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National Instruments NI-FBUS User Manual

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  • Page 1 Fieldbus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual June 2004 Edition Part Number 371171A-01...
  • Page 2 Switzerland 41 56 200 51 51, Taiwan 886 2 2528 7227, Thailand 662 992 7519, United Kingdom 44 0 1635 523545 For further support information, refer to the Technical Support and Professional Services appendix. To comment on the documentation, send email to techpubs@ni.com. © 1995–2004 National Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved.

  • Page 3: Important Information

    The reader should consult National Instruments if errors are suspected. In no event shall National Instruments be liable for any damages arising out of or related to this document or the information contained in it.
  • Page 4 These classes are known as Class A (for use in industrial-commercial locations only) or Class B (for use in residential or commercial locations). All National Instruments (NI) products are FCC Class A products. Depending on where it is operated, this Class A product could be subject to restrictions in the FCC rules. (In Canada, the Department of Communications (DOC), of Industry Canada, regulates wireless interference in much the same way.) Digital...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Installing the Software ...2-1 Installing the Hardware...2-1 Configuring the Software...2-2 Configuration Steps for Windows 2000/NT/XP ...2-2 Interface Port Configuration...2-2 Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor Driver (Win NT 4.0 Only) ...2-2 Chapter 3 Windows and Menus List of Windows...3-1 About the NI-FBUS Monitor Interface...3-2 Main Window ...3-3...
  • Page 6 Settings Dialog Box... 3-19 Capture Settings Tab ... 3-19 Display Settings Tab ... 3-21 Toolbar Settings Tab ... 3-22 Chapter 4 How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor... 4-1 Starting Capture... 4-1 Stopping Capture ... 4-2 Saving Data ... 4-2 Finding Data ...
  • Page 7 Contents Glossary Index © National Instruments Corporation NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual...

  • Page 8: About This Manual

    About This Manual This manual describes the NI-FBUS Monitor utility, its features, and how to install and use it. The NI-FBUS Monitor utility is intended for use with Windows 2000/NT/XP. Conventions The following conventions appear in this manual: » The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options to a final action.

  • Page 9: Related Documentation

    Italic text in this font denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value monospace italic that you must supply. NI-FBUS In this manual, the term NI-FBUS, when used alone, refers to the NI-FBUS Communications Manager. Related Documentation The following documents contain information that you might find helpful as you read this manual: •...

  • Page 10: Introduction

    NI-FBUS Monitor. The NI-FBUS Monitor can display data packets in decoded format or in hexadecimal format. The NI-FBUS Monitor can filter out unwanted data packets at three levels: the Fieldbus Data Link layer (FDL), the Fieldbus Messaging Specification layer (FMS), and by fieldbus addresses.

  • Page 11: Installation And Configuration

    Installing the Software Caution If you are installing the NI-FBUS software over an existing version, write down your card configuration and any port configuration parameters you changed from their defaults. Reinstalling may cause you to lose any existing card and port configuration information.

  • Page 12: Configuring The Software

    Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration Started Manual, both of which are included in PDF-format on the NI-FBUS Communications Manager CD. Configuring the Software If you are installing an AT-FBUS board, the physical settings on the board must match the software settings you configure. To read your IRQ line from your board, look at the number printed on the board under the jumper.
  • Page 13 NIFB shortcut to the StartUp folder to make it start up automatically when your computer boots or restarts. © National Instruments Corporation Chapter 2 driver to load at system startup. Change the nifb for the driver to Automatic through the Devices nifb Installation and Configuration NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual...

  • Page 14: Windows And Menus

    Windows and Menus This chapter describes each of the menus and windows in the NI-FBUS Monitor utility. List of Windows Main Window Filter Window Filter Settings © National Instruments Corporation Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window that contains all the other windows and toolbars.

  • Page 15: About The Ni-Fbus Monitor Interface

    Filter Settings from the Capture menu. You can use the filter to determine what data the NI-FBUS Monitor displays in the filter window and what data it saves to the capture document. To add a new filter window to the document, select New Filter Window from the Capture menu.

  • Page 16: Main Window

    Main Window The main window contains all the windows of the NI-FBUS Monitor. The frame of the main window contains a menu bar and a status bar. The frame can also have toolbars on it. Figure 3-2 shows the main window.

  • Page 17: Menus And The Standard Toolbar

    Chapter 3 Windows and Menus When you start the NI-FBUS Monitor, it opens a new filter window and a new capture document. The capture document contains the actual data packets that are captured from the bus. The filter window is a graphical representation of the data stored in the capture document.

