List of hardware devices that allow use of Watchdog

[Dhouston]

Hello all.  Is there a list of cDAQ/cRIO/PXIe chassis/controllers that allow use of Watchdog?  I know that the cDAQ NI-9188XT allows it, although the NI-9188 does not.

Watchdog is very helpful for our situation, so we wanted to know what chassis and other hardware devices allow for Watchdog usage.

Thanks.

[maupz]

Hi Dhouston,

The Watchdog timer is included in the NI-DAQmx API for the NI cDAQ-9188XT, NI X Series DAQ boards, and also several industrial digital I/O (DIO) boards.

In the following link you can fins a list of the NI X Series USB, PCIe and PXIe cards that support Watchdog timer: http://sine.ni.com/np/app/main/p/ap/daq/lang/en/pg/1/sn/n17:daq,n21:41/fmid/2869/ 

To know more about how to use and Implement the Watchdog Timer with NI-DAQmx follow this link: https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/supplemental/13/how-to-use-and-implement-the-watchdog-ti...

Thanks,

Mauricio

[Dhouston]

Wow, thanks for that.  Tragic that we don't have any of those already.  I don't see any cRIO items in this list, but I have read threads which speak about cRIO and Watchdog together.  Are only certain cRIO chassis/controllers capable of using Watchdog?

Kudos are coming your way.  Thanks again.

[Albert.Geven · Accepted solution]

Hi 

It is always possible to include a watchdog proces in a crio, depending how much room is left ....

[Dhouston]

That is great to know.  So we can just code in the Watchdog and it should work on the cRIO.  We have some cRIO-9104 chassis with cRIO-9014 controllers that we inherited from another department, so knowing we can use Watchdog on those will help with not having to purchase additional hardware with Watchdog capability.