Field Point marked as invalid in project

I have posted a question regarding Field Point issues. If you have Field Point experience could you please check the post.
I'm posting here to reach a broader audience.
Thanks.
Mark Yedinak
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

Hello Mark,
Based on the behavior you've described, I would check the local .iak configuration file, which may have become corrupted during the crash. With newer versions of the driver (which you'd be using in 2012) you rarely need to interact with the iak file directly but there's still a local copy cached and this is what's loaded when you add a FieldPoint to a project. You may also want to double-check that the FP controller, module, and channel names don't have any odd characters that would interfere with resolving a network path (eg @ / \ % etc.).
Regards,
Tom L.

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