  • Page 18: Standard Toolbar

    Standard Toolbar Figure 3-3 shows the standard NI-FBUS Monitor toolbar. Following are descriptions of the standard toolbar buttons: New Capture creates a new capture document. Open Capture opens an existing capture document. Save Capture saves the current capture document. Cut removes a selected capture document.

  • Page 19: Main Menu Bar

    The main menu bar is at the top of the main window and lists all of the operations that you can perform in the NI-FBUS Monitor. When you select an item in the menu, a short help message describing the option appears in the Status Bar at the bottom of the main window.

  • Page 20: Capture Menu

    Prints the current capture document. Sets up the printer and printer options. List the most recently saved files. Exits the NI-FBUS Monitor. Sets your capture, display and toolbar settings. Shows the filter settings for the current filter window.

  • Page 21: View Menu

    You can use the Toolbars menu to show or hide the toolbars of the NI-FBUS Monitor. Following are descriptions of the Toolbars menu selections: Standard Toolbar Packet Toolbar NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Packet View Toolbar section for a description of each option. Statistics View Toolbar Creates a new filter window and filter for the current document.

  • Page 22: Help Menu

    Statistics Toolbar Status Bar Help Menu You can use the Help menu to display information about the NI-FBUS Monitor. Filter Window The filter window displays the data in a capture document, and can display this data in different formats. The filter window has three tabs located in the bottom left of the window that you can use to switch between statistics view and packet view.

  • Page 23: Packet View

    The asterisk indicates that, after several attempts, the monitor on the fieldbus interface could not pass the packet to the host application (the NI-FBUS Monitor). This problem might happen on slow PCs. If you NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Figure 3-5.

  • Page 24: Packet View Toolbar

    Chapter 4, How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor. A pound sign (#) next to a packet number means that the NI-FBUS Monitor received the packet that arrived right before the indicated packet. The format of the time measurement is as follows: Hours:Minutes:Seconds.Microseconds...
  • Page 25 Horizontal Packets displays FDL, FAS, and FMS horizontally on the screen. Vertical Packets displays FDL, FAS, and FMS vertically, from top to bottom, on the screen. NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Displays a short view of the data in a packet. Fully decodes the data in a packet.

  • Page 26: Statistics View

    Allows you to select the time calculation to perform on the packet. The options are as follows: Absolute—Shows the absolute time relative to the start of the NI-FBUS Monitor utility. Idle—Shows the idle time between packets. From Start—Shows the time from the start of one packet to the start of the next packet.

  • Page 27: Statistics View Toolbar

    Figure 3-8 shows the Statistics View toolbar. NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Figure 3-7. Filter Window Showing Statistics View Figure 3-8. Statistics View Toolbar 3-14 ni.com...

  • Page 28: Live List View

    During capture the filter is valid, and the NI-FBUS Monitor discards all data not matching the filter. However, if there are multiple filter windows, the NI-FBUS Monitor checks each filter to make sure that it retains the desired data. If you make changes to the filter, the NI-FBUS Monitor instantly downloads the changes to the fieldbus, so the changes take effect immediately.

  • Page 29: Basic Filter Logic

    Filter dialog box any time before, during, and after capture, or you can hide it from view. The following sections describe the tabs on the Filter dialog box. NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual If no addresses are selected in the Filter by Address tab: Packets Captured = FDL Filter + FMS Filter...

  • Page 30: Fdl Filter Tab

    A data-transfer error can occur if a packet does not have the proper checksum attached to it, which can be caused by bus noise. The NI-FBUS Monitor displays protocol errors along with the packets. Figure 3-9 shows the FDL Filter tab.

  • Page 31: Fms Filter Tab

    PDU type in the FMS Services box. Select a checkbox to enable capture of the corresponding packet type. Figure 3-10 shows the FMS Filter tab. NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Figure 3-10. FMS Filter Tab 3-18...

  • Page 32: Filter By Address Tab

    The Capture Settings tab allows you to select the board to use, and to specify what you want the NI-FBUS Monitor to do after it receives the number of packets in the Max num of packets field. Figure 3-12 shows the Capture Settings tab.
  • Page 33 Allows you to enter the maximum number of packets you want the NI-FBUS Monitor to capture. Stops capture of data after the NI-FBUS Monitor receives the Max num of packets. Continues capture after the NI-FBUS Monitor receives the Max num of...

  • Page 34: Display Settings Tab

    The Display Settings tab allows you to select the colors of packet portions and the font the NI-FBUS Monitor uses to display data. To change a color, click the color next to the field name. To change the font, click the Fonts button.

