Setup guide

Chapter 3 Driver and Protocol Objects
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National Instruments FieldPoint
FieldPoint is a protocol driver class Lookout
Direct
uses to communicate
with FieldPoint devices using an enhanced version of the Optomux
communication protocol. This object works with the FieldPoint models
FP-1000, FP-1001, FP-AI-110, FP-AO-200, FP-DI-330, and FP-DO-400.
This protocol uses no parity, eight data bits and one stop bit. In
Lookout
Direct, a single FieldPoint object represents all devices connected
to the same COM port.
The Lookout
Direct
FieldPoint object can read and write to all predefined
data points allowed by the particular FieldPoint module. When you create
a FieldPoint object, you have immediate access to all the object data
members. See the
FieldPoint Data Members
section for more information
on object data members.
When you select the Ethernet option, the serial port configuration options
are disabled.
Enter the IP address in the Address field. You could also enter the
FieldPoint network name instead.
Note
If you replace a FieldPoint FP-1000 module (serial communications) with a
FieldPoint FP-1600 module (Ethernet communications) or replace an FP-1600 module
with an FP-1000 module, you must re-import your
.IAK file. First, you must use