Page 3 - Important Information
Important Information Warranty The AT-FBUS and PCMCIA-FBUS are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace equipment that proves...
Page 4 - Compliance; Determining FCC Class; Class A; Compliance with EU Directives
Compliance Compliance with FCC/Canada Radio Frequency Interference Regulations Determining FCC Class The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rules to protect wireless communications from interference. The FCC places digital electronics into two classes. These classes are known as Class A (fo...
Page 5 - Contents; About This Manual
© National Instruments Corporation v NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Contents About This Manual Conventions ................................................................................................................... ixRelated Documentation............................................................
Page 7 - Glossary
Contents © National Instruments Corporation vii NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Glossary Index
Page 8 - Conventions
© National Instruments Corporation ix NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual About This Manual This manual describes the NI-FBUS Monitor utility, its features, and how to install and use it. The NI-FBUS Monitor utility is intended for use with Windows 2000/NT/XP. Conventions The following conventions appear in...
Page 9 - Related Documentation
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 computer automatically prints to the screen. This font also emphasizes lines of code that are different from the other examples. monospace italic Italic text in th...
Page 10 - Introduction; NI-FBUS Monitor Overview; Recommended Minimum Platform
© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 1 Introduction This chapter contains an overview of the NI-FBUS Monitor. NI-FBUS Monitor Overview The NI-FBUS Monitor is a Win32 application used to monitor, debug, and analyze fieldbus data packets. The NI-FBUS Monitor detects commu...
Page 11 - Installation and Configuration; Installing the Software; Installing the Hardware
© National Instruments Corporation 2-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 2 Installation and Configuration This chapter contains instructions for installing and configuring your NI-FBUS Monitor software and your fieldbus interface. Installing the Software Caution If you are installing the NI-FBUS software ...
Page 12 - Configuring the Software; Configuration Steps for Windows 2000/NT/XP
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 Manager CD. Configuring the Software If you are installing an AT-FBUS board, the physical settings on the board must match the softw...
Page 14 - Windows and Menus; List of Windows
© National Instruments Corporation 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) window that contains all the other windows and toolbars. Filter Wi...
Page 15 - About the NI-FBUS Monitor Interface
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-2 ni.com Packet View Toolbar Gives access to view options for the packet view. Statistics View Toolbar Gives access to view options for the statistics view. Standard Toolbar Gives access to commonly used functions in a toolbar format. About t...
Page 16 - Main Window
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus © National Instruments Corporation 3-3 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Figure 3-1 is a graphical example of the relationships between the windows and the document. The gray area represents the graphical area that appears on the desktop. The documents on the left are data obje...
Page 17 - Menus and the Standard Toolbar
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-4 ni.com Figure 3-2. Main Window When you start the NI-FBUS Monitor, it opens a new filter window and a new capture document. The capture document contains the actual data packets that are captured from the bus. The filter window is a graphic...
Page 18 - Standard Toolbar
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus © National Instruments Corporation 3-5 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Standard Toolbar Figure 3-3 shows the standard NI-FBUS Monitor toolbar. Figure 3-3. Standard Monitor Toolbar Following are descriptions of the standard toolbar buttons: New Capture creates a new capture do...
Page 19 - Main Menu Bar
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-6 ni.com Filter Settings shows the filter settings for the current filter window. Add Filter Window creates a new filter window and filter for the current capture document. Split Filter Window splits the filter window into a multi-paned filte...
Page 20 - Capture Menu
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus © National Instruments Corporation 3-7 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Save As Saves the current capture document with a new name. Print Prints the current capture document. Print Setup Sets up the printer and printer options. Recent File List the most recently saved files. E...
Page 21 - View Menu; Statistics Menu; Window Menu
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-8 ni.com View Menu You can use the View menu instead of the toolbars to configure the active filter window views. Packet Menu The Packet menu has the same options as the packet view toolbar. Refer to the Packet View Toolbar section for a desc...
Page 22 - Help Menu
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus © National Instruments Corporation 3-9 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Statistics Toolbar Shows the Statistics View toolbar. Status Bar Shows the status bar. Help Menu You can use the Help menu to display information about the NI-FBUS Monitor. Filter Window The filter window ...
Page 23 - Packet Display Formats
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-10 ni.com Packet View You can use the packet view to display and manipulate data packets. This view is the main medium of interaction between you and the capture document. To select the packet view, click the Packets tab at the bottom left of...
Page 25 - Radio Buttons
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-12 ni.com Following are descriptions of the buttons, checkboxes, and drop-down lists on the Packet View toolbar: Radio Buttons Simple Displays a short view of the data in a packet. Decode Fully decodes the data in a packet. Hex Displays a hex...
Page 28 - Live List View; Schedule View; Filters; Filter Operation During Capture
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus © National Instruments Corporation 3-15 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Following are descriptions of the checkboxes on the Statistics View toolbar: Bandwidth Displays the relative bandwidth between FDL, FAS, and FMS packets. FMS Displays the FMS Service volume. FDL Displays ...
Page 29 - Basic Filter Logic; Filter Dialog Box
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 3-16 ni.com refilter the data and display the desired packets, click on the packet types that you want to view again. The data filtered out during capture is not accessible. For example, after capture, you cannot recover Pass Token (PT) FDL pac...
Page 32 - Settings Dialog Box; Capture Settings Tab
Chapter 3 Windows and Menus © National Instruments Corporation 3-19 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Filter by Address Tab 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 o...
Page 36 - Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor
© National Instruments Corporation 4-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 4 How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor This chapter describes how to perform basic tasks with the NI-FBUSMonitor. Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor To launch the NI-FBUS Monitor application, double-click the Fieldbus Monitor icon in the Fieldbu...
Page 37 - Stopping Capture
Chapter 4 How To 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 Capture from the Capture menu or click the Stop Capture button on the standard toolbar. • Select Capture»Settings and click the Capture Setting...
Page 38 - Viewing Data
Chapter 4 How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor © National Instruments Corporation 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. To split the current Filte...
Page 39 - Conserve Memory
Chapter 4 How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual 4-4 ni.com Improving Performance This section contains hints for improving the performance of the NI-FBUS Monitor on systems slower than the platform recommended mentioned in the Recommended Minimum Platform section of Chapter 1, I...
Page 40 - Pinout Information
© National Instruments Corporation A-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual A Pinout Information This appendix contains information about the pinout of the fieldbus connectors. One cable for either the PCMCIA-FBUS or AT-FBUS is included in your kit. The following figures show the pinout of the fieldbus conne...
Page 48 - Index
© National Instruments Corporation I-1 NI-FBUS Monitor User Manual Index C capture document, 3-2 relationship to window (figure), 3-3 capture menu filter settings, 3-7find data, 3-7finding data, 4-2hexadecimal data, 3-7high priority updates, 3-7live updates, 3-7reset capture, 3-7saving data, 4-2scro...
