Communicating With A Laptop Wirelessly - Emerson FB1200 Instruction Manual

DANGER
EXPLOSION HAZARD: Ensure the area in which you perform this operation is non-hazardous.
Performing this operation in a hazardous area could result in an explosion.
1. Connect a Category 5 shielded cable between an Ethernet port on your laptop and an
2. Connect a Category 5 shielded cable between your Ethernet switch and the Ethernet port
3. Launch Field Tools and add an IP connection for the device then click Connect to start the
4. Log into the flow computer if prompted.
5. Use the FBxConnect software to view/change any desired parameters.
6. When finished, log off from the flow computer and disconnect the cable.
4.2.4

Communicating with a Laptop Wirelessly

You must have purchased the flow computer with the optional Mobile SCADA feature in order to
connect to a laptop PC wirelessly. Additionally:
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WiFi
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Your laptop PC must have Field Tools software with FBxConnect installed.
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You must know a valid username/password combination for the flow computer.
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You must know the name of the wireless network and the security key required to connect to
it.
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Your laptop PC must be within line-of-sight with either the front display of the flow computer
or of an external antenna for the Mobile SCADA.
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If the flow computer is not awake, you must wake it up first. (See Section 4.3)
WARNING
Ensure that you and your laptop PC are in a non-hazardous area.
1. Launch Field Tools software and add a new wireless connection. (If you already have a saved
wireless connection for this device in Field Tools, just double-click on it in the Connections
list and skip to Step 4.)
2. Select the wireless network to which the flow computer belongs and enter the appropriate
security key.
3. Click Connect to start the FBxConnect software.
4. Log into the flow computer if prompted.
5. Use the FBxConnect software to view or change any desired parameters.
Operation
Ethernet switch for your network.
on the flow computer.
FBxConnect software. (If you already have an existing saved IP connection for this device in
Field Tools, just double-click on it in the Connections list.)
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must be configured and working on your laptop PC.
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