Is there a .vi to browse the local network for fieldpoint modules?

[Matthew_Williams]

I'm looking for something to duplicate the function of the Fieldpoint Explorer 'browse' function so that I can find and configure fieldpoint units within my application. Alternatively, a pointer to a reference for the UDP message definitions would work. Thanks for any suggestions.

[Aaron_G]

Programmatic configuration of ethernet settings and browsing of modules is not supported at this time.

Regards,
Aaron

[Matthew_Williams]

Thanks for the quick response. Any chance the message definitions are available under an NDA?

Thanks.

Matt

[Aaron_G]

To the best of my knowledge, NI has not released the protocol under NDA to any customers.

Regards,
Aaron

[Ben]

Hi Aaron,

This topic is near and dear to my heart as well.

Maybe you could give us some advice.

I have an application that once saved to a properly configured cFP2XXX will turn it into a comercial product.

I would like to automate the steps between when we pull one of the cFP out of one of your boxes, and sticking it into one of mine.

I need to be able to
1) configure the IP,
2) Create a FP.IAK that has all of the standard settings
3) FTP my code into the cFP.

Note: I may have missed something here, please forgive.

I would love to just hire a "monkey" that that scans the bar-code for the MAC address and then hits "GO"!

How do we proceed?

Secondly, If we had the above functionality, I would be able to send out
updates to the end-user. I do not want the end-user to have to learn FP Explorer to be able to upgrade the code.

Still looking for ideas.

Ben

Just think of all the cFP that would be sold....

[Green_Rives]

All,

There is a new VI that comes with LabVIEW RT 7, which just released. This VI is called "RT ping controllers.VI". It will search a local subnet and return the MAC address, IP address, status, model, and hostname of all of the systems on a subnet (both PXI and FieldPoint).

While you cannot programmatically configure a module in LabVIEW, you can programmatically search the network. If you give the VI a false for "search subnet" and 127.0.0.1 for "location", the VI will return the information (such as MAC address) for the controller the embedded code is running on.

Hope this helps,

Green Rives
FieldPoint Product Support Engineer
National Instruments

[Ben]

Well,

I'll be able to use that function in a later version when I will have to be able to recover my central station configuration after a crash.

Wishlist?

Ben

[Green_Rives]

Ben,

This feature is definitely on our customer wishlist for consideration for the next version.

-Green

[Ben]

Cool!

How do I get on the Beta test list?

Ben

[Green_Rives]

I am involved when we do have beta programs for FieldPoint software. At present, we do not have any beta programs going on for FieldPoint software. When we do have a beta program, I will make sure your name is on the list of people being considered.

Thanks for your input!

-Green