Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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Run the NI-FBUS Interface Configuration utility once to make sure the
interface has been removed.
To reinstall the interface, refer to the installation and configuration
instructions earlier in this chapter.
Importing Device Descriptions
The device description files contain information about the types of blocks
and parameters supported by your Fieldbus device, along with online help
describing the uses of given parameters. If your Fieldbus device uses
manufacturer-specific device description files, you must import the device
description files shipped with the device or available from the device
manufacturer. To do so, complete the following steps:
1.
Insert the device description disk or CD, if supplied by your Fieldbus
device manufacturer, into the disk drive of the host computer.
2.
Select
Start»Programs»National Instruments FBUS»Interface
Config
to run the Interface Configuration utility.
3.
Click the
DD Info
button. The
DD Info
dialog box opens.
4.
If the base directory field is blank, enter a base directory. The base
directory you enter here will be where NI-FBUS looks for all device
descriptions. Do not change the base directory after you have started
importing device descriptions. Otherwise, NI-FBUS will not be able
to find the device descriptions you previously imported. Your device
description files will automatically be placed in the appropriate
manufacturer ID subdirectory under this base directory.
Your base directory will include one folder for each different manufacturer
for which you have imported device description. For example, if you
import the device description for the National Instruments FP-3000 device,
you will find a folder called
4e4943
. This is the National Instruments
Foundation Fieldbus device manufacturer ID number.
Table 2-1.
Board Renumbering
Original Address
Address after Deleting Board1
Board0
Board0
Board1
(deleted)
Board2
Board1
Board3
Board2
