Programmatically change the IAK on the fieldpoint controller.

Inside a g-based program.

Rascal,
If you are referring to changing the IAK file programmatically on the host see the following Knowledge Base:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/AD7E2B97C60086B886256DDE006FBED2?OpenDocument
Changing the item names that are downloaded on to the controller is not supported, but here is a possible solution (untested):
1. Download the item names to your controller.
2. FTP to the controller and then change the name of the following file: ftp:///NI-RT/SYSTEM/fpbank.ini. This is the file that holds the I/O modules names.
3. Repeat the previous two steps until you download several different sets of item names to the controller.
4. When you want to switch which configuration you are using just use the file I/O VIs to ch
ange the name of the item name file to fpbank.ini.
5. You may have to restart the controller before the new item names are valid.
As I said this is completely untested and unsupported, but a possible solution to want it seems you want to do.
On a side note you should try to be a little less harsh to people who are just trying to help you out.
Ames
Applications Engineering
National Instruments

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