Chapter 4
Installing and Using the FieldPoint Software
FieldPoint FP-1000/1001 User Manual
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Data Throughput with the FieldPoint Servers
The rate at which data can be transferred between a FieldPoint bank and
a computer is determined by the number and type of I/O channels and
the baud rate. You can download a calculator to determine the data
throughput from
ftp.natinst.com/support/FieldPoint/server
.
This calculator is available as both an Excel Spreadsheet and as a
LabVIEW/BridgeVIEW VI.
Installing FieldPoint Software
Follow these steps to install your FieldPoint software:
1.
If you are using BridgeVIEW, LabVIEW, Lookout, or
LabWindows/CVI with FieldPoint, install these other application
programs before installing your FieldPoint software. The
FieldPoint software installation installs the BridgeVIEW server,
LabVIEW VIs and examples, Lookout driver class, and
LabWindows/CVI instrument driver only if it finds the
corresponding application software installed.
2.
Insert the FieldPoint Configuration and Server Software disk
number 1 into the floppy drive on your computer.
3.
Click on the Windows Start button, and then click on Run.
4.
Enter
a:\setup
, where
a
is the letter of your floppy drive, then
select OK.
5.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
Note:
Do not worry if the installation program does not ask you to insert all of
the disks. Depending on the software already installed on your computer,
you may not need to use all of the disks that you received.
Using FieldPoint Explorer
The FieldPoint Explorer is the configuration software for FieldPoint
hardware and software. The first step to using FieldPoint software is to
run the FieldPoint Explorer. You then use FieldPoint Explorer to
configure the programmable settings of the FieldPoint hardware, such
as the input range of an analog input module, or watchdog timer
settings, or the power-up values of output modules. From FieldPoint
Explorer you define I/O items (which represent one or more physical
I/O channels) that you want to write to or read from. FieldPoint
Explorer also provides a user interface from which you can interactively