Device Overview

FieldPoint devices have channels for input and/or output. The channels are represented by I/O items under the device in the project tree. Some I/O items represent things other than input and output channels, such as a power supply or cold-junction compensation channel.

You can do any of the following tasks by right-clicking the module icon and selecting the task from the dropdown menu:

• Add New Item—When you add a device to the project tree, LabVIEW populates the device with the default I/O items for the device type. You can create custom data items by clicking Add New Item, then using the Add Logical Item dialog box to configure the item.
• Deploy—Downloads all the changes you have made on the Channel properties page to the selected device. Refer to the Deploying Configuration Changes page for more information about deploying.

For more information, refer to the Device Properties and Channel Properties pages.