FieldPoint real-time controller or Ethernet interface

[edlad]

Good Afternoon,

The first feature listed on the FP-2000 product page is:

Stand-alone embedded real-time controller or Ethernet interface for PC-based distributed I/O.

Has anybody successfully implented a FP-2000 as an Ethernet interface for PC-based distributed I/O?  In other words, have the FP-2000 act like a FP-1600?

There are some discussion forum threads that dance around the subject but I have not found one that really answers it.

Thanks,

Ed

[George_P_Burdell]

Ed-

At National Instruments Corporate we have several FieldPoint-2000s and I have personally gotten a FP-2000 to run distributed controller successfully.  However, this will not work with any version of LabVIEW after 8.5.1.  Therefore make sure this is not the case.

[edlad]

Mike,

Thank you for the reply.  Is LV realtime required to be loaded on the FP-2000 even though it will not be used?  I have not had any luck installing LV 8.5.1 RT onto any of the FP-2000 controllers that I have.  However, I was able to load LV 8.5.1 RT onto a FP-2010 without any problems.

Thanks,

Ed

[ThinkG]

Hello,

My question is related.  Our application will be based on the cFP2200.  We will read data locally from the cFP channels using real-time code.  We also would like to read data from the channels simultaneously from Lookout.  Is this possible?  Can a cFP2200 behave as a real-time controller AND at the same time as an Ethernet interface?

If not then could we acheive the same effect through shared variables?  Could the cFP2200 host shared variables that Lookout subscribes to?  Thank you.

 - Chris

[Peñata · Accepted solution]

Hi edlad,

After playing around with a FP-2010 for a while, I do believe that you need to install LabVIEW Real-Time on the controller in order for it to work, even if you are technically not using it because you are not running a VI/executable on the controller. As far as your issue with installing LabVIEW 8.5.1 on a FP-2000, that is troubling because there should not be an issue doing this at all. In fact, I have personally been able to install LabVIEW 8.5.1 on many FP-2000s. For that issue, I would suggest reformatting the FP-2000 from MAX and try again.

ThinkG: Regarding your question about using a cFP-2220 to communicate with Lookout, I am not sure because Lookout support is handled by our Shanghai branch via email only. However, I do know that you can use that second ethernet port to communicate with another FieldPoint network module (cFP-180x) using the FieldPoint drivers. Here are a couple good KnowledgeBase articles regarding that configuration. I hope they are helpful.

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/F602F6F1B243282686257495007695BB?OpenDocument

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/67F94BB93BCE32CF86257367006B3659?OpenDocument

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Aaron Pena

National Instruments

Applications Engineer

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