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About This Manual

Conventions ...................................................................................................................ix

Related Documentation..................................................................................................x

Chapter 1 Introduction

NI-FBUS Monitor Overview .........................................................................................1-1

Windows of the NI-FBUS Monitor ...............................................................................1-1

Recommended Minimum Platform ...............................................................................1-1

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration

Installing the Software ...................................................................................................2-1

Installing the Hardware..................................................................................................2-1

Configuring the Software...............................................................................................2-2

Configuration Steps for Windows 2000/NT/XP .............................................2-2

Interface Port Configuration............................................................................2-2

Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor Driver (Win NT 4.0 Only) ...........................................2-2

Chapter 3 Windows and Menus

List of Windows.............................................................................................................3-1

About the NI-FBUS Monitor Interface..........................................................................3-2

Main Window ................................................................................................................3-3

Menus and the Standard Toolbar ...................................................................................3-4

Standard Toolbar .............................................................................................3-5

Main Menu Bar................................................................................................3-6

File Menu ..........................................................................................3-6

Capture Menu....................................................................................3-7

View Menu........................................................................................3-8

Packet Menu......................................................................................3-8

Statistics Menu..................................................................................3-8

Window Menu...................................................................................3-8

Toolbars Menu ..................................................................................3-8

Help Menu.........................................................................................3-9

Contents

Filter Window................................................................................................................ 3-9

Packet View .................................................................................................... 3-10

Packet Display Formats .................................................................... 3-10

Packet View Toolbar ........................................................................ 3-11

Statistics View................................................................................................. 3-13

Statistics View Toolbar .................................................................... 3-14

Live List View ................................................................................................ 3-15

Schedule View ................................................................................................ 3-15

Filters............................................................................................................................. 3-15

Filter Operation During Capture ..................................................................... 3-15

Filter Operation After Capture ........................................................................ 3-15

Basic Filter Logic............................................................................................ 3-16

Filter Dialog Box ............................................................................................ 3-16

FDL Filter Tab.................................................................................. 3-17

FMS Filter Tab ................................................................................. 3-18

Filter by Address Tab ....................................................................... 3-19

Settings Dialog Box....................................................................................................... 3-19

Capture Settings Tab....................................................................................... 3-19

Display Settings Tab ....................................................................................... 3-21

Toolbar Settings Tab....................................................................................... 3-22

Chapter 4 How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor

Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor...................................................................................... 4-1

Starting Capture............................................................................................................. 4-1

Stopping Capture ...........................................................................................................4-2

Saving Data ................................................................................................................... 4-2

Finding Data .................................................................................................................. 4-2

Viewing Data................................................................................................................. 4-3

Improving Performance................................................................................................. 4-4

Conserve Memory........................................................................................... 4-4

Turn Live Updates Off.................................................................................... 4-4

Filter Only for Needed Data............................................................................ 4-4

No Split Windows........................................................................................... 4-4

Appendix A Pinout Information

Appendix B Technical Support and Professional Services

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Index

Contents

About This Manual

This manual describes the NI-FBUS Monitor utility, its features, and how to install and use it.

The NI-FBUS Monitor utility is intended for use with Windows 2000/NT/XP.

Conventions

The following conventions appear in this manual:

» The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options

to a final action. The sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you to pull down the File menu, select the Page Setup item, and select Options from the last dialog box.

This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.

This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash.

When symbol is marked on a product, it denotes a warning advising you to take precautions to avoid electrical shock.

When symbol is marked on a product, it denotes a component that may be hot. Touching this component may result in bodily injury.

bold Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software, such

as menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes parameter names.

italic Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction

to a key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value that you must supply.

monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the

keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples. This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories, programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations, variables, filenames, and extensions.

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monospace bold Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the computer

automatically prints to the screen. This font also emphasizes lines of code

that are different from the other examples.

monospace italic

NI-FBUS In this manual, the term NI-FBUS, when used alone, refers to the NI-FBUS

Italic text in this font denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value

that you must supply.

Communications Manager.

NI-FBUS Monitor Overview

The NI-FBUS Monitor is a Win32 application used to monitor, debug, and analyze fieldbus data packets. The NI-FBUS Monitor detects communication on the bus, capturing data packets that are passed between fieldbus devices. These packets are time-stamped and displayed in real time in active packet view of the NI-FBUS Monitor. The NI-FBUS Monitor can display data packets in decoded format or in hexadecimal format. The NI-FBUS Monitor can filter out unwanted data packets at three levels: the Fieldbus Data Link layer (FDL), the Fieldbus Messaging Specification layer (FMS), and by fieldbus addresses.

Windows of the NI-FBUS Monitor

The NI-FBUS Monitor has a Multiple Document Interface (MDI). An MDI window contains many smaller windows open concurrently that display data from different sources. These smaller windows are called filter

windows. In the NI-FBUS Monitor, some filter windows might contain

previously-captured data, while other filter windows might capture new data from different buses or the same bus.

Chapter 3, Windows and Menus, lists and describes the windows of the NI-FBUS Monitor.

