Configuring FieldPoint in MAX

With NI Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), you can configure a FieldPoint bank manually or let MAX create a configuration using the current device configuration of a FieldPoint system on your network. After you have configured the devices in your system, you can read, write, and continuously monitor one or more FieldPoint data items from MAX.

MAX makes it easy to ensure the integrity of your FieldPoint hardware configuration and test the I/O before using FieldPoint from other software such as LabVIEW, Measurement Studio, LabWindows/CVI, and OPC.

1. Install the hardware as described in the network module user manual or quick start guide.
2. Launch MAX.
3. Add a comm resource for the new FieldPoint bank to your system.
4. Configure communication settings for the new serial or Ethernet comm resource.
5. Configure access control if the network module is an Ethernet module.
6. Configure the I/O modules and individual channels on the bank.
7. Configure the bank to respond in specific ways to system failures and other events.
8. Test channels and data items by reading and writing to them on the I/O Data tab in MAX.
9. Save the configuration. Select the FieldPoint category icon under My System»Data Neighborhood, then click the Save button on the toolbar.