Chapter 4
Installing and Using the FieldPoint Software
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FieldPoint FP-1000/1001 User Manual
b.
Select the I/O Item in the list view window corresponding to
the channel you want to write to.
c.
Click on the Write Value button (pen and paper icon) in the
toolbar to write to the I/O channel(s) represented by the I/O
Item.
d.
Enter the value you want to write in the Value box and click on
the Write! Button to write the value out. The value must be in
the range of the channel that you configured in Step 7. For
example, if the channel was configured for a range of 0.0035 A
to 0.021 A, and you want to write a value of 0.010 A (10 mA),
enter 0.010 in the Value box. For discrete I/O channels with a
Boolean range, enter a 1 or a 0 in the Value box.
11. When you are satisfied with the hardware configuration of your
FieldPoint system, you may choose to save this configuration as the
new power-up state for the hardware.
a.
Edit the device configuration of the FP-1000/1001 network
module by right-clicking on the network module entry in the
DNH window.
b.
Select Edit this device from the pop-up menu.
c.
Make sure that the factory configuration checkbox is not
checked.
d.
If you only want the range and attribute settings you configured
in Step 7 to be saved as power-up states, you can just click on
the OK button, because these settings get written to the
non-volatile memory of the network module when you write
changes to the device in Step 7.
e.
If you also want to save all of the current output states of the
output channels, click the Snapshot! button to store all of the
output values of that bank of FieldPoint modules to the
power-up memory of the network module, then click the OK
button when you are finished.
12. When you are finished configuring the hardware settings and the
I/O items, you must save your configuration file. Select File»Save
from the menu bar.
13. Exit the FieldPoint Explorer application.
Note:
You must exit FieldPoint Explorer before you can communicate with the
FieldPoint system using one of the methods described in the subsequent
sections.