Recommended Minimum Platform

The recommended minimum platform for the NI-FBUS Monitor is a 66 MHz 486 processor with 8 MB of RAM. If you want to run the NI-FBUS Monitor on a slower platform, refer to the Improving

Performance section of Chapter 4, How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor.

Installation and Configuration

This chapter contains instructions for installing and configuring your NI-FBUS Monitor software and your fieldbus interface.

Installing the Software

Caution If you are installing the NI-FBUS software over an existing version, write down

your card configuration and any port configuration parameters you changed from their defaults. Reinstalling may cause you to lose any existing card and port configuration information.

Complete the following steps to run the software installation program.

1. Login as Administrator or as a user with Administrator privileges.

2. Insert your NI-FBUS Monitor CD.

The

autorun utility should launch the NI-FBUS Monitor installer

wizard. If it does not launch the installer wizard, complete the following steps.

a. From the Start menu, select Run.

b. In the Run dialog box, type the following:

:\setup

where x is the letter of the drive containing the distribution disk.

The interactive setup program takes you through the necessary steps to install the software.

Installing the Hardware

To install the AT-FBUS hardware, refer to the AT-FBUS Getting Started Manual, which is included in PDF-format on the NI-FBUS Communications Manager CD.

To install the PCMCIA-FBUS and PCI-FBUS hardware, refer to the PCMCIA-FBUS Getting Started Manual and the PCI-FBUS Getting

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration

Started Manual, both of which are included in PDF-format on the NI-FBUS Communications Manager CD.

Configuring the Software

If you are installing an AT-FBUS board, the physical settings on the board must match the software settings you configure. To read your IRQ line from your board, look at the number printed on the board under the jumper.

Configuration Steps for Windows 2000/NT/XP

1. Select Start»Programming Files»National Instruments» NI-FBUS»Interface Configuration Utility to start the NI-FBUS

Interface Configuration Utility.

2. To configure the software, refer to the Interface Configuration Utility Help.

Interface Port Configuration

1. Start the NI-FBUS Interface Configuration Utility.

2. In the configuration window, select the port you want to configure and click the Edit button.

3. Select Monitor for the Usage.

4. Click the OK button.

Your software is configured.

Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor Driver (Win NT 4.0 Only)

The nifb kernel-mode driver is launched automatically under Windows 2000/XP. Under Windows NT, the driver must be started manually, as follows. The installation program defines the for the driver as

1. After you configure your installation, restart Windows. You must restart your computer before you can use the NI-FBUS software.

2. Start the kernel-mode device driver command at the command prompt:

net start nifb

You can also start nifb by selecting Start»Settings»Control Panel»System»Device Manager»NIFB»Start.

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nifb by entering the following

StartupType

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If the process and the driver start up successfully under Windows NT, you can configure the

StartupType for the nifb driver to Automatic through the Devices

nifb driver to load at system startup. Change the

window in the Control Panel. If you are using Windows NT, you can also move the NIFB shortcut to the StartUp folder to make it start up automatically when your computer boots or restarts.

Windows and Menus

This chapter describes each of the menus and windows in the NI-FBUS Monitor utility.

List of Windows

Main Window Multiple Document Interface (MDI)

Filter Window Displays data packets and statistical

Filter Dialog box you can use to select which

window that contains all the other windows and toolbars.

information. Each filter window has its own packet filter.

data packets to capture. The options are as follows:

FDL Filter—Filters packets by the Fieldbus Data Link (FDL) layer.

FMS Filter—Filters packets by the Fieldbus Messaging Specification (FMS) layer.

Filter by Address—Filters packets by address.

Settings Dialog box you can use to set the

following NI-FBUS Monitor options:

Capture Settings—Capture options.

Display Settings—Color and font

options.

Toolbar Settings—Toolbar options.

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Packet View Toolbar Gives access to view options for the

packet view.

Statistics View Toolbar Gives access to view options for the

statistics view.

Standard Toolbar Gives access to commonly used functions

in a toolbar format.

About the NI-FBUS Monitor Interface

The NI-FBUS Monitor consists of windows and data objects. The main window is the large desktop window that contains all other windows of the NI-FBUS Monitor. It has a menu bar and various toolbars. The smaller windows inside the main window are filter windows. Each filter window uses a single filter to determine what data the NI-FBUS Monitor captures. The main data object that stores these captured data packets on a disk and holds the data in memory is called the capture document. You can use the filter window to view the data in the capture document. You can attach several filter windows with the corresponding filters to the capture document.

When you select New from the File menu, the NI-FBUS Monitor creates a new capture document and a corresponding filter window. The filter window displays data from the capture document. Each filter window has an exclusive filter attached to it that you can view as a dialog box. To display the filter, select Filter Settings from the Capture menu. You can use the filter to determine what data the NI-FBUS Monitor displays in the filter window and what data it saves to the capture document. To add a new filter window to the document, select New Filter Window from the Capture menu. Adding a new filter window attaches a new filter window and filter to the document. You can use the new filter to filter different data.

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Figure 3-1 is a graphical example of the relationships between the windows and the document. The gray area represents the graphical area that appears on the desktop. The documents on the left are data objects invisible on the desktop.

