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purchase a link upgrade for each link in excess of four. To do so, download 
the order form from 

ni.com/fieldbus

.

The connection to one interface port on the interface board or linking devices is 

viewed as one link by the NI-FBUS Configurator, regardless of how many links might 
actually be joined by repeaters. This is important for software licensing of the NI-FBUS 
Configurator.

If you want to use the board or linking device to read and write values only 
(but not configure) and you are a programmer, you can make calls to the 
API in the NI-FBUS Communications Manager and do not need the 
NI-FBUS Configurator. This is possible only if you already have used 
third-party hardware and configuration software to configure the link.

Table 1-1 describes the National Instruments Fieldbus software.

Table 1-1.  National Instruments Fieldbus Software

NI-FBUS 
Communications 
Manager

NIFB process

This must be running 
for you to use your 
HSE linking device as 
a Fieldbus interface to 
communicate between 
the linking device and 
the bus.

nifb.exe

NI-FBUS Interface 
Configuration Utility

Interface Config

Used to configure your 
HSE link and HSE 
linking device.

fbconf.exe

NI-FBUS 
Configurator

NI-FBUS 
Configurator

Used to configure the 
devices on the bus, 
set the parameters for 
control loops, and 
other Fieldbus 
configuration tasks.

fcs.exe