S P I R I T
IT
F L O W- X INS T R U C T I O N M A N U A L | I M/ F L O W X - EN 3
1 Manual introduction
Purpose of this manual
This Spirit
IT
Flow-X reference manual is written for a variety of
readers:
The application developer, who is interested in all details
required to develop a complete flow measurement solution
with a Spirit
IT
Flow-X product.
The Instrumentation engineer, who selects the appropriate
flow computer model, assigns inputs and outputs and designs
transmitter loops and flow computer functionality
A more generally interested reader, who investigates whether
the capabilities and features of Spirit
IT
Flow-X will satisfy
his/her project requirements.
This manual expects the reader to be commonly acquainted with
flow measurement principles, such as turbine, orifice and
ultrasonic measurements. This manual is not an introduction to
these techniques.
Overview
This installation manual concerns the hardware related aspects
of the Spirit
IT
Flow-X product suite, as they are required for
design and installation of flow metering solutions.
In this first chapter, an introduction is given to this manual.
Various terms and definitions as used throughout this book are
given.
In chapter 2: ‘Spirit
IT
Flow-X products’ the user is presented with
an overview of the Spirit
IT
Flow-X module and models.
In chapter 3: ‘Getting started’, an overview of design
considerations is presented to assist in enclosure selection.
In the next chapters, fully detailed information is given on all
installation aspects.
In chapter 4: ‘Mechanical installation’, the mechanical details are
given for all models.
In chapter 5: ‘Electrical installation,’ electrical details are
provided: typical loop diagrams, communication, power supply,
earthing.
Chapter 6 briefly describes the operator panels.
Chapter 7 briefly describes software installation.
Chapter 8 lists the full technical specifications
Chapter 9 holds the detailed drawings including dimensions.
Chapter 10 describes a configuration sheet, which is
downloadable from our website.
Chapter 11 describes how to diagnose and calibrate the flow
computer IO.
Document conventions
When the book symbol as displayed at the left appears
in the text in this manual, a reference is made to another
section of the manual. At the referred section, more
detailed, or other relevant information is given.
When in this manual a symbol as displayed at the left
appears in the text, certain specific operating
instructions are given to the user. In such as case, the
user is assumed to perform some action, such as the
selection of a certain object, worksheet, or typing on
the keyboard.
A symbol as displayed at the left indicates that the user
may read further on the subject in one of the sample
workbooks as installed on your machine.
When an important remark is made in the manual
requiring special attention, the symbol as displayed to
the left appears in the text
This symbol is shown when a safety-related warning is
raised.
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