(1)LabVIEWPROFIBUSVISADriver PROFIBUSDPforLabVIEW TheCOMSOFTPROFIBUSVISADriverequipsNationalInstrument'sLabVIEWwithareal-timePROFIBUS-DPconnectionprovidingapowerfulextensionoftheapplicationrangeinthetestandautomationsector. ThepackageincludinghardwareandsoftwareisbasedontheCOMSOFTDFPROFIIIboard,availableinPCI,PCIe,CompactPCIandPC104+format.Thesedifferentformatsaswellasthereal-timeVISAdriverconceptcanbeintegratedindifferentLabVIEWsystemsandplatformcombinations. AninstallationinaclassicalPCsystemunderLabVIEWforWindowsisjustaspossibleasinareal-timePXIsystemunderLabVIEWRT,e.g.asahighperformancePACsystemfortime-criticaltestapplicationsorindustrialautomationapplications. TheCOMSOFTPROFIBUSVISADriversupportsDPMasterandDPSlavemode.ThisallowsdataexchangewithanyDPSlavesaswellastheintegrationofacompleteLabVIEWsystemasDPSlaveinanalreadyexistingPROFIBUSDPnetwork. ThePROFIBUSDPprocessanddiagnosticdatacanbeaccessedinasimplemanner.TheboardinitializationandthedatahandlingaredemonstratedindetailedexampleVIs,whichalsocanbeusedfortheimmediatestart-upofthePROFIBUS. InadditiontothestandardVIinterface,LabVIEWexpressVIsareavailableprovidingaplugandplayintegrationofthePROFIBUSDPprocessanddiagnosticdataintotheapplication. TechnicalData: VISADriverforuptofiveDFPROFIIIboards IntegratedPROFIBUSconfigurationtool CONFIGURATORII Hardwareaccessonly1ms PROFIBUSDPMasterandDPSlaveupto12Mbit/s Viavirtualinstruments(StandardandExpressVIs)directconnectionbetweenLabVIEWandPROFIBUS Easyaccesstoprocessanddiagnosticdata DetailedexampleVIsforhandlingprocessanddiagnosticdataaswellasinitialization Gettingstartedmanual forinstallationandinitialization DetailedVIcontexthelp SupportingLabVIEWVersion7.1andhigher (2)LabVIEWDriverFORFNL EthernetbasedPROFIBUSDPconnectionforNationalInstrumentsLabVIEW TheEthernet/PROFIBUSGatewayFNLisavailablewithaLabVIEWDriver easytointegrateviaTCP/IPsocketinterface. FNLsupportsPROFIBUSDPV0Masterclass1,DPV1Masterclass2andDPSlave.EthernetandPROFIBUSDPconfigurationaregeneratedviafullgraphicaltools,includedinthedelivery.ThepackagealsoincludesLabVIEWsampleVIsincl.sourcecodeforaneasyintegration. TechnicalData: IntegratedPROFIBUSDPconfigurationtool PROFIBUSDPV0Masterclass1,DPV1Masterclass2andDPSlave SystemPrerequisites:LabVIEW7.1andhigher