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cFP-20xx Quick Start Guide
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National Instruments Corporation
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After you have configured the cFP-20
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Compact FieldPoint devices and channels.
A. In the Comm Resource Configuration dialog box, click
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already open, right-click the cFP-20
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If FieldPoint Explorer finds no devices, refer to the user manual.
B. After FieldPoint Explorer finds the Compact FieldPoint modules, click the
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in the left pane to expand the device hierarchy and display the modules found on
the network.
The hierarchy includes all of the modules connected to the cFP-20
xx. The default name of
each device found includes the name of the FieldPoint module, followed by a space, the @
sign, and the address of the module (for example, cFP-2000 @0). For each module found, one
I/O Item is created for each channel on the module, and if all the channels are of the same
type, one I/O Item is created to represent all the channels on that module collectively.
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