National Instruments NI-FBUS User Manual
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Chapter 2
Using the NI-FBUS Configurator
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NI-FBUS Configurator User Manual
Tip
You do not have to connect points in any particular order. You can start at the input
and wire to the output, or vice-versa.
3.
To tack down the wire at different points, click in the background of
the Function Block Application Editor window.
Tip
To toggle the direction of the connection you are dragging, press the spacebar
while wiring.
Tip
To zoom in and out, click the magnifying glass icon. To zoom in, drag a rectangle
around the area you want to enlarge. To zoom out, right-click the background of the
Function Block Application Editor window. You also can select different zoom settings
from the Zoom menu.
4.
Click the terminal to which you want to wire.
When you click the Wiring tool, the NI-FBUS Configurator performs type
checking and highlights valid inputs and outputs when you move the cursor
over them. For instance, it will not allow you to wire an analog output to a
discrete input.
The following figure shows the
BKCAL
OUT
output of the AO block being
wired to the
BKCAL
IN
input of the PID block.