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Can LabVIEW support EDDL devices and how? And will it require any third party drivers?. If NI provide support EDDL so please tell me related hardware and software interface information details and how i implement it in labview?

 

 

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LabVIEW does not support EDDL.

 

NI-FBUS Configurator software supports EDDL. This is a configuration tool for Foundation Fieldbus protocol. Configurator will load and interpret device EDD files and display corresponding EDDL elements.

 

NI-FBUS product includes the following hardware and software.

 

PC-based Interface card - PCI or PCMCIA bus

Communications Manager software - provide APIs for accessing FF network. It supports LabVIEW, VC, VB, .NET

Configurator software - graphical configuration tool. It supports EDDL.

 

NI-FBUS interface card

https://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/category/industrial-communication-buses.html?productId=118300

 

NI-FBUS software (Communications Manager and Configurator) download

https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/software-products/download.ni-fbus-configurator-software.htm...

 

 

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Communications Manager software - provide APIs for accessing FF network. It supports LabVIEW, VC, VB, .NET.

 

Is it possible for intregartion EDDL devices and labview through communication Manger software.

 

and how communication manger software support to labview, please send me in datils.

 

one more thing i installed NI feildbus configurator but whenever i satrat software it shows error it asstched with this scarb.

 

please help can i use this software witout feildbus interface device.

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Communications Manager and LabVIEW can not be integrated to support EDDL.

 

Communications Manager provides LabVIEW VIs which are used to perform FF network and device configuration operations.  The following NI-FBUS LabVIEW VIs are provided.

 

Browse device list

Set / Get device address

Set / Get device ID

Set / Get block ID

Set / Get block index

Read / Write device parameters

 

NI-FBUS VIs does not include EDDL features.  

 

 

Without NI-FBUS interface card, you can only use offline configuration in Configurator. Please follow the following steps.

1. Launch Interface Configuration Utility (Windows Start>>Programs>>National Instruments>>NI-FBUS>>Utilities)

2. Select Add Interface, add an offline interface.

3. Launch Configurator. You can click Evaluate button to use Configurator Evaluate version. (Evaluate version only supports offline configuration)

4. In the left panel of Configurator window, all supported FF devices are listed. Drag one offline device to the offline link.

 

 

 

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Thanks Vince,

 

This is very useful information for me.

 

Is any plan NI to integrate EDDL vis with labview in future?

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vince sorry here is one more quastion

 

how i cnm test EDDL in NI FBUS configurator.

 

because i didnt see any option in this software.

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vince sorry here is one more quastion

 

how i cnm test EDDL in NI FBUS configurator.

 

because i didnt see any option in this software.

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EDDL will not be integrated into NI-FBUS LabVIEW VIs.

NI-FBUS APIs (LabVIEW, VB, VC, .NET) provides the basic FF functions only, such as Set Tag, Read Object, etc. Each API implements one independent feature.

EDDL is a complex feature includes several parts, including EDD parser, UI construction, data handling. Different EDDL element has different representation. So it is not suitable to use API to implement such complex feature.

 

 

Configurator supports EDDL. You can open the block dialog by double click the function block icon.  EDDL features can be selected from the menu of the block dialog if this is a EDDL device.

 

Configurator provides a EDDL simulate device (offline) to demostrate several EDDL features.  In the device list, find National Instruments - 3201 EDDL Simulator, add EDDL Simulator Device into the offline link. The Resource block dialog has EDDL Demo menu. The demo includes Chart, Graph, Image, Bar, Gauge, Grid. 

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