Reference Manual
748384-C
September 2003
Rosemount Analytical Inc. A Division of Emerson Process Management Analyzer Variables
2-1
NGA2000 Reference
SECTION 2
ANALYZER VARIABLES
2-1 INTRODUCTION
This section describes the NGA analyzer
variables. This description is taken from the
"CSV" files that are used to build the software
for each NGA module, and where conflicts
exist, the "CSV" file takes precedence.
The following variables are defined in the
analyzer module and are also used by the I/0
module:
CALSTAT PVACEMS
CONTROL PVU
GAS RNGHI
GENERALSTATE RNGLO
I_TIME SVCONT
IOHOLDCAL SVNAME
MAXRANGE TAG
MINRANGE
TIME_LEFT
OPSTATUS VALIDITY
PROCESS
AFT90
Direction Bidirectional
Binding
AFT90
Type
4-element floating point
Value range
0.0-30
Units Seconds
Description
Determines the filter time constant for the primary reading. This may be different
for each range - element 1 applies to range 1 and so on.
Usage
Setting this to 0 removes 0 filtering. Setting it to less than about 1 second
removes most of the median filtering, if the analyzer has any. Setting it higher will
remove noise from the signal, but at the expense of response time. Those
analyzers with inherently long response time, such as long cell IR analyzers,
should use larger numbers. Otherwise, set this as large as is consistent with the
response time you wish to obtain.
See also
LONPVUPDATE
AMDELAYTIME
ALARM_LVL
Direction Bidirectional
Binding
None
Type Enumerated
Value range
ANY; WARNING; FAILURE; SAFETY FAILURE
Units None
Description
Determines the level of alarm reported over the network.
Usage
The alarm task will report any alarms of equal or higher value than that selected.
It is impossible to stop safety failure alarms from being reported, although
currently these are only present in the FID analyzer. This variable may be
superseded in releases later than 2.2.
See also