User Manual Network Module FP-1000, FP-1001

Chapter 4 Using the FieldPoint Software
FieldPoint FP-1000/FP-1001 User Manual 4-2
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Using the FieldPoint Explorer
You can use the FieldPoint Explorer to accomplish the following tasks:
• Configure the characteristics and hardware of a FieldPoint device
network
• Configure the tag name space and I/O items of the FieldPoint
Server
• Write and read I/O values to and from the FieldPoint hardware
After configuring the FieldPoint system with FieldPoint Explorer, you
can save the configuration in an Industrial Automation Kernel (IAK)
file (
.iak file). This file contains the configuration information
necessary for the FieldPoint Server.
The FieldPoint Explorer includes online help. To get started, run the
FieldPoint Explorer program and select FieldPoint from the Help menu.
Using the FieldPoint Server with BridgeVIEW
To use the FieldPoint Server with BridgeVIEW, you must export the
configuration information saved by the FieldPoint Explorer in an
.iak
file to the BridgeVIEW server configuration data store, the Common
Configuration Database (CCDB). After you have configured and tested
your FieldPoint network from FieldPoint Explorer, select Export to
Active CCDB from the File menu option to export the current IAK
configuration to BridgeVIEW.
Once the IAK configuration information is exported to BridgeVIEW,
you can automatically generate BridgeVIEW tags from your FieldPoint
items by launching the BridgeVIEW Tag Configuration Editor and
clicking on the Tag Wizard button.
Refer to the BridgeVIEW user manual for more information about
BridgeVIEW server configuration, the tag configuration editor, the tag
wizard, and the active CCDB files.
Note: If you edit, rename, or move your
.iak configuration file after you export
it to the BridgeVIEW active CCDB, you must export the
.iak
configuration file again. Also, if you select another CCDB file as the active
CCDB, you must export the
.iak configuration file again, to the newly
selected active CCDB file.