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7 Explanations Volume 3
7.7
Software Versions
Two programs are needed to operate the SENSseries:
• Embedded Software: It is stored in the SENSseries (hardware).
• Device Description (DD): It is stored on the HART
®
Communi-
cator.
To ensure that operation works smoothly, the DD version has to
correspond to the embedded software on the SENSseries.
Proceed as follows to find the revision of the Device Description
(DD) LB 480. The Device Description is the user interface the
HART
®
Communicator requires to operate the respective device,
e.g. the SENSseries LB 480. Each device requires its own DD.
7.7.1 Software Management
Show software versions
If the Start menu is not displayed, push HOME to go to the Start
menu.

Exit the Start menu by selecting the button "to the left".

Select
UTILITY
.

Select
SIMULATION
.

Select
BERTHOLD TECHNOLOGIES
.

Select LB 480
.
Here you can read the revision of the Device Revision (Dev vX) and
the Device Description (DD vX).
Type of modifications
HART
®
distinguishes two different types of software modifications:
• Modifications affecting functions and thus the DD and the
embedded software.
This type of modification will affect the compatibility to previous
software versions.
• Modifications which only affect the DD or only the embedded
software.
These modifications do not affect the compatibility to the previ-
ous software version.
Example:
If a new function is added which allows you to enable or disable the
digital input of the SENSseries then the embedded software has to
be changed.
Likewise, a selection option has to be provided in the DD. Since this
function was not yet implemented in previous versions, this will lead
to incompatibilities with older software versions.