Configureprocessmeasurement
OptionsforTemperatureMeasurementUnitareshowninTable5-10.
Table5-10OptionsforTemperatureMeasurementUnit
Label
DescriptionDisplayProLinkIIFieldCommunicator
DegreesCelsius°CdegCdegC
DegreesFahrenheit
°F
degFdegF
DegreesRankine
°R
degRdegR
Kelvin
°K
degKKelvin
5.7.2ConfigureTemperatureDamping
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ProLinkII
ProLink→Conguration→Temperature→TempDamping
FieldCommunicatorCongure→ManualSetup→Measurements→Temperature→TempDamping
Dampingisusedtosmoothoutsmall,rapiductuationsinprocessmeasurement.TheDampingValue
speciesthetimeperiod(inseconds)overwhichthetransmitterwillspreadchangesinthereported
processvariable.Attheendoftheinterval,thereportedprocessvariablewillreect63%ofthechange
intheactualmeasuredvalue.
Tips
•Ahighdampingvaluemakestheprocessvariableappearsmootherbecausethereportedvalue
mustchangeslowly.
•Alowdampingvaluemakestheprocessvariableappearmoreerraticbecausethereported
valuechangesmorequickly.
Procedure
EnterthedesiredvalueforTemperatureDamping.
Thedefaultvalueis4.8seconds.Therangeis0.0secondsto38.4seconds.
WhenyouenteravalueforTemperatureDamping,thetransmitterautomaticallyroundsitdowntothe
nearestvalidvalue.ValidvaluesforTemperatureDampingare0,0.6,1.2,2.4,4.8,…38.4.
EffectofTemperatureDamping
TemperatureDampingaffectstheresponsespeedfortemperaturecompensation.Temperature
compensationadjustsprocessmeasurementtocompensatefortheeffectoftemperatureonsensor
tubestiffness.
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