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Fieldbus

NI-FBUS

Monitor User Manual

NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual

June 2004 Edition

Part Number 371171A-01

Summary of Contents for NI-FBUS

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Page 3: ...ruments installation operation or maintenance instructions owner s modification of the product owner s abuse misuse or negligent acts and power failure or surges fire flood accident actions of third p...

Page 4: ...nt of Communications DOC Changes or modifications not expressly approved by NI could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC Rules Class A Federal Communications Commission Th...

Page 5: ...tware 2 1 Installing the Hardware 2 1 Configuring the Software 2 2 Configuration Steps for Windows 2000 NT XP 2 2 Interface Port Configuration 2 2 Starting the NI FBUS Monitor Driver Win NT 4 0 Only 2...

Page 6: ...3 16 FDL Filter Tab 3 17 FMS Filter Tab 3 18 Filter by Address Tab 3 19 Settings Dialog Box 3 19 Capture Settings Tab 3 19 Display Settings Tab 3 21 Toolbar Settings Tab 3 22 Chapter 4 How To Use the...

Page 7: ...Contents National Instruments Corporation vii NI FBUS Monitor User Manual Glossary Index...

Page 8: ...h When symbol is marked on a product it denotes a warning advising you to take precautions to avoid electrical shock When symbol is marked on a product it denotes a component that may be hot Touching...

Page 9: ...ext in this font denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value that you must supply NI FBUS In this manual the term NI FBUS when used alone refers to the NI FBUS Communications Manager Relate...

Page 10: ...ta Link layer FDL the Fieldbus Messaging Specification layer FMS and by fieldbus addresses Windows of the NI FBUS Monitor The NI FBUS Monitor has a Multiple Document Interface MDI An MDI window contai...

Page 11: ...m 1 Login as Administrator or as a user with Administrator privileges 2 Insert your NI FBUS Monitor CD The autorun utility should launch the NI FBUS Monitor installer wizard If it does not launch the...

Page 12: ...tility Help Interface Port Configuration 1 Start the NI FBUS Interface Configuration Utility 2 In the configuration window select the port you want to configure and click the Edit button 3 Select Moni...

Page 13: ...cessfully under Windows NT you can configure the nifb driver to load at system startup Change the StartupType for the nifb driver to Automatic through the Devices window in the Control Panel If you ar...

Page 14: ...istical information Each filter window has its own packet filter Filter Dialog box you can use to select which data packets to capture The options are as follows FDL Filter Filters packets by the Fiel...

Page 15: ...a disk and holds the data in memory is called the capture document You can use the filter window to view the data in the capture document You can attach several filter windows with the corresponding f...

Page 16: ...ocuments on the left are data objects invisible on the desktop Note Even if a window is split using the Split Filter Window function the filter window still has only one filter attached to it Figure 3...

Page 17: ...NI FBUS Monitor opens the standard toolbar at the top and the Packet View toolbar on the left of the main window s frame Menus and the Standard Toolbar To see help for the NI FBUS Monitor controls bro...

Page 18: ...ent capture document Cut removes a selected capture document Copy duplicates a capture document to Clipboard for pasting Paste pastes a capture document to a different location Find Data finds data in...

Page 19: ...d lists all of the operations that you can perform in the NI FBUS Monitor When you select an item in the menu a short help message describing the option appears in the Status Bar at the bottom of the...

Page 20: ...the items in the Capture menu Following are descriptions of the Capture menu selections Settings Sets your capture display and toolbar settings Filter Settings Shows the filter settings for the curren...

Page 21: ...dbus that are active and functioning alive Window Menu You can use the Window menu to control the layout of windows contained in the main window Following are descriptions of the Window menu selection...

Page 22: ...FBUS Monitor Filter Window The filter window displays the data in a capture document and can display this data in different formats The filter window has three tabs located in the bottom left of the w...

Page 23: ...5 shows the filter window in packet view Figure 3 5 Filter Window and Captured Data in Packet View Packet Display Formats Packet data can be in one of three formats simple decode or hex All formats h...

Page 24: ...t and shows only the type of Protocol Data Units PDUs of the FDL FMS and FAS Fieldbus Access Sublayer layers in the packet The Decode format fully decodes the data packet and formats the data accordin...

Page 25: ...of a packet LAS TM Displays the LAS and Time Master information of a packet FDL Displays the FDL portion of a packet FAS SM Displays the FAS portion of a packet FMS Displays the FMS portion of a packe...

Page 26: ...the types of fieldbus packets passed over the bus and the bus time or bandwidth that these packets consume To select this view click the Statistics tab at the bottom left of the filter window or sele...

