Programming information24 FP7 Fieldbus Master Units Technical ManualChapter 4Programming information4.1 General informationFor the FP7 FMU to function, you must program it with a function block forControl FPWIN Pro, version 7.1 or newer. The function blocks available forthis version are used to configure the various FMUs and to start communi-cation with the specific network.You can download the function blocks free of charge from the PanasonicElectric Works Europe AG Web site.Please refer to the Control FPWIN Pro online help for detailed information.4.2 GetPointer FunctionThe GetPointer32 function outputs the size, area and offset of the inputvariable and writes it to the output variable of the type POINTER. Connectthe output of this function directly to the respective input of the functionblock.Please refer to the Control FPWIN Pro online help for details and a pro-gramming example.R e f e r e n c e