Chapter 3 Example Applications
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National Instruments Corporation 3-3 FieldPoint FP-3000 User Manual
3. Select FP AI 110 Block from the list, then click on the OK button.
This creates the correct analog input block on the FP-3000.
Assign a Tag to the New Block
By default, new blocks are created without a tag. To assign a tag, follow
these steps:
1. Right-click on the new block, then select Set Tag.
2. Enter the tag you choose in the dialog box. The tag can be up to
32 characters in length and should not contain the dot (“.”) character.
3. Click on OK.
Select the Module and Channel
Determine the FieldPoint module number by counting each module in the
order it is attached to the FP-3000, beginning with one. In this example,
assume that the AI-110 is the only module connected to the FP-3000.
Therefore, set the value of FIELDPOINT_MODULE to 1. Since the
transmitter is wired to the terminals associated with channel zero on the
module, set the FIELDPOINT_CHANNEL parameter to 0. To do this with an
NI-FBUS Configurator, double-click on the block and select the
I/OConfiguration tab.
Figure 3-1. Setting the Channel Dialog Box