Note Even if a window is split using the Split Filter Window function, the filter window

still has only one filter attached to it.

Figure 3-1. Relationship of Windows to Capture Documents

Main Window

The main window contains all the windows of the NI-FBUS Monitor. The frame of the main window contains a menu bar and a status bar. The frame can also have toolbars on it. Figure 3-2 shows the main window.

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Figure 3-2. Main Window

When you start the NI-FBUS Monitor, it opens a new filter window and a new capture document. The capture document contains the actual data packets that are captured from the bus. The filter window is a graphical representation of the data stored in the capture document. The filter window is minimized in Figure 3-2. By default, the NI-FBUS Monitor opens the standard toolbar at the top and the Packet View toolbar on the left of the main window’s frame.

Menus and the Standard Toolbar

To see help for the NI-FBUS Monitor controls, browse through the menus or pause the cursor over the standard toolbar, shown in Figure 3-3. To see a short description of a menu or toolbar function, pause your cursor over the item. The NI-FBUS Monitor displays the description in the status bar, which is located at the very bottom of the main window. Pause your cursor over an item in the toolbar to see a short description of the item in a yellow rectangle near the cursor.

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Standard Toolbar

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Figure 3-3 shows the standard NI-FBUS Monitor toolbar.

Figure 3-3. Standard Monitor Toolbar

Following are descriptions of the standard toolbar buttons:

New Capture creates a new capture document.

Open Capture opens an existing capture document.

Save Capture saves the current capture document.

Cut removes a selected capture document.

Copy duplicates a capture document to Clipboard for pasting.

Paste pastes a capture document to a different location.

Find Data finds data in the current window.

Start Capture starts a capture on the selected board.

Stop Capture stops the capture on the selected board.

Reset Capture deletes all captured packets

Live Updates Off turns off automatic screen updates during a capture.

Updating the screen constantly can be a problem if you have a slow computer.

Capture Settings sets your capture, display, and toolbar settings.

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Main Menu Bar

Filter Settings shows the filter settings for the current filter window.

Add Filter Window creates a new filter window and filter for the current

capture document.

Split Filter Window splits the filter window into a multi-paned filter window.

Cascade Window arranges the open documents in a diagonal order.

Tile Window arranges two filter windows in vertical order.

Help opens the NI-FBUS online help utility.

The main menu bar is at the top of the main window and lists all of the operations that you can perform in the NI-FBUS Monitor. When you select an item in the menu, a short help message describing the option appears in the Status Bar at the bottom of the main window.

File Menu

The File menu allows you to open, save, print, and create new documents.

Following are descriptions of the File menu selections:

New Creates a new capture document.

Open Opens an existing capture document in

*.mon format. A text editor is included in

the NI-FBUS Monitor for opening files.

Close Closes the current capture document.

Save Saves the current capture document.

Two save formats are allowed: which saves captured and filtered data to a binary file, and captured and filtered data as a text file.

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*.txt, which saves

*.txt

*.mon,

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Save As Saves the current capture document with

a new name.

Print Prints the current capture document.

Print Setup Sets up the printer and printer options.

Recent File List the most recently saved files.

Exit Exits the NI-FBUS Monitor.

Capture Menu

The Capture menu allows you to control the capture. To view this menu, click the Capture option at the top of the main window, or right-click in the filter window. The standard toolbar has a button for most of the items in the Capture menu.

Following are descriptions of the Capture menu selections:

Settings Sets your capture, display and toolbar

settings.

Filter Settings Shows the filter settings for the current

filter window.

Start Capture Starts a capture on the selected board.

Stop Capture Stops capture on the selected board.

Reset Capture Deletes all captured packets.

Find Data Finds data in the current window.

Hexadecimal Data Displays hexadecimal data.

Verbose Data Displays detailed data.

High Priority Updates Enhances live updates.

Live Updates Turns off real-time updates. This is a

useful feature if your computer is slow.

Smooth Live Updates Shows flicker-free updates, but is slower.

Scrolling Live Updates Scrolls data during capture, but is slower.

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View Menu

You can use the View menu instead of the toolbars to configure the active filter window views.

Packet Menu

The Packet menu has the same options as the packet view toolbar. Refer to the Packet View Toolbar section for a description of each option.

Statistics Menu

The Statistics menu has the same options as the statistics view toolbar. Refer to the Statistics View Toolbar section for a description of each option. The Live List View shows the devices on the fieldbus that are active and functioning (alive).

Window Menu

You can use the Window menu to control the layout of windows contained in the main window.

Following are descriptions of the Window menu selections:

Add Filter Window Creates a new filter window and filter for

the current document.

Split Filter Window Splits the filter window into a

multi-paned filter window.

Cascade Cascades the open windows.

Tile Tiles the open windows.

Arrange Icons Arranges the icons.

Window List Lists the open windows.

Toolbars Menu

You can use the Toolbars menu to show or hide the toolbars of the NI-FBUS Monitor.

Following are descriptions of the Toolbars menu selections:

Standard Toolbar Shows the standard toolbar.

Packet Toolbar Shows the Packet View toolbar.

