Restart devices, Using fieldbus with server explorer, Uninstalling the software – National Instruments NI-FBUS User Manual

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Appendix B

Troubleshooting and Common Questions

NI-FBUS Configurator User Manual

B-18

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Restart Devices

You can do a software restart of a device on-board processor by
double-clicking the device resource block. Under the Options tab,
you should find a

RESTART

parameter. Changing this to

Processor

and

writing changes will restart the processor.

Using Fieldbus with Server Explorer

1.

Launch the Server Explorer.

2.

Create an inactive OPC client group.

a.

Right-click OPCNifbus and select Add/Edit Groups.

b.

Create a group with the appropriate parameters. Make sure you
uncheck the Active box.

3.

Add all items.

4.

Select File»OPC»Save to save the file.

5.

Activate the group by right-clicking the group and selecting Activate
Group
.

6.

When you open the file you saved and want to go live, right-click
OPCNifbus and select Connect to Server. After Server Explorer has
connected to the server, activate the group as described in step 5.

Uninstalling the Software

To uninstall your NI-FBUS software, select Start»Settings»Control
Panel»Add/Remove Programs.
Select NI-FBUS Configurator to
uninstall.

The uninstall utility does not remove the NI-FBUS directory itself or any
files in the

DATA/NVM

directory. To completely uninstall the software,

manually remove the files in the

DATA/NVM

directory and the NI-FBUS

directory structure.

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