Chapter 4
Installing and Using the FieldPoint Software
FieldPoint FP-1000/1001 User Manual
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Using the FieldPoint BridgeVIEW Server
The FieldPoint BridgeVIEW server is a device server based on the
native BridgeVIEW server architecture. The I/O Items you configured
in the FieldPoint Explorer become available to the BridgeVIEW server
when you export the configuration data from FieldPoint Explorer into
the BridgeVIEW common configuration database (CCDB). From
within BridgeVIEW, the Tag Configuration Wizard imports this
configuration information, creating a tag for every I/O Item you
configured in the FieldPoint Explorer. These tags are immediately
accessible through the BridgeVIEW real-time database.
To start using the FieldPoint server with BridgeVIEW, follow these
steps:
1. Configure and test your FieldPoint server from FieldPoint
Explorer, as described in the
section of
this chapter, and save your configuration file.
2. Select the BridgeVIEW»Export to BridgeVIEW option from the
menu bar of FieldPoint Explorer to export the current configuration
file that you just saved to BridgeVIEW’s active CCDB. (If
BridgeVIEW is not an option on your FieldPoint Explorer’s menu
bar, make sure that you have installed the FieldPoint software after
installing BridgeVIEW.)
Note: If you edit, rename, or move your configuration file after you export it to
the BridgeVIEW Active CCDB, you must re-export the new configuration
file. If you select another CCDB file as the Active CCDB for BridgeVIEW,
you must re-export your FieldPoint configuration file to the newly selected
Active CCDB file.
3. Exit FieldPoint Explorer.
Note: You must exit FieldPoint Explorer before you can use the FieldPoint server
from BridgeVIEW.
4. Launch BridgeVIEW and load the Tag Configuration Editor by
selecting Project»Tag»Configuration from the menu bar of a
BridgeVIEW window, or click on the Configure Tags button of
BridgeVIEW’s initial tile screen.
5. Click on the Configuration Wizard button in the lower-right corner
of the Tag Configuration Editor window, and then select FieldPoint
from the list of servers that appears.