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FieldPoint ™ FP-1000 and FP-1001 RS-232/RS-485 Network Module User Manual FieldPoint FP-1000/FP-1001 User Manual July 1997 Edition Part Number 321631A-01 © Copyright 1997 National Instruments Corporation.
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© Nat ional Instru ments Corpor ation v FieldPoint FP-1000/FP -1001 User Manua l Table of Cont ents About This M anual How to Use This Manual Set .............. ................. ................. ................. ................. ...... ix Organization of This Manual .
T able of Contents FieldPoint FP-1000/F P-1001 Us er Manu al vi © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on SnapShot Feature ................... ................. ................. ................. ................. ................. .. 3-2 Programmable Power- Up State .
T able of Contents © Nat ional Instru ments Corpor ation vii FieldPoint FP-1000/FP -1001 User Manua l Figure 2-8. RS-485 Co nnector Pinout for the FP-10 00 and FP-1001 ...................... 2-7 Figure 2-9. Terminating RS-48 5 Using the Combicon Adapter .
© National Instruments Corporat ion ix Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al About This Manual This manu al describe s how to install and use th e FieldPoint FP-100 0 and FP-1001 ne twork modules.
About This Ma nual Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l x © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on Organization of This Manual This ma nual is orga nize d a s f ollow s: • Chapter 1, FP -1000 an d FP -1001 Ne twork Module Ov erv iew , provides a n ove rview of the FieldP oint networ k m odules.
About This Ma nual © National Instruments Corporat ion xi Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0/ F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al italic Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross refer ence, or an introduction to a key conce pt. T his font also deno tes text fr om which y ou supp ly the appropria te w ord or v alue, as in Wind ows 3 .
© National Instruments Corporat ion 1-1 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al Chapter 1 FP-1000 and FP-1001 Network Module Overview This c hapter p rovid es a n o vervie w of the Fiel dPoint netwo rk mo dules. The FP-1000 FieldPoint network mod ule connects an industria l RS-232 network to Fie ldPoint I/O m odu les.
Chapter 1 F P-1000 and FP -1001 Networ k Module Ov ervie w Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 1- 2 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on FP-1001 Connects to RS-485 The FP-10 01 FieldPo int ne twork m odu le conne cts direc tly to an RS-485 adap ter card th at is installed in your host compute r.
© National Instruments Corporat ion 2-1 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration This cha pter d escribe s how to instal l and co nfig ure y our Fie ldPoint network mo dule, conne ct it to an RS-232 or RS-485 netw ork, and connec t power to the ne twork mo dule.
Chapter 2 Ins tallation an d Configuration Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 2- 2 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on 3. Slide the network modu le to the desir ed po sition o n the D IN rail.
Chap ter 2 Insta llation and C onfiguratio n © National Instruments Corporat ion 2-3 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al 3. Attach the term inal ba se to the network m odule b y firmly mating the lo cal bus co nnectors. 4. T o add more terminal bases, install them on the rail and mate their local bus connect ors together.
Chapter 2 Ins tallation an d Configuration Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 2- 4 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on Figur e 2-5. Host Computer Co nnected to One FP-1000 an d Two FP-10.
Chap ter 2 Insta llation and C onfiguratio n © National Instruments Corporat ion 2-5 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al Figu re 2-6 .
Chapter 2 Ins tallation an d Configuration Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 2- 6 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on Both serial interf aces are sel f-configured to use the f ollowing .
Chap ter 2 Insta llation and C onfiguratio n © National Instruments Corporat ion 2-7 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al The FP-1000 does not use RS-232 har dware handshaking, but it still asserts the RTS and DSR signals for hos t computers o r s oftware that may re quir e th es e signa ls.
Chapter 2 Ins tallation an d Configuration Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 2- 8 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on Figu re 2- 9. Termin ating R S-485 Using the Comb icon Ada pter An .
Chap ter 2 Insta llation and C onfiguratio n © National Instruments Corporat ion 2-9 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al Figur e 2-11.
Chapter 2 Ins tallation an d Configuration Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 2-10 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on Follow these steps to set the address and b aud rate for your network module. 1. Choose and set a network address . Refer to the following section, Setting th e Netw ork Address , fo r more info rmati on.
Chap ter 2 Insta llation and C onfiguratio n © National Instruments Corporat ion 2-11 F ie ld Po in t F P- 10 00 /F P- 10 01 Us er M anu a l Tabl e 2-1.
Chapter 2 Ins tallation an d Configuration Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 2-12 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on Setting the Baud Rate Switches 6-8 set the network module baud rate. Table 2-2 shows the switch positions and the corres ponding netwo rk baud rates of the network mo dule.
Chap ter 2 Insta llation and C onfiguratio n © National Instruments Corporat ion 2-13 F ie ld Po in t F P- 10 00 /F P- 10 01 Us er M anu a l Figur e 2-13. FP-1 000 an d FP-1001 P ower Con nector Pi nout The two terminals labeled V are internally connected on the network module, a s are the two t erminals labeled C.
© National Instruments Corporat ion 3-1 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al Chapter 3 Feature Set Description This cha pter d escribe s th e fe atu re set f or the FP- 1000 a nd FP-1001 network mo dules.
Chapter 3 F eature Set De scription Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 3- 2 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on • Wat chdog ena bled/disa bled sta tus for each I/O modul e. • Watchdog time out value for the bank. Note : Each bank has only one watchdog timeout value that is common for all the modu les in th at bank .
Chap ter 3 Feat ure Set Desc riptio n © National Instruments Corporat ion 3-3 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al If you ha ve enabled the Sn apShot featur e, the network module restor es the stored settings to all I/O modules and chann els in the bank every time you p ower u p, un til you disable the Sn ap Shot fe ature.
