National Instruments NI-FBUS - Manual (Page 53)

Chapter 2 Using the NI-FBUS Configurator
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Monitoring Parameters
After downloading your configuration, you can display a graphical
representation of the updates to input, parameters, and mode parameters
of function blocks.
1. On the Function Block Application Editor toolbar, click the Monitor
button, or select Configure»Monitor. This option is available only
when the Function Block Application Editor is active.
2. In the monitor window, select the types of items you want the
NI-FBUS Configurator to monitor and display.
3. Modify the update rate as desired.
4. Click the Start Monitoring button to monitor the application.
The mode box for a block will be outlined in red if the actual mode for the
block does not match the target mode, which assists in quickly diagnosing
system problems.
Verify a Configuration
Quick Verification
You can perform a quick check to verify that the parameters on the bus
match those in the project for a particular link, device or function block.
1. Right-click the desired object in the configuration tree and select
Simple Verify Configuration.
2. Click the Verify button. The NI-FBUS Configurator compares the
project settings to the actual settings for the selected object and
displays the result in the Result field.
Caution Selecting Upload Changes modifies the currently open project to match the
devices. It is not possible to undo this modification.
3. If the object settings in the device do not match the project settings,
you can click the Upload Changes button to upload the actual device
settings to the project.
4. Click the Done button.