
Diagnosing and troubleshooting
10.3 Operation troubleshooting
SITRANS LR250 with FOUNDATION FIELDBUS
Operating Instructions, 09/2021, A5E32221411-AH
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Symptom
Cause
Action
Reading does not
change, but the level
does
SITRANS LR250 processing wrong
echo, for example, vessel wall, or
structural member
•
re-locate SITRANS LR250
•
check nozzle for internal burrs or welds
•
rotate device 90°
•
use
Auto False Echo Suppression (2.5.10.1.)
•
if necessary: see Auto False Echo Suppression (Page 238)
Measurement is con-
sistently off by a con-
stant amount
•
setting for
Low Calibration
Point (2.3.7.1.)
not correct
•
setting for
Sensor Offset
(2.3.7.3.)
not correct
•
check distance from sensor reference point to
Low Cali-
bration Point (2.3.7.1.)
•
check
Sensor Offset (2.3.7.3.)
Screen blank
power error
•
check nameplate rating against voltage supply
•
check power wiring or source
too much load resistance
•
change barrier type, or
•
remove something from the loop, or
•
increase supply voltage
•
reduce wire distance or use larger gage wire
Reading erratic
echo confidence weak
•
refer to
Confidence (2.5.9.1.)
•
use
Auto False Echo Suppression (2.5.10.1.)
and
Auto
False Echo Suppression Range (2.5.10.2.)
•
use foam deflector or stillpipe
liquid surface vortexed
•
decrease
Fill Rate (2.3.8.2..)
•
relocate device to side pipe
•
increase confidence threshold in
Echo Threshold (2.5.7.3.)
material filling
•
Re-locate SITRANS LR250
Reading response slow
Fill Rate (2.3.8.2.)
setting incor-
rect
•
increase measurement response if possible
Reads correctly but
occasionally reads high
when vessel is not full
•
detecting close range echo
•
build up near top of vessel or
nozzle
•
nozzle problem
•
clean the antenna
•
use
Auto False Echo Suppression (2.5.10.1.)
and
Auto
False Echo Suppression Range (2.5.10.2.)
Level reading lower
than actual material
level
•
material is within Near Range
zone
•
multiple echoes processed
•
decrease
Near Range (2.5.1.)
(minimum value depends on
antenna type)
•
raise SITRANS LR250
•
ensure
Algorithm (2.5.7.1.)
is set to t
F
(First echo)
•
vessel near empty and low dK
material
•
ensure
Material (1.2.)
selection is LIQUID LOW DK
•
set
Position Detect (2.5.7.2.)
to
Hybrid
•
check the setting for
CLEF Range (2.5.7.4.):
see the table
below
Propogation Factor (2.5.3.)
for recommended set-
tings
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