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Filter Window

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Statistics Toolbar Shows the Statistics View toolbar.

Status Bar Shows the status bar.

Help Menu

You can use the Help menu to display information about the NI-FBUS Monitor.

The filter window displays the data in a capture document, and can display this data in different formats. The filter window has three tabs located in the bottom left of the window that you can use to switch between statistics view and packet view. Both the statistics view and the packet view have toolbars that allow you to choose what each view shows. Figure 3-4 shows an example of a filter window.

Figure 3-4. Filter Window

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Packet View

You can use the packet view to display and manipulate data packets. This view is the main medium of interaction between you and the capture document. To select the packet view, click the Packets tab at the bottom left of the filter window, or select Packet View from the View menu. Figure 3-5 shows the filter window in packet view.

Figure 3-5. Filter Window and Captured Data in Packet View

Packet Display Formats

Packet data can be in one of three formats: simple, decode, or hex. All formats have the same header, which follows:

(*/#)PACKET_NUMBER - TIME(HH:MM:SS.US) LENGTH - SIZE

An asterisk (*) next to a packet indicates that a packet prior to that packet is missing. The asterisk indicates that, after several attempts, the monitor on the fieldbus interface could not pass the packet to the host application (the NI-FBUS Monitor). This problem might happen on slow PCs. If you

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see an asterisk, refer to the Improving Performance section of Chapter 4,

How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor.

A pound sign (#) next to a packet number means that the NI-FBUS Monitor received the packet that arrived right before the indicated packet.

The format of the time measurement is as follows:

Hours:Minutes:Seconds.Microseconds

The Simple format is a condensed version of the Decode format, and shows only the type of Protocol Data Units (PDUs) of the FDL, FMS, and FAS (Fieldbus Access Sublayer) layers in the packet. The Decode format fully decodes the data packet and formats the data according to the PDU sections of the packet. The Hex format performs a hexadecimal dump of the data in the PDU sections of the packet.

Packet View Toolbar

The Packet View toolbar is on the left of the main window in the Figure 3-5. The Packet View toolbar controls how the filter window displays data. To move the Packet View toolbar, click it and drag it. Pause the cursor over a toolbar control to see the tool tips. Figure 3-6 shows the Packet View toolbar.

Figure 3-6. Packet View Toolbar

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Following are descriptions of the buttons, checkboxes, and drop-down lists on the Packet View toolbar:

Radio Buttons

Simple Displays a short view of the data in a

packet.

Decode Fully decodes the data in a packet.

Hex Displays a hexadecimal dump of the data

in a packet.

Checkboxes

Time Displays the time stamp of a packet.

LAS\TM Displays the LAS and Time Master

information of a packet.

FDL Displays the FDL portion of a packet.

FAS\SM Displays the FAS portion of a packet.

FMS Displays the FMS portion of a packet.

Hex Displays decoded numeric data in

hexadecimal format. The drop-down list to the right is the width in bytes that the data occupies on the screen.

Verbose Displays more information about the

packet.

Graphic Buttons

Horizontal Packets displays FDL, FAS, and FMS horizontally on the screen.

Vertical Packets displays FDL, FAS, and FMS vertically, from top to bottom, on the screen.

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Drop-Down List

Time Measured Allows you to select the time calculation

to perform on the packet. The options are as follows:

Absolute—Shows the absolute time relative to the start of the NI-FBUS Monitor utility.

Idle—Shows the idle time between packets.

From Start—Shows the time from the start of one packet to the start of the next packet.

From End—Shows the time from the end of one packet to the end of the next packet.

Transmission—Shows the time it took to transmit a packet.

Statistics View

The statistics view shows the volume of the types of fieldbus packets passed over the bus, and the bus time (or bandwidth) that these packets consume. To select this view, click the Statistics tab at the bottom left of the filter window, or select Statistics View from the View menu. The most useful statistics chart is the Bandwidth chart. It is a pie chart showing the relative use of bandwidth for the FMS, FAS, and FDL packets as a fraction of the whole bus time. The FMS Services chart displays the volume of the different types of services transmitted from the FMS layers of the bus devices. The FMS Services chart is a breakdown of the FMS PDU section of the Bandwidth chart. The FDL PDUs chart shows the volume of the FDL PDUs transmitted over the bus. The FDL PDUs chart is a breakdown of the FDL PDU section of the Bandwidth chart. Figure 3-7 shows the statistics view.

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Figure 3-7. Filter Window Showing Statistics View

Statistics View Toolbar

The Statistics View toolbar allows you to select which graphs you would like to see. This toolbar is not visible by default. You can view this toolbar by selecting Statistics Toolbar from the Toolbars menu. Deselecting the box for a chart removes the corresponding chart from the view, and checking the box for a chart displays the chart. Figure 3-8 shows the Statistics View toolbar.

Figure 3-8. Statistics View Toolbar

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Live List View

Schedule View

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Following are descriptions of the checkboxes on the Statistics View toolbar:

Bandwidth Displays the relative bandwidth between

FDL, FAS, and FMS packets.

FMS Displays the FMS Service volume.

FDL Displays the FDL PDU volume.

Verbose Displays detailed statistics and spells out

parameter names.

