Chapter 4
Installing and Using the FieldPoint Software
FieldPoint FP-1000/1001 User Manual
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OPC in the DNH window to expand the view. Then right-click on
the word FieldPoint and select Add a comm resource to this server.
The communications resource dialog box appears as shown in
Figure 4-4.
Figure 4-4. Communication Resource Configuration Window
4.
Select the COM port on your computer that you cabled the FieldPoint
system to.
The FP-1000/1001 network module is preconfigured for a baud rate
of 115200 kbps, so you should not have to change the baud rate or
timeout setting in the dialog box unless you have modified the baud
rate switches on the network module. The default name for the
COM port you select is FP Res.
5.
Click on the Find Devices! button 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,
that the switch settings for the baud rate match the settings on the
network module, and that no two network modules on the same
communications port have the same address switch settings. Also