National Instruments NI-FBUS - Manual (Page 54)

Chapter 2 Using the NI-FBUS Configurator
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Compare Two Configurations
You can upload your current bus configuration and compare it against a
currently open, saved project. To do so, click the Verify and Diff button in
the configuration tree toolbar. You also can select Configure»Verify and
Diff Configuration.
To filter the resulting report, select the desired boxes in the Filter Options
menu.
With Verify and Diff, the NI-FBUS Configurator creates a difference report
between the contents of your currently loaded project and the bus. The
difference report includes device parameters, function block parameters,
function block schedules, function block application linkages, and alarm
and trend connections. When the difference report is completed, any errors
that occurred will first be reported. If any errors are reported, the related
portions of the difference report may be incomplete due to the errors. The
report will be displayed in its own window as a tree with branches that can
be expanded by clicking the “+”. The report is color coded on each line,
with yellow representing items that are “new” (items that appear on the bus,
but not in the current project). Blue represents items that are “missing”
(items that appear in the project, but not on the bus). Orange represents
values that differ between the project and the bus.
Check for Errors
Click the Check Project for Errors button in the configuration tree to
check for errors in the project.
Add An Additional Function Block Application
Click the Add New FBAP button to add another Function Block
Application Editor window to the project. To change the name of the
second Function Block Application Editor window, right-click in the
configuration tree and select Set Tag.