Can the Fieldpoint FP-1600 be used programmatically through a PC or server running Windows 2008 Server R2 64-bit?

[srpittman313]

I'm trying to understand what, if anything, needs to be done to migrate my custom C++ (Visual Studio) application and existing Fieldpoint hardware from Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2008 Server R2.  I understand that the Fieldpoint hardware is approaching end-of-life but a redesign of the hardware setup is unfunded and not feasible at this time with the available resources.  If this cannot be done, please offer suggestions that can be reasonably done so that I can better understand the requirements.  I have limited familiarity with the cFP product line and other NI products in general as a FYI.  Any help is greatly appreciated.  The FP hardware is merely being used to send basic input/output signals back to the application which is then driving various software events.

Current Setup:

• Windows 2000 Server
• Custom C++ Application 
• Fieldpoint Explorer
• 1 x FP-1600 Ethernet Network Module
• 1 x FP-RLY-420 Relay Module
• 2 x FP-DI-330 Input Modules

Targeted Setup:
 

• Windows 2008 Server R2 64-bit
• Same Custom C++ Application
• Measurement & Automation Explorer???
• 1 x FP-1600 Ethernet Network Module
• 1 x FP-RLY-420 Relay Module
• 2 x FP-DI-330 Input Modules

[Patricia B]

Hello,


What version of the fieldpoint driver are you using? The successor to the FP-1600 is scheduled for obselence July of this year. According to the driver page for the NI-Field Point devices, NI FieldPoint drivers 6.0.6f1, 6.07 and 6.08f1 support Server 2008 R2 (64-bit). LV source code from a 32-bit machine to a 64-bit machine should work fine and I can assume that should be the case for your C++ code as 64 bits allows access to more memory spaces. However, trying to move from 64 to 32-bit app could be problematic.

Regards,
Patricia B.
    

NI-FieldPoint Driver page
http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/main/p/bot/no/ap/tech/lang/en/pg/1/sn/catnav:du,ssnav:sup/q/field%...


NI FP-1601
Ethernet Interface for FieldPoint
http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/11485


Software Installation Compatibility for FieldPoint Real-Time Controllers
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/B730A501736C999486256E59005A5BD7?OpenDocument

Regards,

Patricia B.