Page 27: ...ou to select which graphs you would like to see This toolbar is not visible by default You can view this toolbar by selecting Statistics Toolbar from the Toolbars menu Deselecting the box for a chart...

Page 28: ...chedule file should be assigned in Capture Settings before a capture is started Filters The filter is a tool you can use interactively at capture time or after capture Filter Operation During Capture...

Page 29: ...dress If the address is one of the selected addresses it is then compared to the FDL filter and the FMS filter Pseudocode for the filter follows If no addresses are selected in the Filter by Address t...

Page 30: ...lection Select the checkbox by an FDL type to capture that type of packet The Show Transfer Errors checkbox enables the display of data transfer errors A data transfer error can occur if a packet does...

Page 31: ...ce and lists all the FMS Services available Select the FMS PDU Type using the radio buttons on the left of the dialog box to view the services corresponding to that PDU type in the FMS Services box Se...

Page 32: ...pture use the User Defined field to insert addresses into the address list Select the Hex Addresses checkbox to view the addresses in the Detected Addresses box in hexadecimal format The User Defined...

Page 33: ...ou to enter the maximum number of packets you want the NI FBUS Monitor to capture Stop capture when max Stops capture of data after the NI FBUS reached Monitor receives the Max num of packets Continuo...

Page 34: ...capture During a continuous capture the number of packets retained in memory does not exceed the value in the Max num of packets field Display Settings Tab The Display Settings tab allows you to sele...

Page 35: ...oolbar Settings tab allows you to select which toolbars the NI FBUS Monitor displays Select the Show Tool Tips checkbox to activate the tool tip help for most controls To view the tips pause your curs...

Page 36: ...n the filter to select specific packets to capture To open the filter select Filter Settings from the Capture menu or click the Filter Settings button on the standard toolbar The filter appears as a d...

Page 37: ...le menu or click the Save Capture button on the standard toolbar The NI FBUS Monitor places the saved data in the current window During the save operation the NI FBUS Monitor prompts you to save all o...

Page 38: ...n on the standard toolbar The split window allows you to look at different parts of the capture at the same time Figure 4 2 shows an example Filter window screen split into four panes that display the...

Page 39: ...n the standard toolbar Turn Live Updates Off To prevent the NI FBUS Monitor from updating its windows deselect Live Updates on the Capture menu On a slow computer it can take a relatively long time mo...

Page 40: ...u can make your own cable if you need a longer cable than the one in your kit Figure A 1 shows the fieldbus connector pinout for both the AT FBUS and PCMCIA FBUS Figure A 1 Fieldbus Connector Pinout T...

Page 41: ...t All of the signals on the screw terminal block provide a direct connection to the 9 pin DSUB Pins 2 and 4 of the J2 screw terminal block provide an alternate connection to the fieldbus The screw ter...

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Page 44: ...rd Code for Information Interchange asynchronous Communication that occurs at times which are not predetermined AT compatible Compatible with the 16 bit Industry Standard Architecture B B Bytes bandwi...

Page 45: ...tral processing unit D data packet A unit of data of a certain size dead Inactive or not functioning on the fieldbus DMA Direct Memory Access DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory Memory that requires ele...

Page 46: ...ownloading data and invoking programs inside a device filter A software screening device you configure to make the NI FBUS Monitor capture only certain types of data that move across the fieldbus Filt...

Page 47: ...ocol Data Unit PN Probe Node PR Probe Response processor The central controlling and computing part of a computer protocol error An error in data transfer that has to do with the way the data is sent...

Page 48: ...port 2 2 NI FBUS driver in NT 2 2 NI FBUS software 2 2 conventions used in the manual ix D Declaration of Conformity NI resources B 1 diagnostic tools NI resources B 1 display settings tab layout figu...

Page 49: ...rt 2 2 interface port configuration 2 2 K KnowledgeBase B 1 M main menu bar capture menu 3 7 file menu 3 6 help menu 3 9 overview 3 6 packet menu 3 8 statistics menu 3 8 toolbar menu 3 8 view menu 3 8...

Page 50: ...tons 3 12 decode button 3 12 hex button 3 12 simple button 3 12 PCMCIA FBUS cable A 2 pinout information A 1 programming examples NI resources B 1 R related documentation x S screw terminal block pino...

Page 51: ...description 3 2 functional overview 3 14 layout figure 3 14 support technical B 1 T technical support B 1 toolbar menu packet 3 8 standard 3 8 statistics 3 9 status bar 3 9 toolbar menu options 3 8 t...

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