Showing posts with label USB. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USB. Show all posts

Thursday, 31 January 2019

Windows 10 - How to set Power Management for Digital Acquisition & Control Systems.

When using Digital Acquisition & Control (DAC) systems sometimes you might find that you get timeout error messages, this can be caused by many factors. The quick and easiest is to make sure that the machine isn't set to sleep or the operating system allowed to control power management of the hard disk, USB sockets and the PCI Express

 It is also worth noting the hard disk free space, memory and when using USB make sure you're not drawing too much power from the sockets

Here are some screenshots of how to change them:


Type "Edit Power Plan" on the search bar and


Click on "Change advanced power settings"

Friday, 17 April 2015

How to update National Instruments myRIO firmware and Real-Time

myRIOThe National Instruments myRIO requires to have the same Real-Time module  installed on as the one that is installed  with LabVIEW to be able to use, if an old version is installed on the myRIO then when you plug the myRIO in the "NI myRIO USB monitor" will disable LabVIEW from the menu (see fig 1), if you are using the latest version of LabVIEW then you will need to update the firmware* or use an older version of LabVIEW.

* Updating the firmware will delete all code installed on the myRIO.
 Instructions on how to update the BIOS and firmware on the myRIO: