Chapter 4
Installing and Using the FieldPoint Software
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c.
Click on the
Write Value
button (pen and paper icon) in the
toolbar to write to the I/O channel(s) represented by the I/O Item.
d.
Enter the value you want to write in the
Value
box and click on
the
Write
Button to write the value out. The value must be in the
range of the channel that you configured in Step 7. For example,
if the channel was configured for a range of 0.0035 A to 0.021 A,
and you want to write a value of 0.010 A (10 mA), enter 0.010 in
the
Value
box. For discrete I/O channels with a Boolean range,
enter a 1 or a 0 in the
Value
box.
11. When you are satisfied with the hardware configuration of your
FieldPoint system, you can save this configuration as the new
power-up state for the hardware.
a.
Edit the device configuration of the FP-1000/1001 network
module by right-clicking on the network module entry in the
DNH window.
b.
Select
Edit this device
from the pop-up menu.
c.
Make sure that the
factory configuration
checkbox is not
checked.
d.
If you only want the range and attribute settings you configured
in Step 7 to be saved as power-up states, you can just click on the
OK
button, because these settings get written to the non-volatile
memory of the network module when you write changes to the
device in Step 7.
e.
If you also want to save all of the current output states of the
output channels, click on the
Snapshot
button to store all of the
output values of that bank of FieldPoint modules to the power-up
memory of the network module, then click on the
OK
button when
you are finished.
12. When you are finished configuring the hardware settings and the I/O
items, you must save your configuration file. Select
File
»
Save
from
the menu bar.
13. Exit the FieldPoint Explorer application.
Note
You must exit FieldPoint Explorer before you can communicate with the FieldPoint
system using one of the methods described in the subsequent sections.
