08-05-2009 11:55 AM
One of my customers uses Lookout 5.0 on Win2000 machine with FP-1601 and FP-DI-300. He now wants to add cFP-1804 and cFP-DI-300 in the same network. What changes does he have to make in order to accomplish it?
He created the current Lookout application in 2003. I assume that the NI-FieldPoint driver is old, and he probably need to upgrade it. I am concerned that the newest version of NI-FieldPoint may not work with Lookout 5.0. Are there any compatibility issues between Lookout 5.0 and the newest version of NI-FieldPoint 6.0.4?
The customer would like to remain with Lookout version 5.0 for now. If there is a compatibility issue between them, which version of NI-FieldPoint should he use for using cFP-1804?
Thank you.
Atsuhiko
08-06-2009 01:30 AM
The fieldpoint driver is not a problem. Lookout actually doesn't use the driver directly.
I think you have two options.
1. Use OPCFieldpoint to connect FieldPoint opc server. The OPC Server should work with any fieldpoint device.
2. Use Modbus. I remember that 1804 supports modbus, but needs to update firmware? I'm not sure.
08-06-2009 11:25 AM
Hi Ryan,
Thank you very much for the useful info. It sounds like OPCFieldPoint is the way to go. First, I need to find out how the customer's current Lookout application communicates with FP-1601. Hopefully, it uses OPCFieldPoint, then he does not have to make any changes other than upgrading NI-FieldPoint to use cFP-1804. Thank you!
Atsuhiko