Important
If you plan to use an external temperature device, you must set
Temperature Measurement Unit
to the unit
used by the external device.
Options for Temperature Measurement Unit
The transmitter provides a standard set of units for
Temperature Measurement Unit
. Different
communications tools may use different labels for the units.
Unit description
Label
Display
ProLink III
Field communicator
Degrees Celsius
°C
°C
degC
Degrees Fahrenheit
°F
°F
degF
Degrees Rankine
°R
°R
degR
Kelvin
°K
°K
Kelvin
8.2.2 Configure Temperature Damping using a field communicator
Field communicator
Configure
→
Manual Setup
→
Measurements
→
Temperature
→
Temp Damping
Temperature Damping
controls the amount of damping that will be applied to the sample temperature
value, when the on-board temperature data is used (RTD).
Damping is used to smooth out small, rapid fluctuations in process measurement.
Damping Value
specifies
the time period (in seconds) over which the transmitter will spread changes in the process variable. At the end
of the interval, the internal value will reflect 63% of the change in the actual measured value.
Tip
Temperature Damping
affects all process variables, compensations, and corrections that use temperature
data from the sensor.
Procedure
Enter the value you want to use for
Temperature Damping
.
The default value is 4.8 seconds. The range is 0 to 38.4 seconds.
Tip
•
A high damping value makes the process variable appear smoother because the reported value changes
slowly.
•
A low damping value makes the process variable appear more erratic because the reported value changes
more quickly.
•
Whenever the damping value is non-zero, the reported measurement will lag the actual measurement
because the reported value is being averaged over time.
•
In general, lower damping values are preferable because there is less chance of data loss, and less lag time
between the actual measurement and the reported value.
The value you enter is automatically rounded to the nearest valid value. Valid values for
Temperature
Damping
are 0, 0.6, 1.2, 2.4, 4.8, … 38.4.
Configure process measurement using a field communicator
Configuration and Use Manual
March 2021
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