Rockwell Automation 1788-FFCT NI-FBUS Configurator User Manual - Manual (Page 27)

Publication 1788-UM052B-EN-P - April 2002
NI-FBUS Configurator Overview 3-7
Help Window
The Help window, which appears to the right of the Configurator
Main window by default, displays help information for the object over
which you place your cursor. The text is generated from the NI-FBUS
Configurator and Device Description (DD) files. To hide the Help
window, select Window
⇒ Help Window.
Figure 3.5 Help Window
Status Window
The Status window, which appears at the bottom of the Configurator
Main window by default, displays the current status of the NI-FBUS
Configurator. When you read, write, scan, or download data to the
bus, the Status window shows the steps that the NI-FBUS Configurator
takes to accomplish the task on the Status tab.
The Status window also contains Download and Error tabs. The
Download tab is updated only when a configuration is downloaded to
the bus. The Errors tab shows any errors in the current project. To
hide the Help window, select Window
⇒ Status Window.
Status Tab
The Status tab shows live updates of what the NI-FBUS Configurator
does on the fieldbus. For example, the Status tab shows when the
NI-FBUS Configurator is reading, writing, and configuring. The Status
tab automatically appears on top when you start the NI-FBUS
Configurator.