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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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Contents © National Instruments Corporatio n vii NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Glossary Index.
© 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 .
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.
© 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.
© 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.
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.
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.
© 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
© 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.
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.
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.
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 .
© 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.
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.
© 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.
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© 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.
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.
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.
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.
© 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 dat.
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 sched.
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 statistic.
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.
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