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Pointek CLS 500 – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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Calculate the capacitance for a time constant of 65
μ
Sec, using the following formula:
(time constant = Resistance * Capacitance)
is the sum of the load resistor and cable resistance.
is the sum of the cable capacitance and the capacitances of the connected
device/devices.
The time constant of the complete setup is given by:
Where
= The resistance of the HART sensing resistor
= The resistance per meter of cable
= the length of the cable
= the capacitance of the LC500 = 68 nF
= the capacitance per meter of cable
Example
A twisted pair cable with a conductor cross-section of 1 mm
2
(AWG 18 equivalent) has
a copper resistance of 73.6 Ohm/km and a capacitance of 100 pF/m (or 1 nF/10m).
For a standard 250 Ohm sensing resistance, with a 100 meter cable:
= 250 Ohm
= 0.0736 Ohm/meter
= 100 m
= 68 nF
= 0.1 nF/m
Since 20
s
is less than 65
s
, 100 meters of this cable is suitable.
Multi-drop applications: maximum cable length
In a multi-drop application, the total capacitance of all the devices must be calculated.
With three devices, at 3 x 68 nF, the allowable cable length will be considerably limited.
Terminals
Pointek CLS500 is equipped with two terminal blocks, both insensitive to polarity.
•
One terminal block
connects the instrument cable (loop power).
Notes:
•
If the device is part of a multi-drop setup, Pointek CLS500 sets the current to 4 mA,
which inhibits analog signalling, including fault signalling.
•
Multi-drop is a HART mode where devices are set to a fixed current, and the
device is interrogated periodically. The maximum number of devices on one loop
is 15, one of which can be an analog mode device.
t
R C
=
R
C
t
Rsense Rcable L
+
Cdevice Ccable L
+
=
Rsense
Rcable
L
Cdevice
Ccable
Rsense
Rcable
L
Cdevice
Ccable
t
Rsense Rcable L
+
Cdevice Ccable L
+
=
t
250 0.0736 100
+
68
9
–
10
0.1
9
–
10
100
+
=
t
20
s
=