NI PCMCIA-FBUS/2 Series 2

The National Instruments PCMCIA-FBUS/2 Series 2 is a 2-port interface for connecting FOUNDATION Fieldbus devices to standard notebook personal computers. NI PCMCIA-FBUS Series 2 interfaces, which connect to H1 (31.25 kb/s) networks, are alsoavailable in a 1-port configuration. NI-FBUS CM (communications manager) software for Windows 2000/NT/XP is included with each interface. NI-FBUS CM provides a very-high-level interface to FOUNDATION Fieldbus devices without requiring in-depth knowledge of lower-level Fieldbus protocols. HMI and DCS applications can use NI-FBUS CM for data collection and control on Fieldbus. Applications for the PCMCIA-FBUS/2 Series 2include portable data logging and field configuration and maintenance of devices and networks.

Upgrade Options
The legacy PCMCIA-FBUS/2 (Series 1) cards cannot work with some 3.3 V PCMCIA controllers such as the O2Micro Cardbus controllers. Because the Series 2 cards have solved this compatibility issue, National Instruments provides trade-in options, under which you can upgrade your legacy PCMCIA-FBUS/2 cards to new Series 2 cards. For more information, please download the upgrade form (US Customers) (Canadian Customers).

Additional Product Information

Extended Warranties

National Instruments designs and manufactures all products to minimize failures, however unexpected failures can still occur. Extended warranties provide a fixed economical price at the time of system purchase, covering any repair costs for up to three years. In addition, they offer the following benefits:

• Significant cost savings compared to individual repair incidents
• Fault location, diagnostics, and repair by NI any time the system product fails
• All parts and labor costs covered as well as any adjustments needed to restore the hardware to manufacturing specifications

For more information about your warranty options:

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• Talk to an Expert About Extended Warranties
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Calibration

NI recognizes the need to maintain properly calibrated devices for high-accuracy measurements. NI provides manual calibration procedures, services to recalibrate your products, and automated calibration software to calibrate many NI measurement products.

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Training

NI training is the fastest, most certain route to productivity with NI tools and successful application development.

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Repair Services

Return your registered product under warranty at no additional labor and parts cost. NI offers fault location, diagnostics, and repair any time the system fails as well as any adjustments needed to restore the hardware to manufacturing specifications.

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• Contact NI to obtain a Return Material Authorization (RMA) form and shipping instructions.
• View your RMA support request status online.
• Register your product.

Technical Support

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