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Section 4: Operation and Maintenance
March 2014
Operation and Maintenance
4.4.2 Field communicator
Tab le 4- 2 provides a guide to Field Communicator diagnostic messages.
Variable parameters within the text of a message are indicated with the notation <variable
parameter>. Reference to the name of another message is identified by the notation [another
message].
Table 4-2. Field Communicator Diagnostics Messages
Message Description
Add item for ALL device types or only
for this ONE device type
Asks the user whether the hot key item being added should be added for all device
types or only for the type of device that is connected.
Command Not Implemented The connected device does not support this function.
Communication Error Either a device sends back a response indicating that the message it received was
unintelligible, or the Field Communicator cannot understand the response from the
device.
Configuration memory not
compatible with connected device
The configuration stored in memory is incompatible with the device to which a
transfer has been requested.
Device Busy The connected device is busy performing another task.
Device Disconnected Device fails to respond to a command.
Device write protected Device is in write-protect mode. Data can not be written.
Device write protected. Do you still
want to shut off?
Device is in write-protect mode. Press YES to turn the Field Communicator off and
lose the unsent data.
Display value of variable on hotkey
menu?
Asks whether the value of the variable should be displayed adjacent to its label on
the hotkey menu if the item being added to the hotkey menu is a variable.
Download data from configuration
memory to device
Prompts user to press SEND softkey to initiate a memory to device transfer.
Exceed field width Indicates that the field width for the current arithmetic variable exceeds the device-
specified description edit format.
Exceed precision Indicates that the precision for the current arithmetic variable exceeds the device-
specified description edit format.
Ignore next 50 occurrences of status? Asked after displaying device status. Softkey answer determines whether next 50
occurrences of device status will be ignored or displayed.
Illegal character An invalid character for the variable type was entered.
Illegal date The day portion of the date is invalid.
Illegal month The month portion of the date is invalid.
Illegal year The year portion of the date is invalid.
Incomplete exponent The exponent of a scientific notation floating point variable is incomplete.
Incomplete field The value entered is not complete for the variable type.
Looking for a device Polling for multidropped devices at addresses 1–15.
Mark as read only variable on hotkey
menu?
Asks whether the user should be allowed to edit the variable from the hotkey menu
if the item being added to the hotkey menu is a variable.
No device configuration in
configuration memory
There is no configuration saved in memory available to re-configure off-line or
transfer to a device.
No Device Found Poll of address zero fails to find a device, or poll of all addresses fails to find a device
if auto-poll is enabled.
No hotkey menu available for this
device.
There is no menu named “hotkey” defined in the device description for this device.
No offline devices available. There are no device descriptions available to be used to configure a device offline.
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