The Live List View shows what devices on the fieldbus are active. This view lists active devices as alive and inactive devices as dead. The Live List View is active only during data capture.

The Schedule View shows the function block schedule packet information on the bus. An associated schedule file should be assigned in Capture Settings before a capture is started.

Filters

The filter is a tool you can use interactively at capture time or after capture.

Filter Operation During Capture

During capture the filter is valid, and the NI-FBUS Monitor discards all data not matching the filter. However, if there are multiple filter windows, the NI-FBUS Monitor checks each filter to make sure that it retains the desired data. If you make changes to the filter, the NI-FBUS Monitor instantly downloads the changes to the fieldbus, so the changes take effect immediately.

Filter Operation After Capture

After capture, you can filter out more undesired data (postfilter) by selecting only the packets you want to view. Changes to the filter forces the NI-FBUS Monitor to refilter the data, so that only the selected packets are visible. The NI-FBUS Monitor retains all of the original captured data. To

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Basic Filter Logic

refilter the data and display the desired packets, click on the packet types that you want to view again. The data filtered out during capture is not accessible. For example, after capture, you cannot recover Pass Token (PT) FDL packets if they were not enabled during capture.

A filter behaves differently depending on whether you select addresses on the Filter by Address tab. If no addresses are selected, the filter uses all addresses and combines the FDL Filter and FMS Filter choices, and captures the types of packets checked in those dialog boxes. If any addresses are selected on the Filter by Address tab, incoming packets are first screened for their address. If the address is one of the selected addresses, it is then compared to the FDL filter and the FMS filter.

Pseudocode for the filter follows:

If no addresses are selected in the Filter by Address tab:

Packets Captured = FDL Filter + FMS Filter

If addresses are selected in the Filter by Address tab:

Packets Captured = Address(es) * (FDL Filter + FMS Filter)

Where + stands for or and * stands for and.

Filter Dialog Box

To view the Filter dialog box for a filter window, right-click the mouse to bring up the Capture menu and select Filter Settings, or you can click the Filter Settings toolbar button. The title bar of a filter displays the name of the filter window to which it is attached. The filter appears as a dialog box with three tabs—FDL Filter, FMS Filter, and Filter by Address. You can open the Filter dialog box any time before, during, and after capture, or you can hide it from view.

The following sections describe the tabs on the Filter dialog box.

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FDL Filter Tab

The FDL Filter tab filters packets at the FDL layer and lists all of the FDL PDU types for easy selection. Select the checkbox by an FDL type to capture that type of packet. The Show Transfer Errors checkbox enables the display of data-transfer errors. A data-transfer error can occur if a packet does not have the proper checksum attached to it, which can be caused by bus noise. The NI-FBUS Monitor displays protocol errors along with the packets. Figure 3-9 shows the FDL Filter tab.

Figure 3-9. FDL Filter Tab

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FMS Filter Tab

The FMS Filter tab filters packets by FMS service and lists all the FMS Services available. Select the FMS PDU Type using the radio buttons on

the left of the dialog box to view the services corresponding to that PDU type in the FMS Services box. Select a checkbox to enable capture of the corresponding packet type. Figure 3-10 shows the FMS Filter tab.

Figure 3-10. FMS Filter Tab

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Filter by Address Tab

The Filter by Address tab filters data for a specific address or addresses. The NI-FBUS Monitor detects and lists all the currently detected addresses in the Detected Addresses box of the Filter by Address tab. The NI-FBUS Monitor captures data only for the selected addresses, and no other addresses. If you want to capture data for all addresses, click the Clear All button to ensure that no other addresses are selected. If you want to configure the filter before capture, use the User Defined field to insert addresses into the address list. Select the Hex Addresses checkbox to view the addresses in the Detected Addresses box in hexadecimal format. The User Defined field interprets data entered as hexadecimal data. Figure 3-11 shows the Filter by Address tab.

Figure 3-11. Filter by Address Tab

Settings Dialog Box

This dialog box contains optional settings for capturing data, displaying data, and changing the toolbar. To bring up the Settings dialog box, select Settings from the Capture menu.

Capture Settings Tab

The Capture Settings tab allows you to select the board to use, and to specify what you want the NI-FBUS Monitor to do after it receives the number of packets in the Max num of packets field. Figure 3-12 shows the Capture Settings tab.

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Figure 3-12. Capture Settings Tab

Following are descriptions of the options on the Capture Settings tab:

Bus Name Allows you to select a fieldbus interface

board.

Schedule Allows you to select a fieldbus schedule

configuration file.

Max num of packets Allows you to enter the maximum

number of packets you want the NI-FBUS Monitor to capture.

Stop capture when max Stops capture of data after the NI-FBUS reached Monitor receives the Max num of

packets.

Continuous capture when Continues capture after the NI-FBUS max reached Monitor receives the Max num of

packets by dumping the oldest packet

from the captured data, and saving the newest packet.

Stop on packet decoding Stops continuous capture when a packet error (SW) error occurs. Improper packet decoding

format causes decoding errors.

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Stop packet on reception Stops continuous capture when a error (HW) reception error occurs.

