Table of Contents
Measurement at a Glance
Notes on Safety . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
1
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
1.1
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
1.2
Measuring principle . . . . . . . . . . .
7
2
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
2.1
Probes and sensors . . . . . . . . . . .
8
2.2
Silometer installation . . . . . . . . . . .
9
2.3
Transmitter wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4
Sensor connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.5
Technical data: Silometer FMX 570 transmitter . 14
3
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1
Commutec operating matrix . . . . . . . . 15
3.2
Configuration and display . . . . . . . . . 16
4
Calibration and Operation
. . . . . . . 17
4.1
Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.2
Calibration for level measurement . . . . . . 18
4.3
Calibration for linear volume or weight
measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.4
»Dry calibration« for open vessels . . . . . 20
4.5
Level offset value . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.6
Measured value display
. . . . . . . . . 23
4.7
Locking the parameter matrix . . . . . . . 23
5
Linearization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.1
Linearization for a horizontal cylindrical tank
. 25
5.2
Linearization for a tank with conical outlet
. . 26
5.3
Other modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6
Analogue Outputs
. . . . . . . . . .
30
6.1
Analogue output settings . . . . . . . . . 31
7
Trouble-Shooting . . . . . . . . . . .
33
7.1
Trouble-shooting tables . . . . . . . . . 33
7.2
Simulated operating mode . . . . . . . . 35
7.3
Exchanging transmitters, probes and electronic
inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
7.4
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
8
Quick programming guide . . . . . . .
38
8.1
Level measurement . . . . . . . . . . . 38
8.2
Continuous volume measurement (linearization) 39
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Operating matrix
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