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National Instruments Corporation 1-1 FieldPoint FP-3000 User Manual
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FP-3000 Network Module
Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the FP-3000 network module.
Overview of the FP-3000 Network Module
The FP-3000 is an intelligent network interface and controller module that
manages a bank of up to nine FieldPoint I/O modules and terminal bases.
The FP-3000 network module and the terminal bases snap together to form
a high-speed data bus for communications between the FP-3000 network
module and any I/O modules in the bank. The FP-3000 includes an H1
Fieldbus interface for direct connection to an H1 FOUNDATION Fieldbus
segment. A Fieldbus segment is a multidrop network and can consist of up
to 32 H1-compliant devices. You can connect a Fieldbus segment to up to
32 FP-3000 network modules. Figure 1-1 shows an FP-3000 connected to
a Fieldbus network.