10-31-2020 08:21 AM
Hi,
I'm evaluating Systemlink and I have a quick question. In the SystemLink Client (and the Systems Manager), I can see my tester nodes. However, they show Model Name and Serial Number as Unknown. Is it possible to set these properties somehow? We have a very strict configuration management in place, and I'd like to used the tester part number and serial number here to identify the tester...
11-02-2020 08:52 AM
By default SystemLink tries to pull this information from the systems BIOS, however older and some low-cost PCs don't always program these attributes when the motherboard is being manufactured.
You can overwrite these settings on the target by adding the following attributes to the C:\ProgramData\National Instruments\salt\conf\grains text file.
productname: Model ABC
serialnumber: 123456
Then restart the target or restart the NI Salt Minion Windows service on the target. They should automatically update on the server the next time it connects.
11-03-2020 01:59 AM
Wow, great, thanks. Worked like a charm 🙂
Another questions arises: Is there an additional configuration file for the PC as an asset? This information is for the system as a whole, but in the asset manager I can also see the PC as an asset itself, with funky things like "To be filled by O.E.M.". Can this also be overwritten? I tried changing the values in the registry, but that didn't really do the trick...
11-03-2020 12:12 PM
Customizing the asset for the system is a bit more involved, however there are some registry keys that can be added. Attached is a zip file with 3 registry keys to modify the vendor, model, and serial numbers that are reported by the NI System API. You can edit them with a standard text editor before double-clicking on them to install them to the registry.
This will change how the "system" resource/asset shows up in MAX and SystemLink.
11-03-2020 12:14 PM
You may also need to restart the NI Minion Agent Windows service after changing the registry keys.
11-06-2020 12:41 PM
Here is a link for some additional information.
11-24-2020 11:02 AM
Sorry for the late reply. Had to try it out right away. It helped a lot...