FBView is a powerful tool for those who want to work with Fieldbus devices.FBView provides the user with the messages that pass through the Fieldbus buses.

FBView can capture, analyze and decode the messages, showing all of the information. The information reports the message type, the address of the device that sent the message, and the address of the receiver. It is also possible to decode the messages from each level of the Fieldbus protocol.FBView is easy to use and runs on Windows NT and 2000.

The FBView needs an interface that captures the messages from the bus and sends it to the computer. The interface available is the DFI. It will also be necessary to install the SmarOLEServer to manage the Fieldbus channel.

Some Characteristics:

• Captures messages from any Fieldbus bus (ISP, FF and Profibus PA);
• The captured messages can be sent to the printer and/or saved on files;
• Decodes ISP and FF messages;
• Recognizes the message type;
• Identifies the addresses;
• Identifies the data;
• Splits the messages from each level from the protocol;
• The messages can also be displayed in the hexadecimal format;
• Messages filters. It means that it captures only the desired messages;
• Search tools. This tool is useful to find a pattern in the captured messages;
• Counts the number of captured messages;
• Verifies the FCS of the messages to check that the message was received with no errors and point out the messages with errors;
• Calculates the percentage of invalid messages;