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Chapter 1 Introduction
© National Instruments Corporation 1-3 HSE Linking Device and NI-FBUS Software
purchase a link upgrade for each link in excess of four. To do so, download
the order form from
ni.com/fieldbus.
Note The connection to one interface port on the interface board or linking devices is
viewed as one link by the NI-FBUS Configurator, regardless of how many links might
actually be joined by repeaters. This is important for software licensing of the NI-FBUS
Configurator.
If you want to use the board or linking device to read and write values only
(but not configure) and you are a programmer, you can make calls to the
API in the NI-FBUS Communications Manager and do not need the
NI-FBUS Configurator. This is possible only if you already have used
third-party hardware and configuration software to configure the link.
Table 1-1 describes the National Instruments Fieldbus software.
Table 1-1. National Instruments Fieldbus Software
Software Application Short Name Description File Name
NI-FBUS
Communications
Manager
NIFB process This must be running
for you to use your
HSE linking device as
a Fieldbus interface to
communicate between
the linking device and
the bus.
nifb.exe
NI-FBUS Interface
Configuration Utility
Interface Config Used to configure your
HSE link and HSE
linking device.
fbconf.exe
NI-FBUS
Configurator
NI-FBUS
Configurator
Used to configure the
devices on the bus,
set the parameters for
control loops, and
other Fieldbus
configuration tasks.
fcs.exe