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Chapter 3 Hardware and Software Configuration
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3. In the Locking System Configuration dialog box, enter a password to
lock or unlock the device.
4. Click OK .
If you need to unlock the device configuration and you do not know the
password, you must reset the FP-20
xx and reconfigure it. Refer to
Appendix B,
Resetting the FP-20xx
, for more information about resetting
the FP-20 xx .
Downloading Item Information to the FP-20 xx
Every time you select File»Save in FieldPoint Explorer, the FieldPoint
system configuration is saved in a
.iak
file. This file is used to access the
configuration information, such as channel name, from other host
applications like LabVIEW or LabWindows/CVI. To provide the same
functionality for LabVIEW RT applications running on an FP-20
xx , the
item names pertaining to the network module bank are also downloaded to
the network module whenever you select
File»Save , assuming the network
module is powered on and connected to the network.
Note To download the item names without saving the
.iak
file, right-click the Comm
Resource and select Download Configuration . To disable a configuration download
when you select File»Save , uncheck Options»Download Configuration On Save .
Verifying the Configuration
You can verify the installation and configuration by monitoring an I/O
channel or writing to an output channel from FieldPoint Explorer.
Monitoring an I/O Channel
You can monitor FieldPoint devices that you have configured. In the left
pane of FieldPoint Explorer, select one of the devices, then click the green
arrow icon in the toolbar to start monitoring the items of that device.
The tag symbols of the items in the list view pane turn blue to show that
they are being monitored. As shown in Figure 3-1, the
Value column shows
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. Timestamp is the time when the FP-20 xx
made the value available to the host PC.
Click the red square icon in the toolbar to stop monitoring the items.