Chapter 4
Installing and Using the FieldPoint Software
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3.
Start Lookout, and create a new control panel or open an existing one.
4.
Select
Object
»
Create
from the menu bar and choose the FieldPoint
object class from the
Drivers
category of the
Select Object Class
dialog box. The
Create FieldPoint Secondary
dialog box shown in
Figure 4-6 appears.
Figure 4-6.
Creating the FieldPoint Object
5.
Create your object.
a.
Select the serial port you are using and the data rate (baud rate) in
the
Communication Settings
area of the dialog box.
b.
Enter the path of the configuration file you saved from FieldPoint
Explorer in the
IAK Configuration File
area, and make sure the
Import alias information
box is checked. (You can use the
Browse
button to find the configuration file you saved.)
c.
Make any changes you want to make to the poll rate or other
parameters, and click on the
OK
button.
Your FieldPoint object is now created, and all of the I/O Items you
configured in FieldPoint Explorer are available as data members of the
object.