Help window, Status window, Status tab – National Instruments NI-FBUS User Manual

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Chapter 1

NI-FBUS Configurator Overview

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NI-FBUS Configurator User Manual

To configure or view an object settings, double-click its icon in the
configuration tree.

You can click the Show/Hide Transducers and Device IDs button to
toggle between showing or hiding the transducer blocks and device IDs in
the configuration tree.

During the initial bus scan, the following state icons sometimes overlap the
configuration tree icons:

Updating—This icon appears when the NI-FBUS Configurator is
reading or writing to the object.

Error—This icon appears when the NI-FBUS Configurator detects or
encounters an error with the object.

Invalid—This icon appears when the indicated object is not responding
to the NI-FBUS Configurator scan.

Note

It is normal for objects to go invalid briefly during the initial bus scan or when

changing the device address. This is because the device suspends communication while
setting the address.

Help Window

The help window, which appears to the right of the middle frame, displays
help information. To view help information for a particular topic, move the
mouse cursor over the relevant object or parameter. Some objects require
you to click the object to view the help. To toggle between showing or
hiding the help window, select Window»Help Window.

Status Window

The status window, which appears below the middle frame, displays the
current status of the NI-FBUS Configurator. The status window contains
three tabs. To toggle between showing or hiding the status window, select
Window»Status Window.

Status Tab

The Status tab shows live updates of what the NI-FBUS Configurator does
on the Fieldbus. The Status tab automatically appears on top when you
start the NI-FBUS Configurator. The Status tab displays the steps that the
NI-FBUS Configurator takes to accomplish a task when you read, write,
scan, or download data to the bus.

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