Connect to MKS Alta 1480 Device Net Mass Flow Controller

I have a MKS Alta 1480 mass flow controller (MFC), MFC Manual, Labview 8.2 and NI PCI-CAN card. I know have the MFC wired correctly because I can operate it using another program on the PC that used the deviceNet interface. I want to talk to it via Labview. Everything looks OK using measurement explorer. I have the NI-DNET pallet. I know the MACID. I have downloaded the EDS from the manufacturer.
Here is what I am lacking: A general clue about the DeviceNet interface. Is there any example code out there that could get me started? Are there any tutorials on how to figure out the Dnet protocol? I am used to serial devices command--> response. I don't know anything about Class, Object, attirbutes.
Thanks,
Joe
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Joe, you can read MFC Flow value from S-Analog Sensor Object.
Class Id 49 (0x31), Instance Id 1 (0x01), Attribute Id 6
(0x06)
The default Data Type is Integer and Data Units is counts
If you want read from assembly object, you will
have establish polled IO connection, then use Read DeviceNet IO.vi to read
flow.
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MFC Integer Flow.png ‏4 KB

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