GE DigitalFlow XGS868i, Programming Manual

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Appendix E. Foundation Fieldbus Communications
144 DigitalFlow™ XGS868i Programming Manual
E.2 Configuration Utility Setup
The following is an example setup using National Instruments Configuration Utility v3.1.
Figure 56 shows the Configuration Utility with a flowmeter on the network (GE Flow-XGM).
Figure 56: Configuration Utility Setup Example
Note:
The following procedures assume that the device has been placed in the OOS (out-of-service) mode before
executing.
E.3 Selecting the Desired Measurements
To set the measurement unit for each AI:
1. Double click on the
FLOW
Transducer Block (in the tree under
GEFlow-XGM
).
2. Select the
Others
tab and open the drop down list for the
PRIMARY_SELECTOR
and
SECONDARY_SELECTOR
(refer
to Figure 57 on page 145).
3. Choose the unit from the list (see Figure 57 on page 145).
This unit will correspond to the unit that is available in the AI block for network connection. The
PRIMARY_SELECTOR
unit will correspond to
ANALOG_INPUT_1
and the
SECONDARY_SELECTOR
will correspond to
ANALOG_INPUT_2
.
XGM