Installing RCP on the NI cRIO

Once the Quanser Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) Toolkit is installed, there are no special configuration steps to get it to work in LabVIEW for Windows. It should work "out-of-the-box".

To use the RCP Toolkit with the NI cRIO, the RCP Toolkit must be installed on the cRIO. Fortunately, installation is relatively straightforward and may be done through the Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX). After installing the RCP Toolkit on Windows, turn on the NI cRIO and open Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) to install the RCP Toolkit on the cRIO as follows:

Click on the Add/Remove Software button. The LabVIEW Real-Time Software Wizard shown below will open:

Select Custom software installation (currently installed) and then click Next>>. The warning dialog below will appear:

Click Yes to ignore the warning. A list of the selected and unselected features will be displayed:

Select Quanser Rapid Control Prototyping Toolkit for cRIO from the list. Click on the X beside it and choose Install the feature:

Make sure the Labview Control Design and Simulation component is also installed as well (Click on the X beside it and choose Install the feature):

Click Next >>. The items selected will be shown in the next dialog:

Click Next >>. MAX will begin to install the Quanser RCP Toolkit components to the NI cRIO.

When the installation is complete it will display the message below:

Click Finish to exit the LabVIEW Real-Time Software Wizard. You should now see the RCP Toolkit in the list of software:

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