Option
Description
Setup
Polling
The meter polls an external
device for temperature data.
This data will be available in
addition to the internal RTD
temperature data.
a. Set
Line Temperature Source
to Poll for External Value.
b. Set
Polling Slot
to an available slot.
c. Set
Polling Control
to Poll as Primary or Poll as Secondary.
Option
Description
Poll as Primary
No other HART masters will be on the
network. The Field Communicator is
not a HART master.
Poll as Secondary Other HART masters will be on the
network. The Field Communicator is
not a HART master.
d. Set
External Device Tag
to the HART tag of the
temperature device.
e. Click
Apply
.
mA input
An external device sends
temperature data to the meter
via the mA input. This data will
be available in addition to the
internal temperature data.
a. Set Channel D to operate as an mA input.
b. Set
mA Input Assignment
to External Temperature.
c. Set
Pressure Source
to mA Input.
Digital
communications
A host writes temperature data
to the meter at appropriate
intervals. This data will be
available in addition to the
internal RTD temperature data.
a. Set
Line Temperature Source
to Fixed Value or Digital
Communications.
b. Click
Apply
.
c. Perform the necessary host programming and
communications setup to write temperature data to the
meter at appropriate intervals.
3. (A, B, C, and D tables only) Choose the method you will use to supply pressure data, and perform the
required setup.
Configuration and Use Manual
Configure process measurement applications
MMI-20025166
March 2019
Configuration and Use Manual
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