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Fieldbus NI-FBUS TM Monitor User Manual NI-FBUS Monito r User Manual June 2004 Edition Part Number 3711 71A-01[...]

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Important Information Warranty The AT-FBUS and PCMCIA-FBUS are warranted ag ai nst defects in materials and workmanshi p for a period of one year from the date o f shipment, as evidenc ed by receipts or othe r documentation. Nati onal Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace e quipmen t that proves to be defective durin g the warranty per[...]

Compliance Compliance with FCC/Canada Radio Frequency Interference Regulations Determining FCC Class The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rules to protect wireless co mmunications from inte rference. The FCC places digital electronics into two classes. These classes are known as Class A (for use in industrial-commercial locations onl y) [...]

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© National Instruments Corporatio n ix NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual About This Manual This manual describes the NI-FBUS Monitor utility , its features, and ho w to install and use it. The NI-FBUS Monitor utility is int ended for use with W indo ws 2000/NT/XP . Conventions The following con v entions appear in this manual: » The » symbol leads you[...]

About This Manual NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual x ni.com monospace bold Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the com puter automatically print s to the screen. Th is font also emphasizes lines o f code that are dif ferent from the other examples. monospace italic Italic text in this font denotes text that is a placeholder fo[...]

© National Instruments Corporatio n 1-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 1 Introduction This chapter contains an over view of the NI-FBUS Monitor. NI-FBUS Monitor Over view The NI-FBUS Monitor is a Win32 applicat ion used to monitor, debug, and analyze fieldbus data packet s. The NI-FBUS Monitor detects communication on the bus, capturing data packets [...]

© National Instruments Corporatio n 2-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 2 Installation and Configuration This chapter contains instructions for installing and confi guring your NI-FBUS Monitor software and your field bus interface. Installing the Software Caution If you are installin g the NI-FBUS softw are over an existing version, wri te down your c[...]

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 2-2 ni.com Started Manual , both of which are included in PDF-format on the NI-FBUS Communications Manag er CD. Configuring the Software If you are installing an AT-FBUS board, the physical setti ngs on the board must match the so ftware settings y ou configure. To read your IRQ l[...]

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration © National Instruments Corporatio n 2-3 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual If the process and the dri v er star t up successfully under W indo ws NT , you can configure the nifb dri ver to load at syst em startup. Change the StartupType for the nifb dri v er to Automatic through the Devices window in the Control P[...]

© National Instruments Corporatio n 3-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3 Windows and Menus This chapter describes each of the menus and windows in the NI-FBUS Monitor utility. List of Windows Main Window Multiple Document Interface (MDI) windo w that contains all the other windows and toolbars. Filter Window Displays data packets and statistical info[...]

Chapter 3 W indows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-2 ni.com Packet View Toolbar Gi ves access to vie w options for the packet vie w . Statistics View Toolbar Gi ves access to vie w options for the statistics view . Standard Toolba r Gi ves access to commonly used functions in a toolbar format. About the NI-FBUS Monitor Interface The NI-FBUS[...]

Chapter 3 Windows and Me nus © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-3 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Figure 3-1 is a graphical example of the relations hips between the windows and the document. The gray area repres ents the graphical area that appears on the desktop. The documents on the left are data objects in visible on the desktop. Note Even if a[...]

Chapter 3 W indows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-4 ni.com Figure 3-2. Main Window When you start the NI-F BUS Monitor, it opens a new filter windo w and a new capture document. The capture document contains the actual data packets that are captured from the b u s. The f ilter windo w is a graphical representation of the data stored in the[...]

Chapter 3 Windows and Me nus © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-5 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Standard T oolbar Figure 3-3 shows the standard NI-FBUS Monitor too lbar. Figure 3-3. Standard Monitor T oolbar Follo wing are descriptions of the standard toolbar buttons: New Capture creates a new ca pture document. Open Captu re opens an existing ca[...]

Chapter 3 W indows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-6 ni.com Filter Settings shows the filter settings for the current f ilter window . Add Filter Window creates a new f ilter windo w and f ilter for the current capture document. Split Filter Window splits the filter window into a multi-paned filter window . Cascade Window arranges the open [...]

Chapter 3 Windows and Me nus © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-7 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Save As Sav es the current captu re document with a new name. Print Prints the current capture document. Print Setup Sets up the printer and printer opti ons. Recent File List the most recently sav ed f iles. Exit Exits the NI-FBUS Monito r . Capture M[...]

Chapter 3 W indows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-8 ni.com View Menu You can use the View menu instead of the toolba rs to configure the active filter window view s. Packet Menu The Packet menu has the sa me options as th e packet view toolbar. Refer to the Packet View Toolbar section for a description of each option. Statistics Menu The S[...]

