System Maintenance
Replacing an Existing Sensor in Service
SKF Wireless Machine Condition Sensor
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Service Manual
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After the sensor’s status indicator has turned red in Device Manager, the
corresponding machine should be disabled in Analyst.
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Disable the
XML Export
in the
Plant
tab.
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Switch on the new sensor to join the network.
After the new sensor has
joined th
e
network, it will show up in the P+F gateway’s
Operating Modes
web page in the
device list.
A customized sensor must be ordered with the pre-configuration
service to join the network.
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Right-click on the gateway in Device Manager, and then execute a
Find sensors
command to import the new sensor into Device Manager.
Figure 48
.
Gateway’s Right-click Menu,
Find Sensors
Command.
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Rename the
Tag
of the new sensor to match exactly the sensor which it is
replacing.
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Switch off the new sensor. Its status indicator will eventually turn red in Device
Manager or you can force it to turn red by executing an
Update Device
Information
command.
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After the status of the new sensor has turned red, delete it from Device Manager by
right-clicking the sensor and selecting the
Delete Sensor
command.
Figure 49
.
Delete Sensor
Command.
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Close Device Manager and then re-launch it.
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Activate the new sensor with the modified Long Tag and verify that it has re-
connected to the P+F gateway.