Bank and Network Module Properties

In the Project Explorer window, right-click the node for the FieldPoint bank and select Properties from the shortcut menu to display the FieldPoint Controller Properties dialog box. Select Network Module Properties from the Category list to display this page.

Use this page to configure settings for the FieldPoint RT target in the project from which you displayed this page. Use the General properties page to see the name and IP address or DNS name of the bank.

This page includes the following components:

• Network Module Type—You can change the type if you replace the network module on the bank with one of another type, or if you are editing configuration settings to apply them to a similar bank with a different module type.
• Pause (ms)—The amount of time the controller sleeps after polling the I/O modules. A higher value lowers the bank update rate but allows more time for RT applications.
• Enable as Time Server—A time server ensures that all FieldPoint banks on the network are synchronized. Any computer running FieldPoint software and connected to the network can be a time server. A time client synchronizes with a time server periodically. Any FieldPoint Ethernet network module can be a time client. A [c]FP-2xxx running LabVIEW RT 7.1 or later can be a time client, a time server, or both.
• factory configuration—If this box is checked, the bank restores the factory defaults for all device settings on the next power cycle. On FieldPoint serial banks, power-up output values for module channels remain the same even if this box is checked.

After you make changes on properties pages, you must deploy the changes to download them to FieldPoint devices. If you do not deploy the changes, they are saved only in the project file and not on the devices.

If you need to copy a configuration to another bank, open the FieldPoint configuration file in MAX, copy it using the Copy Bank Wizard, then reimport it into a project in LabVIEW.