Chapter 3 Windows and Me nus © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-9 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Statistics Toolbar Sho ws the Statistics View toolbar . Status Bar Sho ws the status bar . Help Menu You can use the Help menu to display information ab out the NI-FBU S Monitor. Filter Window The filter window displays the d ata in a capture document,[...]

Chapter 3 W indows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor U ser Manual 3-10 ni.com Packet View You can use the packet view to di splay and manipulate data packets. This view is the main medium of in teraction between you and the capture document. To select the packet view, click the Packets tab at the bottom left of the filter window, or select Packet View from[...]

Chapter 3 Windows and Me nus © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-11 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual see an asterisk, refer to the Improving Perfo rmance section of Chapter 4, How To Use the NI-FBUS Mo nitor . A pound sign (#) next to a pack et number means that the NI-FBUS Monitor recei ved the pac ket that arri ved ri ght before the indicated pack [...]

Chapter 3 W indows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor U ser Manual 3-12 ni.com Follo wing are descriptions of the buttons, checkboxes, and drop-do wn lists on the Packet View toolbar: Radio Buttons Simple Displays a short vi e w of the data in a packet. Decode Fully decodes the data in a packet. Hex Displays a hexadecimal dump of t he data in a packet. Chec[...]

Chapter 3 Windows and Me nus © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-13 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Drop-Down List Time Measured Allows you to select the time calculation to perform on the packet. The options are as follows: Absolute —Sho ws the absolute time relativ e to the start of the NI-FBUS Monitor utility . Idle —Shows t he idle time betw[...]

Chapter 3 W indows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor U ser Manual 3-14 ni.com Figure 3-7. Filter Window Showin g Statisti cs View Statistics View T oolbar The Statistics View toolbar allows you to select which graphs you would like to see. This toolbar is not visib le by default. You can view this toolb ar by selecting Statistics Toolbar from the Toolbars [...]

Chapter 3 Windows and Me nus © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-15 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Follo wing are descriptions of the checkboxes on the Statistics View toolbar: Bandwidth Displays the relative bandwidth between FDL, F AS, and FMS packets. FMS Displays the FMS Service volume. FDL Displays the FDL PDU volume. Verbose Displays detailed[...]

Chapter 3 W indows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor U ser Manual 3-16 ni.com refilter the data and display the desi red packets, click on the packet types that you want to view again. The data filtered out during captu re is not accessible. For example, after capture , you cannot recover Pass Token (PT) FDL packets if they were not enabled during capture.[...]

Chapter 3 Windows and Me nus © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-17 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual FDL Filter T ab The FDL Filter tab filters packets at the FDL layer and lists all of the FDL PDU types for easy selection. Select the checkbox by an FDL type to capture that type of packet. The Show Transfer Errors checkbox enables the display of data[...]

Chapter 3 W indows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor U ser Manual 3-18 ni.com FMS Filter T ab The FMS Filter tab filters packets by FMS service and lists all the FMS Services available. Select the FMS PDU Type using th e radio buttons on the left of the d ialog box to view the services corresponding to that PDU type in the FMS Services box. Select a checkb[...]

Chapter 3 Windows and Me nus © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-19 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Filter by Address T ab The Filter by Address tab filters data for a specific address or addresses. The NI-FBUS Monitor detects and lists all the currently detected addresses in the Detected Addresses box of the Filter by Address tab. The NI-FBUS Monit[...]

Chapter 3 W indows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor U ser Manual 3-20 ni.com Figure 3-12. Capture Settings T ab Follo wing are descriptions of the options on the Capture Settings tab: Bus Name Allo ws you to select a fieldb us interface board. Schedule Allo ws you to select a fieldbus schedule configuration file. Max num of packets Allo ws you to enter th[...]

Chapter 3 Windows and Me nus © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-21 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Stop packet on reception Stops continuous capture when a error (HW) reception error occurs. Write to file Writes captured data directly to the file specified in the f ield. If you select Continuous capture whe n max reached , the NI-FB US Monitor writ[...]

Chapter 3 W indows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor U ser Manual 3-22 ni.com T oolbar Settings T ab The Toolbar Settin gs tab allows you to select which toolbars the NI-FBUS Monitor displays. Select th e Show Tool Tips checkbox to activate the tool tip help for most contr ols. To view the tips, pause your cursor over a control. Figure 3-14 sh ows the Tool[...]

© National Instruments Corporatio n 4-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 4 How T o Use the NI-FBUS Monitor This chapter describes how to perform basic tasks with the NI-FBUS Monitor. Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor To launch the NI-FBUS Monitor application, double- click the Fieldbus Monitor icon in the Fieldbus Software program group. Starting Capture To[...]

Chapter 4 How T o Use the NI-FBUS Monitor NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 4-2 ni.com Stopping Capture You can stop data capture in one of two ways: • Select Stop Captu re from the Capture menu or clic k the Stop Capture button on the standard toolbar . • Select Capture»Settings and click the Capture Settings tab in the Settings dialog bo x. Click [...]

