Chapter 1
Overview of Compact FieldPoint
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National Instruments Corporation
1-3
cFP-21xx and cFP-BP-x User Manual
For detailed hardware specifications and cabling information, refer to
Appendix B,
FieldPoint Software Overview
FieldPoint software includes NI Measurement & Automation Explorer
(MAX) as well as server and driver software for easy integration into
application software packages. These software components manage
the low-level communications and hardware details, simplifying
programmatic access to I/O channels. FieldPoint software runs on
Windows 2000/NT 4.0 Service Pack 6+/XP
and includes the following
components:
•
MAX
•
LabVIEW VIs
•
LabWindows
™
/CVI
™
Functions
•
Measurement Studio instrument drivers
•
OPC Server
•
VI Logger support
You can download a current version of FieldPoint software from the
National Instruments Web site. Using your Web browser, go to
ni.com
,
select
Support»Drivers and Updates»Current Software Versions»
Distributed I/O—FieldPoint
, then select the latest version of
NI-FieldPoint.
cFP-21
xx
Setup Overview
The following list is an overview of the steps required to get started with
the cFP-21
xx
and LabVIEW Real-Time.
1.
Install hardware as described in Chapter 2,
FieldPoint Hardware and Software
a.
Mount backplane on a panel, DIN rail, or standard 19-in. rack.
b.
Mount cFP-21
xx
and I/O modules on backplane.
c.
Connect cFP-21
xx
to network.