  • Page 35: Toolbar Settings Tab

    Windows and Menus Toolbar Settings Tab The Toolbar Settings tab allows you to select which toolbars the NI-FBUS Monitor displays. Select the Show Tool Tips checkbox to activate the tool tip help for most controls. To view the tips, pause your cursor over a control.

  • Page 36: How To Use The Ni-Fbus Monitor

    How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor This chapter describes how to perform basic tasks with the NI-FBUS Monitor. Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor To launch the NI-FBUS Monitor application, double-click the Fieldbus Monitor icon in the Fieldbus Software program group. Starting Capture To start capture, complete the following steps: ©...

  • Page 37: Stopping Capture

    To find data, select Find Data from the Capture menu or click the Find Data button on the standard toolbar. The Find dialog box, as shown in Figure 4-1, appears. If the NI-FBUS Monitor finds the data, it places an elliptical mark by the packet in which the data appears.

  • Page 38: Viewing Data

    © National Instruments Corporation Chapter 4 Figure 4-2. Example Filter Window Session How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual...

  • Page 39: Improving Performance

    You might not want to collect all of these, particularly the Probe Node (PN) packets. No Split Windows In general, the fewer open windows the NI-FBUS Monitor has to update, the faster the NI-FBUS Monitor performs. NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Recommended Minimum Platform section of Chapter 1, Introduction.

  • Page 40: Pinout Information

    Fieldbus Standard for Use in Industrial Control Systems, Part 2, ISA-S50.02.1992. © National Instruments Corporation No Connection Power – No Connection Power + No Connection Data – No Connection Data + No Connection Figure A-1. Fieldbus Connector Pinout NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual...
  • Page 41 9-pin DSUB. Pins 2 and 4 of the J2 screw terminal block provide an alternate connection to the fieldbus. The screw terminal block is not a second, independent link. National Instruments provides the Power+ and Power– connections as passive connections from the DSUB to the screw terminal.

  • Page 42: Technical Support And Professional Services

    Technical Support and Professional Services Visit the following sections of the National Instruments Web site at ni.com • • • • © National Instruments Corporation for technical support and professional services: Support—Online technical support resources at include the following: –...
  • Page 43 You also can visit the Worldwide Offices section of office Web sites, which provide up-to-date contact information, support phone numbers, email addresses, and current events. NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual and could not find the answers you need, contact ni.com ni.com/niglobal to access the branch ni.com...
  • Page 44 A file format composed of ones and zeroes for computer use. A pathway for data between devices. bus noise Imperfections in data transfer caused by cable length or interference from external factors. © National Instruments Corporation Value –12 –9 – 6 –3 tera NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual...
  • Page 45 Glossary capture document An NI-FBUS monitor document in memory that contains all the settings and data of your capture. Compel Data. channel A pin or wire lead to which you apply or from which you read the analog or digital signal.
  • Page 46 A software screening device you configure to make the NI-FBUS Monitor capture only certain types of data that move across the fieldbus. Filter window A window inside the main window of the NI-FBUS Monitor that shows captured data with selected data filtered out. See Fieldbus Messaging Specification layer.
  • Page 47 The central controlling and computing part of a computer. protocol error An error in data transfer that has to do with the way the data is sent. Pass Token. Random Access Memory. Return Token. Time Distribution. NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual ni.com...
  • Page 48 (figure), 3-20 options, 3-20 overview, 3-19 configuration interface port, 2-2 NI-FBUS driver in NT, 2-2 NI-FBUS software, 2-2 conventions used in the manual, ix Declaration of Conformity (NI resources), B-1 diagnostic tools (NI resources), B-1 © National Instruments Corporation...
  • Page 49 (caution), 2-1 instrument drivers (NI resources), B-1 interface configuration utility, 2-2 interface port, 2-2 interface port configuration, 2-2 KnowledgeBase, B-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual main menu bar capture menu, 3-7 file menu, 3-6 help menu, 3-9 overview, 3-6 packet menu, 3-8...
  • Page 50 3-5 find data dialog box (figure), 4-2 help button, 3-6 layout (figure), 3-5 live updates off button, 3-5 new capture button, 3-5 open capture button, 3-5 paste button, 3-5 reset capture button, 3-5 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Index...
  • Page 51 B-1 toolbar menu packet, 3-8 standard, 3-8 statistics, 3-9 status bar, 3-9 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual toolbar menu options, 3-8 toolbar settings tab layout (figure), 3-22 overview, 3-22 training and certification (NI resources), B-1 troubleshooting (NI resources), B-1...

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