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User’s Manual
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May 2019
Functional Safety Dual Input Smart HART® Temperature Transmitter
STZ
SECTION 1
Broken Wire Detection
During operation, the STZ sends random microamp pulses through input wiring to check for
broken wiring or a burned out sensor. By default the broken wire detection is always enabled,
and this feature is essential to ensure that dangerous failure of the sensor or signal input is
detected by the STZ and consequently alarmed.
If the STZ detects a broken wire or burned out sensor during operation, the transmitter sets the
output upscale or downscale to warn of trouble. The transmitter is able to identify the sensor
wire(s) causing the problem and indicates the fault as a message to the HART Handheld/FDT
HOST, STZ display (HP version) and by setting a HART status bit. Specific error messages
eliminate the work of removing the sensor or checking all lead wires to diagnose a problem. This
feature is especially valuable during startup.
Additionally the STZ has another feature referred to as BW (Broken Wire) Holdoff Time. This
allows users to add an additional time delay before the broken wire diagnostic alert is reported.
When enabled, a Broken Wire delay of 0-60 seconds can be set. This feature prevents the
transmitter from going into a fault state when intermittent high levels, or spikes, of extraneous
plant noise is conducted onto the sensor leads.
To setup Corrosion Detection, the user captures the nominal sensor resistance value and sets
the Warning and Alarm limits. These can be set at different levels or the same level for both.
See chart below for clarification.
Selecting Warning will set a fault message on the STZ display and send a HART message to any
HART Handheld or HART monitoring HOST. In addition an alert will be sent to any FDT host that
is communicating with the transmitter. Selecting Alarm will also drive the Analog output to Fail
Mode if the sensor is assigned to the PV. If the unit is in backup mode, and the primary sensor
has a corrosion alarm, the PV will switch to the backup sensor.
2ohms
40ohms
35ohms
WARNING
RTD WIRE
RESISTANCE
RTD
Wi
re
Resistanc
e
T/C Circuit Resistanc
e
CAPTURED
VALUE
ALARM
2ohms
35ohms
Different Values
Same Values
RTD WIRE
RESISTANCE
CAPTURED
VALUE
WARNING
& ALARM
200ohms
4,000ohms
3,500ohms
3,500ohms
WARNING
T/C CIRCUIT
RESISTANCE
CAPTURED
VALUE
ALARM
200ohms
Different Values
Same Values
T/C CIRCUIT
RESISTANCE
CAPTURED
VALUE
WARNING
& ALARM