Endress+Hauser Levelflex FMP56, Operating Instructions Manual

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Levelflex FMP56, FMP57 FOUNDATION Fieldbus Operating menu
Hauser 167
Confirm probe length 
Navigation  Setup → Advanced setup → Probe settings → Confirm length
Description Select, whether the value displayed in the Present probe length parameter →  166
matches the actual length of the probe. Based on this input, the device performs a probe
length correction.
Selection • Probe length OK
• Probe length too small
• Probe length too big
• Probe covered
• Manual input
• Probe length unknown
Factory setting Probe length OK
Additional information Meaning of the options
• Probe length OK
To be selected if the indicated length is correct. An adjustment is not required. The
device quits the sequence.
• Probe length too small
To be selected if the displayed length is smaller than the actual length of the probe. A
different end of probe signal is allocated and the newly calculated length is displayed in
the Present probe length parameter →  166. This procedure has to be repeated until
the displayed value matches the actual length of the probe.
• Probe length too big
To be selected if the displayed length is bigger than the actual length of the probe. A
different end of probe signal is allocated and the newly calculated length is indicated in
the Present probe length parameter →  166. This procedure has to be repeated until
the displayed value matches the actual length of the probe.
• Probe covered
To be selected if the probe is (partially or completely) covered. A probe length correction
is impossible in this case. The device quits the sequence.
• Manual input
To be selected if no automatic probe length correction is to be performed. Instead, the
actual length of the probe must be entered manually into the Present probe length
parameter →  166
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• Probe length unknown
To be selected if the acutal length of the probe is unknown. A probe length correction is
impossible in this case and the device quits the sequence.
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6) When operated via FieldCare, the Manual input option needs not to be selected explicitly. In FieldCare the length of the probe can always be
edited.