Write to file Writes captured data directly to the file

Display Settings Tab

The Display Settings tab allows you to select the colors of packet portions and the font the NI-FBUS Monitor uses to display data. To change a color, click the color next to the field name. To change the font, click the Fonts button. To reset the colors and fonts to the NI-FBUS Monitor defaults, click the Default Colors and Default Font buttons. Figure 3-13 shows the Display Settings tab.

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specified in the field. If you select

Continuous capture when max reached, the NI-FBUS Monitor writes

data to the file until you stop the capture. During a continuous capture, the number of packets retained in memory does not exceed the value in the Max num of packets field.

Figure 3-13. Display Settings Tab

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Toolbar Settings Tab

The Toolbar Settings tab allows you to select which toolbars the NI-FBUS Monitor displays. Select the Show Tool Tips checkbox to activate the tool tip help for most controls. To view the tips, pause your cursor over a control. Figure 3-14 shows the Toolbar Settings tab.

Figure 3-14. Toolbar Settings Tab

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How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor

This chapter describes how to perform basic tasks with the NI-FBUS Monitor.

Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor

To launch the NI-FBUS Monitor application, double-click the Fieldbus Monitor icon in the Fieldbus Software program group.

Starting Capture

To start capture, complete the following steps:

1. (Optional) Before starting a capture, you might want to open the filter

to select specific packets to capture. To open the filter, select Filter Settings from the Capture menu or click the Filter Settings button on the standard toolbar. The filter appears as a dialog box that allows you to select which packets you want to capture. You do not have to configure the filter at the start of capture; you can configure the filter any time during the capture.

2. (Optional) To select a board to capture from, select Capture»Settings and select the Capture Settings tab from the Settings dialog box.

3. To capture data, select Start Capture from the Capture menu or click the Start Capture button on the standard toolbar.

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Stopping Capture

You can stop data capture in one of two ways:

• Select Stop Capture from the Capture menu or click the Stop Capture button on the standard toolbar.

• Select Capture»Settings and click the Capture Settings tab in the Settings dialog box. Click the Stop capture when max reached button to stop capture after the NI-FBUS Monitor receives the number of packets specified by Max num of packets.

Saving Data

To save the captured data, select Save from the File menu or click the Save Capture button on the standard toolbar. The NI-FBUS Monitor places the

saved data in the current window. During the save operation, the NI-FBUS Monitor prompts you to save all of the captured data or just the filtered data, if there was any filtering after capture.

You can save data in two formats:

•

*.mon, a binary format that the NI-FBUS Monitor can reload and

refilter

•

*.txt, an ASCII format that text editors can load

Finding Data

To find data, select Find Data from the Capture menu or click the Find Data button on the standard toolbar. The Find dialog box, as shown in

Figure 4-1, appears. If the NI-FBUS Monitor finds the data, it places an elliptical mark by the packet in which the data appears.

Figure 4-1. Find Dialog Box

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Viewing Data

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You can view data in a filter window, and switch between tabs to view all the information, or you can split the window and view all tabs simultaneously.

To split the current Filter window into four panes, select Window»Split Filter Window or click the Split Filter Window button on the standard toolbar. The split window allows you to look at different parts of the capture at the same time. Figure 4-2 shows an example Filter window screen split into four panes that display the data for this filter.

Figure 4-2. Example Filter Window Session

In Figure 4-2, the upper left pane displays statistical information about the packets on the bus, and the other three panes display the packets in the simple, decode, and hex modes, respectively. The toolbar affects the currently active view, so be sure to select a view by clicking in the view area before selecting the toolbar options.

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Improving Performance

This section contains hints for improving the performance of the NI-FBUS Monitor on systems slower than the platform recommended mentioned in the Recommended Minimum Platform section of Chapter 1, Introduction.

Conserve Memory

Close unnecessary applications, and set Max num of packets on the Capture Settings tab to a low value (less than 500). To see the Capture Settings tab, select Capture»Settings or click the Capture Settings

button on the standard toolbar.

Turn Live Updates Off

To prevent the NI-FBUS Monitor from updating its windows, deselect Live Updates on the Capture menu. On a slow computer, it can take a

relatively long time (more than one second) to update the graphics in windows. During this time, you can lose many data packets. Lost packets are denoted by an asterisk (*) before the packet in the capture.

Filter Only for Needed Data

Pass Token (PT), Time Distribution (TD), Return Token (RT), Probe Node (PN), Probe Response (PR), and Compel Data (CD) packets occur frequently. You might not want to collect all of these, particularly the Probe Node (PN) packets.

No Split Windows

In general, the fewer open windows the NI-FBUS Monitor has to update, the faster the NI-FBUS Monitor performs.

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Pinout Information

This appendix contains information about the pinout of the fieldbus connectors.

One cable for either the PCMCIA-FBUS or AT-FBUS is included in your kit. The following figures show the pinout of the fieldbus connectors so you can make your own cable if you need a longer cable than the one in your kit.

Figure A-1 shows the fieldbus connector pinout for both the AT-FBUS and PCMCIA-FBUS.

