Transmitteroperation
Procedure
•Toviewthecurrentstatusofallpossiblealarms,selectProLink→Status.T oviewstatusindicatorsin
analarmcategory,clickononeofthreetabsintheStatuswindow:Critical,Informational,orOperational.
TheStatuswindowdisplaysthecurrentstatusofallpossiblealarms,includingIgnorealarmsonthe
threepanels.Atabisredifoneormorestatusindicatorsinthatcategoryis“on.”
•AgreenLEDindicatesanInactivealarm.
•AredstatusindicatorindicatesanActivealarm.
•ToviewandacknowledgeactiveandinactiveFaultandInformationalarms,selectProLink→AlarmLog.
Toacknowledgeanalarm,checktheACKcheckbox.
ThetransmitterautomaticallyltersoutIgnorealarms.Entriesinthealarmlogaredividedintotwo
categories:HighpriorityandLowpriority.Theseprioritiescorrespondtothedefaultseveritylevels
forthetypeofalarm.Withineachcategory:
•AredLEDindicatesanActivealarm.
•AgreenLEDindicatesanInactivealarmthathasnotbeenacknowledged.
8.4.3ViewalarmsusingtheFieldCommunicator
Procedure
•PressServiceTools→AlertstoviewtheactiveFaultandInformationalalarms.Thetransmitter
automaticallyltersoutIgnorealarms.
•PressServiceTools→Alerts→RefreshAlertstorefreshtheviewoftheactivealarms.
•PressServiceTools→Alerts,andselecttheindividualalarmtoviewandacknowledgethealarm.
8.4.4InteractionoftransmitterfaultactionsandAlarmSeveritylevel
Whenanalarmconditionoccurs,thetransmitterrespondsbyreportingastatusalarm.Eachstatus
alarmhasanalarm.Alarmsareclassiedintothreeseveritylevels:Fault,Information,andIgnore.Severity
levelcontrolshowthetransmitterrespondstothealarmcondition.YoucanchangetheAlarmSeverity
forsomealarms.
Thetransmittermaintainstwostatusagsforeachalarm:
•TherststatusagindicatesActiveorInactive.
•ThesecondstatusagindicatesAcknowledgedorUnacknowledged.
Whenthetransmitterdetectsanalarmcondition,thefollowingoccurs:
•Analarmispostedforthecorrespondingalarm:
−FirststatusagissettoActive.
−SecondstatusagissettoUnacknowledged.
•Thetransmittercheckstheseveritylevelforthespecicalarm:
−IfSeverityisFault,outputsgototheirconguredFaultAction(aftertheconguredfaulttimeout
hasexpired).
−IftheSeverityisInformationorIgnore,outputsarenotaffected.Theycontinuetoreportprocess
data.
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