Communicating With A Laptop Wirelessly With Fbxwifi; Wi-Fi - Emerson FB2100 Instruction Manual

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.
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Communicating with a Laptop Wirelessly with FBxWifi

You must have purchased the flow computer with the optional FBxWifi feature in order to
connect to a laptop PC wirelessly. Additionally:
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Ensure that you and your laptop PC are in a non-hazardous area.
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Operation
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Connect a cable between a serial port (or serial/USB adapter) on your laptop and
port COM2 on the flow computer.
Launch Field Tools and add a new serial connection for this device; this launches
FBxConnect configuration software. (If you already have an existing saved serial
connection for this device in Field Tools, just double-click on it in the Connections
list.)
Log into the flow computer if prompted.
Use the FBxConnect configuration software to view or change any desired
parameters.
When finished, log off the flow computer and disconnect the cable from its serial
port.
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Wi-Fi

must be configured and working on your laptop PC.
Your laptop PC must have Field Tools software with FBxConnect installed.
You must know a valid username/password combination for the flow computer.
You must know the name of the wireless network and the security key required to
connect to it.
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 FBxWifi communications module.
If the flow computer is not awake, you must wake it up first. (See
WARNING
Launch Field Tools software and add a new wireless connection. (If you already have
a saved wireless connection for this device in Field Tools, double-click on the device
in the Connections list and skip to step 4.)
FB2100 Flow Computer Instruction Manual
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