Configuring Items

An item represents one or more physical channels on a FieldPoint device.

Note  If a FieldPoint item represents more than one analog or count channel, you can read from and write to only the first channel of the item from MAX.

Adding an Item

1. Right-click a device under Data Neighborhood and select Create New Item.
2. If you are using a LabVIEW RT controller such as the [c]FP-2xxx, select I/O Item or LabVIEW Item.

Deleting an Item

Right-click an item under Data Neighborhood and select Delete.

Duplicating an Item

1. Right-click an item under Data Neighborhood and select Duplicate.
2. Specify the number of duplicate items to create.
3. Click OK.

Editing an Item

1. Select an item under Data Neighborhood and click the Item Configuration tab.
2. Enter the parameters in the dialog box that appears.
3. Click Apply.

Item Configuration Tab

On the Item Configuration tab, you can rename an item, select the advise rate and type, and select channels to include.