Saving Hardware Configuration As Power-Up State - National Instruments FieldPoint FP-2000 User Manual

Chapter 3 Hardware and Software Configuration

Saving Hardware Configuration as Power-Up State

Using the Snapshot feature overwrites any power-up values you may have
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specified for individual channels in the Channel Configuration dialog box.
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d. Set attributes for selected channel(s) by selecting the attribute and
entering the desired value.
e. Send commands to the selected channel(s) by choosing a
command and value and clicking Send.
f. Repeat this procedure for each channel you want to configure.
g. Click OK, or click Apply to save the changes and continue to
configure channels. When you click OK or Apply, the changes
are immediately sent to the device and saved in its nonvolatile
memory.
When you are satisfied with the hardware configuration of your FieldPoint
system, you can save this configuration as the new power-up state for the
bank.
1. Right-click the FP-20xx network module in the left pane of FieldPoint
Explorer, and select Edit this device.
2. Clear the factory configuration checkbox.
3. Specify the power-up settings with either of the following options:
• If you want only the range and attribute settings you configured in
the Finding and Configuring Devices and Channels
saved as power-up states, click OK. These settings are written to
the nonvolatile memory of the network module.
• If you want to save power-up values for the range and attribute
settings and also all the current output states of the output
channels, click Snapshot. This stores the current ranges,
attributes, and output values of the bank to the nonvolatile
memory of the network module. Click OK when you are finished.
Refer to the Storing a Custom Power-Up Configuration
Chapter 4, Feature Set
configuring and changing the power-up values. Refer to the
against Network Failures (Network Watchdog)
Feature Set Description, for information about configuring a network
watchdog to guard against network failures.
Description, for more information about
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