Chapter 2
Installing Compact FieldPoint Hardware and Software
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come on. After about five seconds, the
STATUS
LED begins flashing. The
cFP-20
xx
is ready to be configured, and you can install the FieldPoint
software.
If you have already assigned an IP address to the cFP-20
xx
, the
STATUS
LED turns off, the I/O module
READY
LEDs come on, and the cFP-20
xx
is ready for use. The total boot time for a configured system is
30–45 seconds.
If the
STATUS
LED does not light up as described here, refer to the
Installing Software on the Host PC
The cFP-20
xx
has the embedded LabVIEW RT Engine and FieldPoint
software pre-installed, but you must install the necessary software on
the host PC. Complete the following steps to install the FieldPoint software
on the host PC.
1.
Install the software packages you plan to use, such as LabVIEW,
LabVIEW RT, Lookout, Measurement Studio, VI Logger, or
LabWindows/CVI,
before
you install the FieldPoint software.
The FieldPoint software installation installs the LabVIEW VIs and
examples and the LabWindows/CVI instrument driver only if it finds
the corresponding development software installed.
2.
Close all other applications.
3.
Insert the FieldPoint software CD into the CD-ROM drive on your
computer.
4.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
Note
If the setup does not launch automatically, select
Start»Run
from Windows,
enter either
d:\setup
or
d:\autorun
, where
d
is the letter of your CD-ROM drive,
and select
OK
.
Configuring the Compact FieldPoint System in MAX
Refer to the
Measurement & Automation Explorer Help for FieldPoint
for
information about configuring the Compact FieldPoint system in MAX.