Switch Executive with SCXI "an error occurred while attempting to access device"

Question

I get "an error occurred while attempting to access device" when trying to validate or use the test panel for my current configuration:
PXI-1010 (PXI/SCXI combo chassis)
PXI-4060 in the PXI rightmost slot
SCXI-1129 in slot 1 of the SCXI portion
Clean install of all NI software (2012 DS1 developer suite) and a reset of MAX configuration data after not getting this resolved previously.
Because the SCXI-1129 is being controlled by the 4060 (legacy), I can't use DAQmx in NISE 3.5. So I'm stuck with IVI. I've configured everything in IVI so that I can at least add my device (SCXI_1129) into a new NISE virtual device. But when I go to validate or make a connection in the test panel within NISE, I get the above error.
Am I configuring something incorrectly?
Attachments:
max_report.zip ‏93 KB

Answer 1

Frank,
Thanks for continuing to look at this issue. Here are my responses to your questions.
1) You get an error when your driver setup string in in the General tab of your Driver Sessions is "1129/2-Wire Quad 4x16 Matrix"? Are you using a
PXI-4060 in the right-most slot of a combo chassis. If you're using a DAQmx device, it's a whole different ball game. If you're not using a PXI-1010
combo chassis, it's a different story too.
2) I can't seem to find a way to cleanly export my IVI configuration files. Even the VI you wrote (Programmatically Export All Virtual Devices & IVI
Configurations for NI Switch Executive) didn't copy the IviConfigurationStore files. So I manually copied them over and attached them. When I create
my driver session, I type 3 things: the topology ("1129/2-Wire Quad 4x16 Matrix") in the driver setup string, "SCXI-1129" and "SCXI1::1" in the
hardware tab (It would be "SCXI0::1" if the dip switches on the PXI-1010 were set to address 0, which is the default), and niSwitch in the software
tab for the software module.
3) The error I'm getting is the name of the post. "An error occurred while attempting to access device". It get this when validating my NISE virtual
device when simulation is not checked. It's also peachy-keen for me when I simulate.
4) See the screenshot.
5) Production line down is par for the course for this lab due to how many people have messed with this station in an effort to bandage it over the
years to keep product flowing. Long story, but there has one problem after another on this machine for a while with no owner. I'm now responsible for the automated tests on it. I'm adding new devices because I'm essentially starting from scratch so I know what's going on and can trust it. But apparently I'm either getting the same error they had before or it's a new one. I suspect it's the same one but it "used to work". I had another coworking here yesterday and he opened a phone SR, gave the information, and was told they'd get back to him. I haven't heard anything yet.
Attachments:
IVI export.zip ‏34 KB
SCXI-1129 adding to NISE.JPG ‏36 KB