Chapter 4
Installing and Using the FieldPoint Software
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Figure 4-5.
Channel Configuration Dialog Box
8.
You can now try to read from the FieldPoint devices that you have
configured. Select one of the devices in the DNH window, and then
click on the
Start Monitoring
button (green arrow icon) in the Tool
Bar to start monitoring the items of that device.
The tag symbols of the items in the list view window turn blue to show
that they are being monitored. The
Value
column in the list view
window should show the current value of the I/O channels defined by
the I/O Items, and the
Status
column shows any error conditions
received while communicating with the FieldPoint network.
9.
Click on the
Stop Monitoring
button (red square icon) in the toolbar
to stop monitoring the items.
10. You can also write to output channels of I/O Items that you have
configured.
a.
Select a device in the DNH window with output channels.
b.
Select the I/O Item in the list view window corresponding to the
channel you want to write to.
