Yokogawa FieldMate - Manual (Page 32)

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B-3 Notes on FOUNDATION fieldbus H1
Device Interface
For a FOUNDATION fieldbus H1 device, you can use FBUS from National Instruments or
FFusb from Softing. For details, see G-4 “FOUNDATION fieldbus Interface Selection.”
B-3-1 Notes on NI-FBUS
NI-FBUS is a driver of National Instruments for FOUNDATION fieldbus H1.
For details on installing the NI-FBUS driver, refer to the corresponding manual of National
Instruments. The following are notes on NI-FBUS.
 Installing the NI-FBUS Driver
1. Start the PC, log on as a user with administrator privileges, and then install the driver.
2. Restart the PC.
 Settings after Installation
1. After the PC restarts, click the Start menu, point to All Programs, National Instruments, and
NI-FBUS, and then select Interface Configuration Utility, or after FieldMate starts, click Tools
and then select FOUNDATION fieldbus Interface Configuration.
2. If a red mark indicating that use is not possible is displayed in the dialog box, select and
right-click on Board0 to choose Enable. This allows the NI-FBUS driver to be enabled.
3. In the dialog box that appears, select Port0 and click the Edit button. Configure the settings
as follows.
Device Address: Visitor
Device Type: Link Master Device
Usage: NI-FBUS
However, for use while connected to a segment under another host, set Device Type to Basic
Device.
NOTE
Connecting the segment under another Host system with Link Master Device, it may cause
communication error.