Chapter 3 F eature Set De scription Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 3- 4 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on • Attribute a nd range settings of each channe l. • Output values of each chan nel. • Wat chdog data value of each chan nel.
Chap ter 3 Feat ure Set Desc riptio n © National Instruments Corporat ion 3-5 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al HotPnP During Power-Up Upon power- up, the netwo rk module automatically uploa ds an electronic data sheet (E DS) from each I/O modu le in its bank.
Chapter 3 F eature Set De scription Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 3- 6 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on If the replacement module is incompatible with the one that was removed, the network modu le looks at the information stored in the SnapShot .
Chap ter 3 Feat ure Set Desc riptio n © National Instruments Corporat ion 3-7 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al Power-On Self Test (POST) The power-on se lf test (POST) is a test suite that the network module perform s at po w er up to ve rify its ow n ope rationa l statu s.
Chapter 3 F eature Set De scription Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 3- 8 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on The ye llo w NETWORK LED is lit during transmissions from the host comput er on the network .
© National Instruments Corporat ion 4-1 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al Chapter 4 Using the FieldPoint Software This ch apter de scribes how to use the Fie ldPoint hardwar e with variou s servers a nd software packages.
Chapter 4 Us ing the FieldPoint Software Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 4- 2 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on Using the FieldPoint Explorer You can use the FieldPoin t Explorer to.
Chapter 4 U sing the Fie ldPoint Software © National Instruments Corporat ion 4-3 Fi el dP oi nt FP -1 00 0 /F P-1 0 01 Us er M a nu al Using the FieldPoint Server with LabVIEW To use the FieldPo int se rv er f rom L ab VIEW , first co nfig ure and test your FieldPoint de vice network fr om FieldPoint Explorer .
Chapter 4 Us ing the FieldPoint Software Fiel dPoint FP-1 000/FP -100 1 Use r Manua l 4- 4 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on Using the FieldPoint Lookout Driver The FieldPoint L ookout driver uses the configura tion information in the IAK file c rea ted by the Fie ldPoint Ex plorer fo r its ow n configu ra tion.
© Nat ional Instru ments Corpor ation A-1 FieldPoint FP-1000/FP -1001 User Manua l Appendix A Specifications This append ix describes the specifica tions of the FP-1000 and FP-10 01 network mo dules.
Appendix A S pecification s FieldPoint FP-1000/F P-1001 Us er Manu al A-2 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on RS-48 5 Isol ation ......... ...... ..... ...... ...... 2 500 Vrm s break down, 250 Vrm s o pe rat iona l Environment Opera ting T em pera t ure .
© Nat ional Instru ments Corpor ation B-1 FieldPoint FP-1000/FP -1001 User Manua l Appendix B Customer Communication For yo ur convenience, t his append ix contain s forms t o help you gather the inf ormatio n necessary to help us solve you r technical problems and a form you can use to commen t on the pro duct documentation.
Fax-on- Demand is a 2 4-hour inf ormation retr ieval syst em containing a library of d ocuments on a wide range of tech nical information. You can access Fax-on-Demand fro m a touch-tone telephone at (512 ) 418-1111 .
FieldPoint System Configuration Form Record the settings and revisions of your h ardware and software on the line to the right of each item. Complete a new copy of this form each time you revi se your software or hardware conf iguration, and use this form as a reference for y our current configu ration.
FieldPoint Banks Please us e one page per Fi eldPoint bank. Network mo dule ____ ___________ ________ _________ _____ Firm ware revision __________ __ Addr ess ______ _________ ________ _________ ____.
Technical Support Form Photocopy this fo rm and u pdate it each time y ou make ch anges to you r software or h ardware, and use the completed copy of this form as a reference for your current configuratio n.
Documentation Comment Form National Instrum ents encourages you to commen t on the do cumentatio n supplie d with our prod ucts. This information hel ps us provide quality pro duc ts to meet your needs.
© Nat ional Instru ments Corpor ation G-1 FieldPoint FP -1000/FP -1001 Use r Manual Glossary % perce nt ° degr ees 0x precedes a hexade cimal number Ω ohms B bytes bank The co mbin ation of o ne Field Point n etwor k m odule an d o ne o r m ore terminal bases and I/O modules.
Gloss ar y FieldPoint FP-1000/F P-1001 Us er Manu al G-2 © Natio nal Inst rument s Corporati on I/O input/output IEC I nternational Electr otechnical Commission in.
© Natio nal Inst rument s Corpora tion I-1 Fi el d Po in t FP - 10 00 / FP -1 0 01 U se r M an ua l Index A ACCESS LED, 3-7 addresses, setting address and baud rate, 2 -9 to 2- 10 netwo rk address , 2-10 to 2-11 unique addr ess for each module (n ote), 2-10 B banks.
Index Fiel dPoi nt FP- 1000/ FP-1 001 U ser Ma nual I-2 © N ati onal Ins trumen ts Corpo rati on F fax an d telephone s upport, B- 2 fax-o n-demand suppo rt, B-2 feature s et descript ion, 3-1 t o 3-.
Inde x © Natio nal Inst rument s Corpora tion I- 3 Fi el dP o in t F P -1 00 0 / FP -1 0 01 U se r M an ua l L LabVI E W softwa r e, usin g with Fi eldPoint Server, 4-3 LabWindows/CVI software, using with FieldPoi nt Server, 4-3 LED in dicators, 3 -7 to 3- 8 local bus, high-speed , 3-1 M manual.
Index Fiel dPoi nt FP- 1000/ FP-1 001 U ser Ma nual I-4 © N ati onal Ins trumen ts Corpo rati on T technical support, B -1 to B- 2 teleph one and fax sup por t , B-2 terminal base connection, 2 -2 to.
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