NI cRIO-9004 safemode improper installation

We are now working with 'CompactRIO Real-Time Controller - NI cRIO-9004', and facing many problems.
hardwares we're using:
CompactRIO Real-Time Controller - NI cRIO-9004
chassis: cRIO-9104
modules: NI 9472, NI cRIO-9411, NI cRIO-9221
Softwares we're using:
NI ACADEMIC SITE LICENSE Fall 2010
NI LabVIEW Core Software
Extended Development Suite
Control and Embedded Systems Software
Signal Processing and Communications Software
NI Device Drivers DVD August 2010
NI MAX updated to 5.6
developer computer: Windows 7 profesional.
our Problem:
Use NI MAX connect cRIO-9004, it displays "Safemode (improper installation)". I installed the software for cRIO-9004 for several times, it still display this information.
Besides, the 'Status LED' on cRIO-9004 flashes two times continually, which means software is interrupted according to the manual.

Have you tried reformating the cRIO-9004 and reinstalling the software on it? I've attached an article that goes over how to do this.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/6B1343F61905203386257051006573CA
Let me know if this helps, it should.
Rob B
FlexRIO Product Manager

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We have NI CompactRIO Real-Time Controller: NI cRIO-9004, chassis: cRIO-9104; and modules: NI cRIO-9411, -9221, NI 9472. We also have different motors, helicopters, etc. equipments in our lab. Can anyone here give any advices that how to make use of these NI equipments to design a control/measure system? Or give me some detailed examples using these equipments?

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We are using a cRIO 9004 + 9104 FPGA Chassis + 8x NI 9505 modules to replace an 8 axis Scorbot educational robot controller by a cRIO, but we found some troubles:
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Hey there.
Indeed cRIO 900x series does not support DMA transfers from the Host to the FPGA; that is the reason you are getting an error 63001.
However it does support data transfer from the FPGA to the Host You can find that information in this KB.
To transfer information from the host to the rt and to the fpga you can use:
Host <--> RT
Network shared variables
TCP
UDP
Data socket
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Front panel communication
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Direct memory access
DMA FIFOs
I added some links with examples of each type of communication
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Estimados:
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Este tipo de error suena suele ocurrir cuando no se tienen las librerías apropiadas instaladas en el cRIO. Te recomendaría que abrieras MAX, debajo de la pestaña de Remote Systems selecciones tu dispositivo>> software, click derecho e instalar software. Aquí debes asegurarte que las librerías que te faltan estén instaladas en el cRIO. En Custom Installation selecciona SIT como opción para instalar en el cRIO tal y como se muestra en las imagenes.
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