Unable to download simple PID loop configuration.

We have Foundation Fieldbus demonstration setup with Yokogawa's Flow meter , Positioner and Valve.
NI-FBUS configurator Ver 3.2 is used. We are  trying to set up simple PID loop with AI & PID blocks of Flow meter & AO block of Positioner.
We are unable to download the configuration.The error messages are
ERROR-NIFCONF-ERR-CONFIGURATION FAILED,Error Code - 1057
ERROR-NIF-ERR-MULTIPLE,ERROR code -3
Kindly provide solutions to the above problem
Regards,
Bhagyashree

The error ERROR-NIF-ERR-MULTIPLE indicates that there exists duplicated block tags in the configurator. Please check the block tags in your PID loop configuration, make sure that there are no duplicated tag names.
Feilian (Vince) Shen

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