No Connection

Power –

Power +

789

Data –

1 2345

Data +

Figure A-1. Fieldbus Connector Pinout

The pinout of the fieldbus connector uses pins 6 and 7 of the J1 connector for the fieldbus signals, as specified in the Fieldbus Standard for Use in Industrial Control Systems, Part 2, ISA-S50.02.1992.

Appendix A Pinout Information

Figure A-2 shows the PCMCIA-FBUS cable. An arrow on the cable points to pin 1 of the screw terminal block.

PCMCIA-FBUS, PORT 1

V-

D-

D+

V+

Figure A-2. PCMCIA-FBUS Cable

Figure A-3 shows J2, the screw terminal block pinout for the PCMCIA-FBUS cable.

1 2 3 4 5

Power Data

–

Shield Data + Power +

–

Figure A-3. Screw Terminal Block Pinout

All of the signals on the screw terminal block provide a direct connection to the 9-pin DSUB. Pins 2 and 4 of the J2 screw terminal block provide an alternate connection to the fieldbus. The screw terminal block is not a second, independent link. National Instruments provides the Power+ and Power– connections as passive connections from the DSUB to the screw terminal. The PCMCIA-FBUS itself does not supply power to or draw power from these pins.

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Visit the following sections of the National Instruments Web site at

ni.com for technical support and professional services:

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Glossary

Symbol Prefix Value

ppico10

nnano10

µ micro 10

m milli 10

k kilo 10

Mmega10

Ggiga10

Ttera10

alive Active and functioning on the fieldbus.

–12

–9

–6

–3

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

asynchronous Communication that occurs at times which are not predetermined.

AT-compatible Compatible with the 16-bit Industry Standard Architecture.

BBytes

bandwidth The capacity of a bus to transmit data.

binary format A file format composed of ones and zeroes for computer use.

bus A pathway for data between devices.

bus noise Imperfections in data transfer caused by cable length or interference from

external factors.

Glossary

capture document An NI-FBUS monitor document in memory that contains all the settings

and data of your capture.

CD Compel Data.

channel A pin or wire lead to which you apply or from which you read the analog

or digital signal.

checksum A method used to ensure that data is transmitted correctly.

Communication Stack The hierarchy of layers in a layered communications model that performs

the services required to interface the User Application to the Physical Layer of the fieldbus.

CPU Central processing unit.

data packet A unit of data of a certain size.

dead Inactive or not functioning on the fieldbus.

DMA Direct Memory Access.

DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory. Memory that requires electricity and

refreshing to hold data.

FAS See Fieldbus Access Sublayer.

FDL See Fieldbus Data Link layer.

fieldbus An all-digital, two-way communication system that connects control

systems to instrumentation.

Fieldbus Access Sublayer

fieldbus address Location of a board or device on the fieldbus; the fieldbus node address.

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The layer of the communication stack that provides an interface between the DLL and layer 7 of the OSI model. The FAS provides communication services such as client/server, publisher/subscriber, and event distribution.

Glossary

Fieldbus Data Link layer

Fieldbus Messaging Specification layer

filter A software screening device you configure to make the NI-FBUS Monitor

Filter window A window inside the main window of the NI-FBUS Monitor that shows

FMS See Fieldbus Messaging Specification layer.

The second lowest layer of the fieldbus communications stack.

The layer of the communication stack that defines a model for applications to interact over the fieldbus. The services FMS provides allow you to read and write information about the OD, read and write the data variables described in the OD, and perform other activities such as uploading/downloading data, and invoking programs inside a device.

capture only certain types of data that move across the fieldbus.

captured data with selected data filtered out.

hex Hexadecimal.

Hz Hertz.

I/O Input/output.

IRQ Interrupt request.

ISA Industry Standard Architecture..

layer See Communication Stack.

MDI See Multiple Document Interface.

Multiple Document Interface

A software interface that contains many smaller windows open concurrently that display data from different sources.

Glossary

PC Personal Computer.

PDU Protocol Data Unit.

PN Probe Node.

PR Probe Response.

processor The central controlling and computing part of a computer.

protocol error An error in data transfer that has to do with the way the data is sent.

PT Pass Token.

RAM Random Access Memory.

RT Re turn Token.

TD Time Distribution.

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Index

capture document, 3-2

relationship to window (figure), 3-3

capture menu

filter settings, 3-7 find data, 3-7 finding data, 4-2 hexadecimal data, 3-7 high priority updates, 3-7 live updates, 3-7 reset capture, 3-7 saving data, 4-2 scrolling live updates, 3-7 settings, 3-7 smooth live updates, 3-7 start capture, 3-7 starting capture, 4-1 stop capture, 3-7 stopping capture, 4-2 verbose data, 3-7 viewing data, 4-3

capture settings tab

layout (figure), 3-20 options, 3-20 overview, 3-19

configuration

interface port, 2-2 NI-FBUS driver in NT, 2-2 NI-FBUS software, 2-2

conventions used in the manual, ix

Declaration of Conformity (NI resources), B-1 diagnostic tools (NI resources), B-1

display settings tab

layout (figure), 3-21 overview, 3-21

documentation

conventions used in manual, ix NI resources, B-1 related documentation, x

drivers (NI resources), B-1

examples (NI resources), B-1

FBUS connector pinout, A-1 FDL filter tab

layout (figure), 3-17

overview, 3-17 fieldbus data link layer (FDL), 1-1 fieldbus messaging specification layer

