What to do with 30p in final cut

I have a Canon HG21 and I have always shot in 60i. Tonight I shot a short clip in pf30. WHile looking at the camera's LCD screen while recording I noticed how un-smooth and choppy the video was, especially while panning...even slowly. After I transferred in FCP (7.0) the video in the canvas looks much smoother, but looks like crap on my HD LCD vizio monitor I have connected via HDMI to a black magic intensity card.
I realize the camera saves to pf30 in a 60i container on my camera, and when I transfer it into FCP it probably only sees the 60i.
I have read the links people have posted about this topic but am still fairly confused. Do I need to export this pf30 clip to compressor and apply frame control settings like output fields and deinterlace options? If so, what do I need to do to correctly make this video 30 frames progressive for editing in FCP instead of 60i?
Thanks!

I have now attached a copy of my VI. What I've been asked to do is produce a sine wave with the amplitude and frequency adjustable via controls on the front panel, which I have done. However I also need to display a section afterwards. I know I can wire up a control to the phase of the simulate signal VI, so do I have to just use the simulate signal VI twice, once with the full sine wave and once with the phase shift, or is there a less convoluted way of doing this?
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