Accessing Cfp-20Xx Channels From Pc Applications; Using The Cfp-20Xx From Pc Applications; Labview Vis And The Cfp-20Xx; Labwindows/Cvi Functions And The Cfp-20Xx - National Instruments Compact FieldPoint cFP-20 Series User Manual

Accessing cFP-20xx Channels
from PC Applications

Using the cFP-20xx from PC Applications

LabVIEW VIs and the cFP-20xx

LabWindows/CVI Functions and the cFP-20xx

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This chapter describes how to access channels on the cFP-20xx from other
software running on a PC after you configure the system in MAX. For
information about configuring the Compact FieldPoint system in MAX,
refer to the Measurement & Automation Explorer Help for FieldPoint.
If you do not have version 4.0 or later of the FieldPoint software, you
can download it from
Current Software Versions»Distributed I/O—FieldPoint to find the
current version.
The primary intended use for the cFP-20xx is to run LabVIEW RT, but you
can use the controller with other software on a PC, even while the controller
is running LabVIEW RT. The following sections explain how to access the
channels on the cFP-20xx from software running on a PC.
When you install the FieldPoint software, a library of FieldPoint VIs is
created if LabVIEW has already been installed on your computer. The
FieldPoint VIs directly access I/O items configured in MAX. For help
using these VIs, refer to the FieldPoint LabVIEW Interface Help accessible
from the LabVIEW help menu, or to the FieldPoint examples in
LabVIEW\examples\FieldPoint
access the cFP-20xx by Ethernet from the host PC or to run an embedded
application. For more information about programming embedded
applications for the cFP-20xx, refer to Chapter 4,
Programming.
When you install the FieldPoint software, a LabWindows/CVI instrument
driver for FieldPoint is installed if LabWindows/CVI has already been
installed on your computer. This instrument driver includes function panels
. Select Support»Drivers and Updates»
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. You can use this same set of VIs to
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