(FMS), 1-1 file menu options, 3-6 filter by address tab

layout (figure), 3-19 overview, 3-19

filter dialog box

description, 3-1 FDL tab, overview, 3-17 filter by address tab, overview, 3-19 FMS tab, overview, 3-18 functional overview, 3-15 options, 3-1 overview, 3-16

Index

filter window

description, 3-1 functional overview, 3-9 layout (figure), 3-9 live list view, 3-15 packet view, 3-10

packet display formats, 3-10 schedule view, 3-15 statistics view, 3-13

layout (figure), 3-14

filters

basic logic, 3-16 filter dialog box, 3-16 filter operation after capture, 3-15 filter operation during capture, 3-15 overview, 3-15

FMS filter tab

layout (figure), 3-18 overview, 3-18

help, technical support, B-1 help menu, 3-9

installation

NI-FBUS hardware, 2-1 NI-FBUS software, 2-1 NI-FBUS software re-installation

(caution), 2-1 instrument drivers (NI resources), B-1 interface configuration utility, 2-2

interface port, 2-2

interface port configuration, 2-2

KnowledgeBase, B-1

main menu bar

capture menu, 3-7 file menu, 3-6 help menu, 3-9 overview, 3-6 packet menu, 3-8 statistics menu, 3-8 toolbar menu, 3-8 view menu, 3-8 window menu, 3-8

main window

description, 3-1 functional overview, 3-3

layout (figure), 3-4 menus and standard toolbar, 3-4 monitor interface overview, 3-2 multiple document interface (MDI), 1-1

National Instruments support and

services, B-1

nifb kernel-mode driver, instructions for

NT only, 2-2

NI-FBUS monitor

description, 1-1

filter dialog box, 3-1

filter window, 3-1

hardware installation, 2-1

improving performance, 4-4

interface configuration utility, 2-2

interface port configuration, 2-2

list of utility windows, 3-1

main window, 3-1

minimum platform recommended, 1-1

packet view toolbar, 3-2

procedural overview, 3-2

settings dialog box, 3-1

software installation, 2-1

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software re-installation (caution), 2-1 standard toolbar, 3-2 start driver in NT, 2-2 starting the monitor, 4-1 statistics view toolbar, 3-2 window overview, 1-1

packet display formats

decode, 3-11 hex, 3-11

simple, 3-11 packet menu options, 3-8 packet view, filter window and data

(figure), 3-10

packet view toolbar

checkboxes, 3-12

FAS/SM button, 3-12 FDL button, 3-12 FMS button, 3-12 hex button, 3-12 LAS/TM button, 3-12 time button, 3-12

verbose button, 3-12 description, 3-2 drop-down list options, 3-13 functional overview, 3-11 graphic buttons

horizontal packets button, 3-12

vertical packets button, 3-12 layout (figure), 3-11 radio buttons, 3-12

decode button, 3-12

hex button, 3-12

simple button, 3-12

PCMCIA-FBUS cable, A-2 pinout information, A-1 programming examples (NI resources), B-1

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Contents

About This Manual

Conventions

Related Documentation

NI-FBUS Monitor Overview

Windows of the NI-FBUS Monitor

Recommended Minimum Platform

Installing the Software

Installing the Hardware

Configuring the Software

Configuration Steps for Windows 2000/NT/XP

Interface Port Configuration

Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor Driver (Win NT 4.0 Only)

List of Windows

About the NI-FBUS Monitor Interface

Figure 3-1. Relationship of Windows to Capture Documents

Main Window

Figure 3-2. Main Window

Menus and the Standard Toolbar

Standard Toolbar

Figure 3-3. Standard Monitor Toolbar

Main Menu Bar

File Menu

Capture Menu

View Menu

Packet Menu

Statistics Menu

Window Menu

Toolbars Menu

Filter Window

Help Menu

Figure 3-4. Filter Window

Packet View

Figure 3-5. Filter Window and Captured Data in Packet View

Packet Display Formats

Packet View Toolbar

Figure 3-6. Packet View Toolbar

Statistics View

Figure 3-7. Filter Window Showing Statistics View

Statistics View Toolbar

Figure 3-8. Statistics View Toolbar

Live List View

Schedule View

Filters

Filter Operation During Capture

Filter Operation After Capture

Basic Filter Logic

Filter Dialog Box

FDL Filter Tab

Figure 3-9. FDL Filter Tab

FMS Filter Tab

Figure 3-10. FMS Filter Tab

Filter by Address Tab

Figure 3-11. Filter by Address Tab

Settings Dialog Box

Capture Settings Tab

Figure 3-12. Capture Settings Tab

Display Settings Tab

Figure 3-13. Display Settings Tab

Toolbar Settings Tab

Figure 3-14. Toolbar Settings Tab

Starting the NI-FBUS Monitor

Starting Capture

Stopping Capture