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Chapter 4 Installing and Using the FieldPoint Software
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Using the FieldPoint BridgeVIEW Server
The FieldPoint BridgeVIEW server is a device server based on the native
BridgeVIEW server architecture. The I/O Items you configured in the
FieldPoint Explorer become available to the BridgeVIEW server when you
export the configuration data from FieldPoint Explorer into the
BridgeVIEW common configuration database (CCDB). From within
BridgeVIEW, the Tag Configuration Wizard imports this configuration
information, creating a tag for every I/O Item you configured in the
FieldPoint Explorer. These tags are immediately accessible through the
BridgeVIEW real-time database.
To start using the FieldPoint server with BridgeVIEW, follow these steps:
1. Configure and test your FieldPoint server from FieldPoint Explorer, as
described in the
Using FieldPoint Explorer section of this chapter, and
save your configuration file.
2. Select the BridgeVIEW
»
Export to BridgeVIEW option from the
menu bar of FieldPoint Explorer to export the current configuration
file that you just saved to BridgeVIEW’s active CCDB.
(If BridgeVIEW is not an option on your FieldPoint Explorer’s menu
bar, make sure that you have installed the FieldPoint software after
installing BridgeVIEW.)
Note If you edit, rename, or move your configuration file after you export it to the
BridgeVIEW Active CCDB, you must re-export the new configuration file. If you select
another CCDB file as the Active CCDB for BridgeVIEW, you must re-export your
FieldPoint configuration file to the newly selected Active CCDB file.
3. Exit FieldPoint Explorer.
Note You must exit FieldPoint Explorer before you can use the FieldPoint server from
BridgeVIEW.
4. Launch BridgeVIEW and load the Tag Configuration Editor by
selecting
Project
»
Tag
»
Configuration from the menu bar of a
BridgeVIEW window, or click on the Configure Tags button of
BridgeVIEW’s initial tile screen.
5. Click on the Configuration Wizard button in the lower-right corner
of the Tag Configuration Editor window, and then select FieldPoint
from the list of servers that appears.