Chapter 1
Introduction
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NI-FBUS Hardware and Software User Manual
Monitor
The NI-FBUS Monitor helps you monitor and debug Fieldbus data traffic.
It symbolically decodes data packets from the Fieldbus, monitors the live
list, and performs statistical analysis of packets. You can use the NI-FBUS
Monitor to diagnose the communication of H1 network or debug the
development of device.
You can use F
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Fieldbus products with National Instruments
HMI software packages, including Lookout and LabVIEW DSC. And you
can also use third-party HMI software through NI-FBUS OPC Server.