
The Transducer Block
3.6 Transducer Block Examples Setup
SITRANS TH400 PROFIBUS® PA
Configuration Manual, 02/2007, A5E01039143-01
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3.6.3
Measurement of thermocouple with one sensor:
PRIMARY_VALUE_UNIT
= K, °C, °F or °R
LIN_TYPE
= Any TC
LIN_TYPE_2
= N/A (ignored in setup check)
SENSOR_MEAS_TYPE
= PV = SV_1, SV_2 not available
SENSOR_CONNECTION
= N/A (ignored in setup check)
SENSOR_CONNECTION_2
= N/A (ignored in setup check)
RJ_TYPE
= No Reference Junction, Internal,
External (constant value),
Sensor 2-wire or Sensor 3-wire
Connections:
TC,
internal CJC
TC, 2-wire,
external CJC
TC, 3-wire,
external CJC
+
-
+
-
+
-
3.6.4
Measurement of thermocouple with two sensors:
PRIMARY_VALUE_UNIT
= K, °C, °F or °R
LIN_TYPE
= Any TC
LIN_TYPE_2
= Any TC
SENSOR_MEAS_TYPE
= Anything, but not "PV = SV_1, SV_2 not available"
SENSOR_CONNECTION
= N/A (ignored in setup check)
SENSOR_CONNECTION_2
= N/A (ignored in setup check)
RJ_TYPE
= No RJ, Internal, External (constant value) or
Sensor 2-wire
Connections:
2 x TC,
internal CJC
2 x TC,
external 2-wire CJC
1
2
+ -
+ -
2
1
+ -
+ -
Connections with two
sensors can be
configured for
2 measurements,
difference, average or
redundancy