What driver to use for cRIO-9035 with NI 9263 on Windows?

[progi]

I've just come across a problem while preparing to use cRIO-9035 with NI 9263 setup. I can not find any driver package which match both of these devices. The problem is that the newest NI CompactRIO drivers (http://www.ni.com/download/ni-rio-17.0/6629/en) does not list NI 9263 as supported device and same with all drivers packages compatible with NI 9263 - they does not support cRIO-9035 (eg. http://www.ni.com/download/ni-rio-14.5/5129/en/).

How should I find a solution? I will be grateful for any hint.

[MateuszLoska · Accepted solution]

Dear Progi,

even though the NI-9263 is not listed as a supported module for CompactRiO Drivers you can still use it without any problems. It looks like a problem with the documentation. 

Let me know if it helps

[progi]

Thanks for your reply. I will update on the results once I have the device at hand.

[changhaohit]

Hello，

          I met the same problem today. I can not find NI-9263 in my cRIO-9035 through NI MAX. And what is the drive should I install?  

[MateuszLoska]

Hello,

C Series modules are not shown in MAX. Most users are used to seeing the National Instruments hardware connected to their computer by referring to Devices and Interfaces in MAX.  Because each C Series I/O module interfaces with the FPGA, MAX is not able to determine which C Series modules are inserted into the cRIO chassis.  Once you create a cRIO project, LabVIEW will download a personality to the FPGA that detects which modules are inserted in the cRIO chassis and you will have an opportunity to detect inserted modules to view in the project explorer. 

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/69A8C4DD97BDED3B8625735D005BDF19 

When you add the RIO chassis to your project (right click the project in project explorer ---> New ----> Targets & Devices and selecting from the existing devices there under the corresponding folder) does the chassis not discover the modules in the chassis and add them to the project? 

[changhaohit]

Thanks for your reply. And I know that C Series modules are not shown in MAX after I read your answer. However, my problem is not using LabVIEW. I am using VeriStand to connect with my cRIO9035. But VeriStand can not detect the device automatically.  And I also can not control cRIO with VeriStand if I add a chassis manually. So do you kown how to solve the problem?

[MateuszLoska]

Below you will find a link to an extensive Getting Started page which will guide you step by step how to use cRIO-9035 + NI 9263 with VeriStand:

http://www.ni.com/tutorial/14706/en/ 

Also I believe you may find this thread helpful:

https://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-VeriStand/Veristand-cRIO-and-XNET-986x/td-p/2728127 

[changhaohit]

Thanks for your reply again. And I will have a try.