Relay control using FP-DO 401

[Rony92]

Hi everyone

I'm relatively new to this whole NI systems and I know fieldpoint is a bit outdated at the moment. I was trying to do a test setup which operates a relay (24V) at a specific interval for a specific time period. Eg: turn the relay ON for 10 mins in every 3 hours. Can I do this with a FP DO-401? I have a vi file which lets me set the time and interval and choose the fieldpoint location but im not sure if its working or not. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.   

[azp7]

Hi

I don't see why you couldn't. It is a Digital Output Module.

To verify the characteristics of the device, you can see

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/371886a/resource/371886a.pdf

And, if you are having troubles, share your code. The important point will be, make correctly the reference to the output device.  To do this you will need to recognize the device, that means, you will need drivers. As we are talking of an old device, this can be hard (not sure).

If you want to test if your code is working, change the time to 1minute sleep, 1minute with a high output, and take measures or use something like a led. Then, you can prove your code in an easy way.

Regards