User's Manual

Hardware installation
The detailed installation procedures for the FP modules are in the installation documents
located on the DECT Messenger DVD:
D:\Documentation\\Background –eIO – xxx.pdf
where D: is the drive letter of your DVD drive.
For the latest version of the documents, also refer to National Instruments website at
http://
www.ni.com.
Software installation
To connect to the FP I/O modules, DECT Messenger requires third-party software components
from National Instruments. The software consists of two main parts:
• Measurement & Automation Explorer software for setting up the configuration of the
FieldPoint modules
• OPC (Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control) Server
The DECT Messenger eIO module connects through the OPC Server to control the I/O
modules, as shown in the following figure:
Hardware installation
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