National Instruments FieldPoint FP-2000 User Manual

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Chapter 3 Hardware and Software ConfigurationFP-2000/2010/2015 User Manual 3-10 ni.comd. Set attributes for selected channel(s) by selecting the attribute andentering the desired value.e. Send commands to the selected channel(s) by choosing acommand and value and clicking Send.f. Repeat this procedure for each channel you want to configure.g. Click OK, or click Apply to save the changes and continue toconfigure channels. When you click OK or Apply, the changesare immediately sent to the device and saved in its nonvolatilememory.Saving Hardware Configuration as Power-Up StateWhen you are satisfied with the hardware configuration of your FieldPointsystem, you can save this configuration as the new power-up state for thebank.1. Right-click the FP-20xx network module in the left pane of FieldPointExplorer, and select Edit this device.2. Clear the factory configuration checkbox.3. Specify the power-up settings with either of the following options:• If you want only the range and attribute settings you configured inthe Finding and Configuring Devices and Channels section to besaved as power-up states, click OK. These settings are written tothe nonvolatile memory of the network module.• If you want to save power-up values for the range and attributesettings and also all the current output states of the outputchannels, click Snapshot. This stores the current ranges,attributes, and output values of the bank to the nonvolatilememory of the network module. Click OK when you are finished.Caution Using the Snapshot feature overwrites any power-up values you may havespecified for individual channels in the Channel Configuration dialog box.Refer to the Storing a Custom Power-Up Configuration section ofChapter 4, Feature Set Description, for more information aboutconfiguring and changing the power-up values. Refer to the Guardingagainst Network Failures (Network Watchdog) section of Chapter 4,Feature Set Description, for information about configuring a networkwatchdog to guard against network failures.