Chapter 3
Feature Set Description
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You can use the Programmable Power-Up State feature to individually
store the following information. You can use either the FieldPoint
Explorer software or the FieldPoint command set.
• Attribute and range settings of each channel
• Output values of each channel
• Watchdog data value of each channel. See the
section in this chapter for more information.
• Watchdog data enabled (or disabled) status for each channel. See
section in this chapter for more
information.
• Watchdog timer enabled (or disabled) status of each module. See
section in this chapter for more
information.
• Power-up watchdog timeout value for the FieldPoint bank
• The turn-around delay for each module
• The hot-swap reporting mode for the FieldPoint stack. See the next
section, HotPnP (Hot Plug and Play), for more information on the
hot-swap reporting mode.
If you have enabled the SnapShot feature, the FP-1000/1001 restores
your desired settings to all I/O modules and channels in the bank every
time you power up, until you disable the SnapShot feature.
HotPnP (Hot Plug and Play)
The HotPnP feature simplifies system installation, configuration, and
maintenance. With the HotPnP feature, you can remove or insert I/O
modules into the FieldPoint terminal bases while power is on, even if
the system is already engaged in network activity. You do not need to
power down the entire system or even a bank to insert, remove, or
replace I/O modules. In addition, you do not need to change the
operation of the host computer or software to use the HotPnP feature.
When you insert an I/O module with the power on, it is automatically
recognized, configured, and made available on the network. The
following sections describe how the HotPnP feature works under
different conditions.