Chapter 4 How T o Use the NI-FBUS Monitor © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-3 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Viewing Data You can view data in a filter window, and switch between tabs to view all the information, or you can split the window and view all tabs simultaneously. T o split the cur rent Filter wi ndow into four panes, select Window»Spl[...]

Chapter 4 How T o Use the NI-FBUS Monitor NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 4-4 ni.com Improving Performance This section contains hints for improving the performa nce of the NI-FBUS Monitor on systems slower than the platform recomm ended mentioned in the Recommended Minimum Platform secti on of Chapter 1, Introduction . Conser ve Memor y Close unnecess[...]

© National Instruments Corporatio n A-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual A Pinout Information This appendix contains information about th e pinout of the fieldb us connectors. One cable for either the PCMCIA-FBUS or A T -FBUS is included in your kit. The following f igures sho w the pinout of the fieldbus connectors so you can make your o wn cable if y[...]

Appendix A Pin ou t Information NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual A-2 n i.com Figure A-2 shows the PCMCIA-FB US cabl e. An arro w on the cable points to pin 1 of the screw terminal block. Figure A-2. PCMCIA-FBUS Cable Figure A-3 shows J2, the scre w terminal block pinout for the PCMCIA-FBUS cable. Figure A-3. Screw T erminal Block Pinout All of the signa[...]

© National Instruments Corporatio n B-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual B T echnical Support and Professional Ser vices Visit the following sections of the National Instruments Web site at ni.com for technical support an d professional services: • Support —Online technical support resources at ni.com/support include the following: – Self-Help Re[...]

Appendix B T echnical Support and Professional Services NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual B-2 n i.com If you searched ni.com and could not find the answers you need, contact your local off ice or NI corporate h eadquarters. Phone numbers for our worldwide of f ices are listed at the front of this manual. Y ou also can visit the W orldw ide Off ices secti[...]

© National Instruments Corporatio n G-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Glossar y Symbol Pref ix V alue pp i c o 1 0 –1 2 nn a n o 1 0 –9 µ micro 10 –6 m milli 10 –3 k kilo 10 3 Mm e g a 1 0 6 Gg i g a 1 0 9 Tt e r a 1 0 12 A ali ve Activ e and functioning on the fieldb us. ASCII American Standard Code for Inf ormation Interch ange. asynchron[...]

Glossary NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual G-2 ni.com C capture document An NI-FBUS monitor document in memory that contains all the settings and data of your capture. CD Compel Data. channel A pin or wire lead to which you apply or from which you read the analog or digital si gnal. checksum A method used to ensu re that data is transmitted co rrectly . [...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporatio n G-3 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Fieldb us Data Link layer The second lo west layer of the f ieldbus communications stack. Fieldbus Messaging Specification layer The layer of the communication stack th at defines a model for applications to interact ov er the f ieldbus. The services FMS provides allo w y[...]

Glossary NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual G-4 ni.com P PC Personal Computer . PDU Protocol Data Unit. PN Probe Node. PR Probe Response. processor The central controlling an d computin g part of a computer . protocol error An error in data transfer that has to do with the way the data is sent. PT Pass T oken. R RAM Random Access Memory . RT R e t u r n T[...]

© National Instruments Corporatio n I-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Index C capture document, 3-2 relationship to w indow (f igure), 3-3 capture menu filter settings, 3-7 fi nd data, 3-7 fi nding data , 4-2 hexadecimal data, 3-7 high priority updates, 3-7 liv e updates, 3-7 reset capture, 3-7 saving data, 4-2 scrolling live updates, 3-7 settings, [...]

Index NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual I-2 ni.com filter windo w description, 3-1 functional overvie w, 3-9 layout (figure), 3-9 liv e list vie w, 3-15 packet vie w, 3-10 packet display formats, 3-10 schedule view, 3-15 statistics vi e w, 3-13 layout (figure), 3-14 fil t e rs basic logic, 3-16 filter dialog box, 3-16 filter ope ration after capture, 3-1[...]

Index © National Instruments Corporatio n I-3 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual software re-installat ion (caution) , 2-1 standard toolbar, 3-2 start dri ver in NT, 2-2 starting the mon itor, 4-1 statistics view toolbar, 3-2 win d ow over vi ew, 1- 1 P packet display formats decode, 3-11 hex, 3-11 simple, 3-11 packet menu options, 3-8 packet vie w , fil[...]

Index NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual I-4 ni.com sav e capture b utton, 3-5 split filter windo w button, 3-6, 4-3 start capture button, 3-5 stop capture button, 3-5 tile window button, 3-6 statistics menu liv e list vie w, 3-8 options, 3-8 statistics view toolbar checkboxes bandwidth, 3-15 FDL, 3-15 FMS, 3-15 ver bose, 3-15 description, 3-2 functional [...]