LabVIEW PROFIBUS VISA Driver

PROFIBUS DP for LabVIEW

Description

LabVIEW by National Instruments is a widespread graphical test, measurement, control and automation system. It provides the user a multitude of functions for data programming, data analysis and visualization and allows the compilation of a complete test or control system on any platform. The COMSOFT PROFIBUS VISA Driver equips National Instrument's LabVIEW with a real-time PROFIBUS DP connection. The package including hardware and software is based on the COMSOFT DF PROFI II board, available in PCI, CPCI and PC104+ format. These different formats as well as the real-time VISA Driver concept can be integrated in different LabVIEW systems and platform combinations. An installation in a classical PC system under LabVIEW for Windows is just as possible as in a real-time PXI system under LabVIEW RT, e.g. as a high performance PAC system for time-critical test applications or industrial automation applications. The COMSOFT PROFIBUS VISA Driver supports DP Master and DP Slave mode. This allows data exchange with any DP slaves as well as the integration of a complete LabVIEW system as DP Slave in an already existing PROFIBUS DP network.

Technical Data

VISA Driver for up to five DF PROFI II boards Integrated PROFIBUS configuration tool CONFIGURATOR II Hardware access only 1 ms PROFIBUS DP Master and DP Slave up to 12 Mbit/s Via virtual instruments (Standard and Express VIs) direct connection between LabVIEW and PROFIBUS Easy access to process and diagnostic data Detailed example VIs for handling process and diagnostic data as well as initialization "Getting started manual" for installation and initialization Detailed VI context help System Prerequisites LabVIEW 7.1 and higher COMSOFT Product Catalogue Version 05/2008

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