How to set datasocket access rights on a FP2000?

[Richard2950]

If I use my FP2000 to publish data to datasockets, how do I restrict read and write access to the items? I don't see any equivalent of the Data Socket Manager for setting these rights. I know how to set the general network access rights on the FP2000. Are those rights used for the datasockets, too?

Rich

[Joji]

There is a discussion on how to connect to an FP-2000's published data channels or any other channel using datasocket.

As far as the network access rights for the FP-2000. There is network security settings that you can set up in FieldPoint Explorer when you set up the IAK file, these security settings apply to any access point (either through native FieldPoint Reads/Writes or DataSocket Reads/Writes).

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/BE31272F09BBBE1C86256ADC00743576?OpenDocument

[Philip McDermott]

Hi Buddy

I'm instrested in this too. Does the datasocket server on the FP2000 function in the same way as that on a PC. I have tried to get items on the FP2000 visible to labview user when they use the "Browse network for Datasocket URL's" function but I always get a "No Items" message when I connect to the server.
For my application I will need to have multiple connections to an Item so hence I will have to change the items properties in the server manager on the FP2000, but I don't know how to do this.
Please help
Thanks
Philip McDermott

[Aaron_G]

The FP-20XX modules do not have a DataSocket Server per se. The FP-20XX modules communicate using the National Instruments Ethernet protocol that was first debuted in Lookout 4.0. DataSockets 4.0 and later, on Windows machines, are capable of speaking the NI ethernet protocol. The difference in protocol is made appearent through the URL used with FP-20XX data items. The URL for data items on FP-20XX modules start out with "lookout://W.X.Y.X" indicating that the protocol used is the lookout protocol as opposed to "dstp://W.X.Y.Y" indicating the DataSocket Transfer Protocol.

Using the DataSocket Browser, data items on a FP-20XX series module will show up under two branchesfrom the IP address. The first branch is titled "FP" and includes all native FieldPoint I/
O points and configuration points. The second branch is titled "LV" and will include any I/O points that were created by using the Data Publish.vi in a program that is running embedded in the FP-20XX.

Through FieldPoint Explorer, you are capable of setting the ethernet permissions on FieldPoint Ethernet modules. Using the Security settings, you can set which computers have read-only, read-write, or read/write/change priveleges on the module.

Regards,
Aaron