QuickstartwiththeFieldCommunicator
YoucanconnecttheFieldCommunicatortotheHARTclipsonthetransmitter,toanypointinalocal
HARTloop,ortoanypointinaHARTmultidropnetwork.
Ifthetransmitterisinahazardousarea,donotremovethehousingcoverwhilepoweris
beingsuppliedtotheunit.Removingthehousingcoverwhilepowerissuppliedtotheunit
couldcauseanexplosion.Toaccesstransmitterinformationinahazardousenvironment,
useacommunicationmethodthatdoesnotrequireremovingthetransmitterhousingcover.
Important
IftheHARTsecurityswitchissettoON,HARTprotocolcannotbeusedtoperformanyactionthat
requireswritingtothetransmitter.Forexample,youcannotchangetheconguration,resettotalizers,
orperformcalibrationusingthe
FieldCommunicatororProLinkIIwithaHARTconnection.Whenthe
HARTsecurityswitchissettoOFF,nofunctionsaredisabled.
Procedure
1.ToconnecttotheHARTclips:
a.Removethetransmitterhousingcover.
b.AttachtheleadsfromtheFieldCommunicatortotheHARTclipsonthefaceofthetransmitter
andaddresistanceasnecessary.
TheFieldCommunicatormustbeconnectedacrossaresistanceof250–600Ω.
Tip
HARTconnectionsarepolarity-insensitive.Itdoesnotmatterwhichleadyouattachtowhich
terminal.
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