Chapter 3
Hardware and Software Configuration
FieldPoint FP-1600 User Manual
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Find and Configure Devices
1.
From the Comm Resource Configuration dialog box, click on Find
Devices to start searching for all of the FieldPoint devices on this
communications resource. If no devices are found, make sure that the
FieldPoint hardware is powered on and connected to the network.
2.
After the FieldPoint modules are found, click on the + sign next to
FP Res in the DNH frame to expand the device hierarchy and display
the modules found on the network.
The hierarchy includes all of the modules connected to the FP-1600
(Figure 3-3 shows an example of an expanded device hierarchy). The
default name of each device found includes the model number of the
FieldPoint module, followed by the @ sign and the address of the
module (for example,
FP-1600 @0)
. For each I/O module found,
one I/O Item is created for each channel on the module, and if all the
channels are of the same type, one I/O Item is created to represent all
the channels on that module collectively.
3.
To configure the hardware settings of a particular I/O module, select
the device in the DNH frame.
a.
Right-click on the device name, and select Edit this device from
the pop-up menu.
b.
Click on the Channel Configuration button to bring up the
Channel Configuration dialog box, shown in Figure 3-7. In this
example, an FP-TC-120 thermocouple module is selected.
