What does "IM" mean on device tag

[DougS]

NI-FBUS Fieldbus Configuration System Version 2.3.
To the left of the Tag name is a "IM" in red, what does this mean? Thankyou. BTW are you still supporting this product?

[DougS]

Now that I've squinted these old eyes a bit harder I believe it is a "LM" not a "IM" which probably means my device is a link master.

[fieldbus]

Hi DougS,

You are right, it is "LM", which stands for Link Master device. On the other hand, you can also change the device type to Basic Device by choosing right-click menu item "Change Device Type" in NI-FBUS Configurator 3.1 version.

To answer your last question: Yes, National Instruments has been supporting this product all along; in fact, the latest version of NI-FBUS Configurator is 3.1, which supports off-line configuration and supports many new interfaces like PCI-FBUS, PCMCIA-FBUS S2 and HSE/H1 linking device.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any question on NI fieldbus products. You can just send e-mail to "fieldbus.support@ni.com", we'll be happy to help you out.

-- NI Fieldbus Support Team