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90 days from date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace software media that do not execute programming instructions if National Instruments receives notice of such defects during the warranty period.
About This Manual This manual describes how to install and use the FieldPoint FP-1000 and FP-1001 network modules. How to Use This Manual Set Operating Instructions for Modules and Bases Installation FieldPoint Server Specifications Online Help FieldPoint Programmer FieldPoint Network Connection,...
FP-1000 and FP-1001 network modules. Customer Communication, contains forms you can • Appendix B, use to request help from National Instruments or to comment on our products and manuals. • Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used in this manual, including abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, and symbols.
FieldPoint Server online help Customer Communication National Instruments wants to receive your comments on our products and manuals. We are interested in the applications you develop with our products, and we want to help if you have problems with them. To make it easy for you to contact us, this manual contains comment and configuration forms for you to complete.
An alternative method is to connect the FP-1001 directly to your host computer, if your host computer provides an RS-485 interface. Contact National Instruments for information about available RS-485 hardware. You can connect up to 25 FP-1001 network modules to each RS-485 port on the host computer.
• LabWindows/CVI Functions • OPC Server You can download future versions of FieldPoint software from the National Instruments FTP site at ftp.natinst.com/support/ fieldpoint/Server FieldPoint Explorer Configuration Utility FieldPoint Explorer is the configuration utility for FieldPoint hardware and software. You can use FieldPoint Explorer to accomplish the following tasks: •...
Installing and Using the FieldPoint Software For more information about the FieldPoint driver object class and data members, refer to the National Instruments FieldPoint section of Chapter 18, Object Class Reference, in your Lookout Reference Manual. Using the FieldPoint LabVIEW VIs When you install the FieldPoint software, a library of FieldPoint VIs is created if LabVIEW has already been installed on your computer.
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Telephone and Fax Support National Instruments has branch offices all over the world. Use the list below to find the technical support number for your country. If there is no National Instruments office in your country, contact the source from which you purchased your software to obtain support.
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Clock speed ______MHz RAM _____MB Display adapter __________________________ Mouse ___yes ___no Mouse type _________________________________________________ National Instruments application software product ______________________ Version _________ Other application software product ___________________________________ Version ________ National Instruments server _________________________________________ Version ________ Other installed software that may use serial ports _______________________________________...
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FieldPoint Banks Please use one page per FieldPoint bank. Network module _____________________________________ Firmware revision ____________ Address __________________________________________ Baud rate ___________________ Circle the state of the following items when your problem occurs: LEDs POWER: ON/OFF NETWORK: ON/OFF ACCESS: ON/OFF STATUS: ON/OFF SnapShot feature Enabled/Disabled Watchdog timer Enabled/Disabled Timeout value _______ ms...
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National Instruments for technical support helps our applications engineers answer your questions more efficiently. If you are using any National Instruments hardware or software products related to this problem, include the configuration forms from their user manuals. Include additional pages if necessary.
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Documentation Comment Form National Instruments encourages you to comment on the documentation supplied with our products. This information helps us provide quality products to meet your needs. Title: ™ FieldPoint FP-1000 /1001 User Manual Edition Date: August 1998 Part Number: 321631B-01 Please comment on the completeness, clarity, and organization of the manual.
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