NI Scan Engine Mode Transition

You can change the NI Scan Engine mode manually or programmatically.

• You can change the NI Scan Engine mode manually by right-clicking the target item in the LabVIEW project explorer and selecting Utilities»Scan Engine Mode»Switch to Active (or Switch to Configuration).
• You also can change the mode programmatically with the Set Scan Engine Mode VI in the Measurement I/O»NI Scan Engine palette.

Follow these steps to get notifications of all NI Scan Engine mode transitions:

1. Right-click the target item in the LabVIEW project explorer and select Properties.
2. Check the report automatic scan mode transitions as conflicts option on the Scan Engine page.

Note  The EtherCAT errors will be cleared during the next NI Scan Engine mode transition.

The following figure describes the NI Scan Engine mode transitions.