CiDRA Use of Foundation Fieldbus Protocol with SONARtrac Transmitters - Manual (Page 33)

Appendix A EXAMPLE OF USING FOUNDATION
FIELDBUS HOST
A1 Connection Setup
The following hardware was used for this example of a
connection setup:
 Softing FG-100 FF/HSE Linking Device
 Relcom FCS-PH-PL Fieldbus Power Hub
 24V Bench power supply
 Transmitter with Fieldbus
The hardware was connected as follows:
Linking
Device
Power
Hub
Ethernet
Bench Supply
Fieldbus 24V
SONARtrac
Fieldbus
PC
Figure 2 Example Connection Setup
A2 Using National Instruments Configurator
Tools provided by National Instruments (NI) allow a user to
import ‘DDL’ (Device Description Language) files to the
Configurator program to define how a device will appear.
These are very similar to HART DDL files. Note: This
document is not intended as a tutorial on the NI Configurator;
please reference the NI manual for that program.
Prior to running Configurator, you must first run the ‘Interface
Configuration Utility’ provided with Configurator. This allows
you to import the required files, and only needs to be done
once. You may then run Configurator.
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