Reading the Temperature of a CompactRIO Chassis, Ethernet RIO Chassis, MXIe-RIO Chassis, or sbRIO Device

Complete the following steps to read the temperature of the chassis or device using the onboard temperature sensor.
  1. Configure a project for the system.
  2. Make sure the Chassis Temperature I/O item is added to the system.
  3. Right-click the FPGA target in the Project Explorer window and select New»VI from the shortcut menu to add a new VI to the system.
  4. Place an FPGA I/O Node on the block diagram of the VI.
  5. Click the element section of the FPGA I/O Node and select Chassis I/O (or Onboard I/O)»Chassis Temperature.
  6. Right-click the Chassis Temperature output of the FPGA I/O Node and select Create»Indicator.
    The Chassis Temperature output returns 16-bit values for the temperature. You can convert this value into meaningful engineering units.