Important Note: For new designs, National Instruments recommends the cFP-2220 controller. The cFP-2220 provides a more than two times performance increase at a lower cost.
The National Instruments Compact FieldPoint 2120 industrial-grade programmable automation controller for embedded control or distributed I/O applications is designed for ease of use. No programming experience is required. You can create full-featured applications that include data logging, thousands of analog and digital inputs and outputs, advanced signal processing and analysis algorithms, PIDs, and even motion control with LabVIEW Real-Time. You then can deploy the application directly onto the NI cFP-2120. The cFP-2120 features a 10/100BaseT Ethernet port, four serial ports, removable CompactFlash storage, and extended DRAM memory for larger and more advanced applications. Control engineers typically use NI cFP-21xx controllers in industrial environments to run PID control loops; actuate valves and motors; take measurements; perform real-time analysis and simulation; log data; and communicate over serial, phone, and Ethernet. Once deployed, the controller can communicate peer-to-peer with other cFP-21xx intelligent FieldPoint controllers or other Ethernet-based devices. In addition, the cFP-2120 interface automatically publishes I/O data through a built-in Web server to a PC running LabVIEW or to your choice of OPC client or HMI/SCADA software.
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Installation and integration test of all individual hardware
Courtesy installation of system driver sets and application development environments
Extended warranty and calibration coverage for up to five years
Custom documentation plus a custom restore and startup utility
This service is only available for PXI, NI CompactRIO, and NI Compact FieldPoint systems.
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
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.
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.
