Chapter 4
Installing and Using the FieldPoint Software
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National Instruments Corporation
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Figure 4-3.
ScreenTips Showing a Description of an Item
The FieldPoint online help provides complete descriptions of the features
of FieldPoint Explorer and provides assistance in getting started with
configuring your FieldPoint hardware and software. Open the online help
by selecting the
Contents
option in the
Help
menu of FieldPoint Explorer.
Getting Started with FieldPoint Explorer
This section guides you through an example of how to configure a
FieldPoint system. The online help provides more details and explains all
of the features of FieldPoint Explorer.
To get started with FieldPoint Explorer, follow these steps:
1.
Install the hardware as described in Chapter 2,
. Verify that the FieldPoint system is powered on
and the I/O modules have their
READY
LEDs lit.
2.
From the Windows
Start
menu, select
Programs
»
FieldPoint
»
FieldPoint Explorer
to launch the FieldPoint Explorer program.
3.
Add a communications resource to the Device Network Hierarchy. To
add the resource, first click on the
+
sign next to
IA Server with OPC
in the DNH window to expand the view. Then right-click on the word
Click this button to
display ScreenTips.
Then click on the
element you want
to learn more about.
