Chapter 5
Accessing cFP-20xx Channels from PC Applications
cFP-20xx and cFP-BP-x User Manual
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VIs and applications can browse and read, write, or read/write from the
cFP-20
xx
. These items also will be accessible in MAX and the FieldPoint
OPC server.
Serial VIs
You can use the LabVIEW Serial VIs to communicate with other serial
devices through the serial port(s) on the cFP-20
xx
. For more information
about the cFP-20
xx
serial port(s), refer to the
section of
Chapter 3,
.
TCP and UDP VIs
You can use the LabVIEW TCP VIs to publish data from the cFP-20
xx
to
computers or devices on the network using TCP-based protocols. You can
use the LabVIEW UDP VIs to publish data from the cFP-20
xx
to computers
on the network using UDP (User Datagram Protocol).
Note
The TCP and UDP VIs provide low-level access to your network. Use them only
when the supplied protocols do not fit into your application.