National Instruments FieldPoint FP-1000 - Getting Started with Fieldpoint Explorer; Figure 4-3. Screentips Showing a Description of an Item

Chapter 4 Installing and Using the FieldPoint Software
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Figure 4-3. ScreenTips Showing a Description of an Item
The FieldPoint online help provides complete descriptions of the
features of FieldPoint Explorer and provides assistance in getting
started with configuring your FieldPoint hardware and software. Open
the online help by selecting the Contents option in the Help menu of
FieldPoint Explorer.
Getting Started with FieldPoint Explorer
This section guides you through an example of how to configure a
FieldPoint system. The online help provides more details and explains
all of the features of FieldPoint Explorer.
To get started with FieldPoint Explorer, follow these steps:
1. Install the hardware as described in Chapter2,
Hardware
Installation and Configuration
. Verify that the FieldPoint system is
powered on and the I/O modules have their READY LEDs lit.
2. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs
»
FieldPoint
»
FieldPoint Explorer to launch the FieldPoint Explorer program.
3. Add a communications resource to the Device Network Hierarchy.
To add the resource, first click on the + sign next to IA Server with
Click this button to
display ScreenTips.
Then click on the
element you want
to learn more about.