Transmitteroperation
8.3Viewtransmitterstatus
Display
SeeSection8.3.1.
ProLinkII
Prolink→Status
FieldCommunicatorOverview→CheckStatus
8.3.1ViewtransmitterstatususingthestatusLED
ThestatusLEDislocatedontheuserinterfacemoduleofthetransmitter.
Procedure
ViewthestatusLEDontheuserinterfacemoduleofthetransmitter.
•Fortransmitterswithadisplay,youcanviewthestatusLEDwiththetransmitterhousingcoverin
place.
•Fortransmitterswithoutadisplay,thetransmitterhousingcovermustberemovedtoviewthestatus
LED.
Ifthetransmitterisinahazardousarea,donotremovethehousingcoverwhilepoweris
suppliedtotheunit.Removingthehousingcoverwhilepowerissuppliedtotheunit
couldcauseanexplosion.Toviewtransmitterstatusinahazardousenvironment,usea
communicationmethodthatdoesnotrequireremovingthetransmitterhousingcover.
TointerpretthestatusLED,seeT able8-1.
Table8-19739MVDstatusLEDstates
LEDbehaviorAlarmconditionDescription
Solidgreen
NoalarmNormaloperation
FlashingyellowNoalarmZeroinprogress
Solidyellow
LowseverityalarmAlarmconditionthatwillnotcausemeasurement
error(outputscontinuetoreportprocessdata)
Solidred
HighseverityalarmAlarmconditionthatwillcausemeasurementerror
(outputsinfault)
8.4Viewandacknowledgestatusalarms
Toviewandacknowledgestatusalarms,youcanusethetransmitterdisplay,ProLinkII,orthe
FieldCommunicator.
Thetransmittermaintainstwostatusagsforastatusalarm:
•TherststatusagindicatesActiveorInactive.
•ThesecondstatusagindicatesAcknowledgedorUnacknowledged.
AnalarmisActivewhenthetransmitterdetectsthatthealarmconditionexists.AnalarmisInactivewhen
thetransmitterdetectsthatthealarmconditionhascleared.Whenanalarmisposted,itissetto
Unacknowledged.OperatoractionisrequiredtochangethestatusfromUnacknowledgedtoAcknowledged,
whetherornotthealarmisstillactive.
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