Currently, the only available controllers for Compact FieldPoint are the cFP-20XX series LabVIEW RT controllers. If you do not use LabVIEW RT, you do not take advantage of their full capabilities. However, the controllers publish all of their data items over the network just like the FieldPoint Ethernet Network Modules (FP-160X series) do. So you can use them as regular ethernet network modules and access them without LabVIEW RT, but you do not get to take advantage of their serial ports or embedded control abilities.
Regards,
Aaron
LabVIEW Champion, CLA, CPI