National Instruments FP-1001, FP-1000 HotPnP (Hot Plug and Play)

Chapter 3 Feature Set Description
FieldPoint FP-1000/FP-1001 User Manua l 3-4
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• Attribute and range settings of each channel.
• Output values of each channel.
• Watchdog data value of each channel. See the Network Watchdog
Timer section in this chapter for more information.
• Watchdog data enabled (or disabled) status for each channel. See
the Network Watchdog Timer section in this chapter for more
information.
• Watchdog timer enabled (or disabled) status of each module. See
the Network Watchdog Timer section in this chapter for more
information.
• Power-up watchdog timeout value for the FieldPoint bank.
• The turn-around delay for each module.
• The hot-swap reporting mode for the FieldPoint stack. See the
HotPnP section for more information on the hot-swap reporting
mode.
If you have enabled the SnapShot feature, the network module restores
your desired settings to all I/O modules and channels in the bank every
time you power up, until you disable the SnapShot feature.
HotPnP (Hot Plug and Play)
The HotPnP feature simplifies system installation, configuration, and
maintenance. With the HotPnP feature, you can remove or insert I/O
modules into the FieldPoint terminal bases while power is on, even if
the system is already engaged in network activity. You do not need to
power down the entire system or even a bank to insert, remove, or
replace I/O modules. In addition, you do not need to change the
operation of the host computer or software to use the HotPnP feature.
When you insert an I/O module with the power on, it is automatically
recognized, configured, and made available on the network. The
following sections describe how the HotPnP feature works under
different conditions.
Note: An I/O module can be hot-inserted only if an empty terminal base is already
available in the bank. You should not add or remove terminal bases while
power is applied to the bank.