2. In the Transmitter Options menu, select either Simulate Switch or PWA
Simulate.
3. Select Enable to enable PWA simulation or Disable to disable the simulation
feature.
4. Once the method is complete, select Resource → Simulate PWA in the
resource block.
If the simulation is enabled, the PWA Simulate parameter is configurable.
Otherwise it is read-only.
5. Now select Simulation On or Simulation Off from the PWA Simulate
parameter.
When PWA simulation is on, all of the PWA active parameters and the
resource and transducer block status parameters are configurable.
Otherwise they are read-only.
6. To simulate PlantWeb Alerts, select the alerts listed under Failed Active,
Maintenance Active, and Advisory Active (Resource → Simulate PWA).
7. To simulate block alarms, select the alarms listed under Detailed Status in
the resource block (Resource → Simulate PWA) or under Detailed Status in
the transducer block (Transducer → Simulate Status).
8. Select Resource → PWA SubStatus to see the active PWA alarms and masks.
Select Fail Active, Maintenance Active, or Advisory Active for active PWA
alarms.
9. Select Resource → Status → Detailed Statusor Transducer → Status →
Detailed Status to see the resource or transducer block detailed status.
8.5.1
Support resource block errors
Resource block
• Out of Service: Set whenever the resource block actual mode is out of service.
• Power Up: Set whenever the FF card powers up.
• Block Configuration Error: Configure Error is used to indicate that you had
selected an item in FEATURES_SEL or CYCLE_SEL that was not in FEATURES or
CYCLE_TYPE respectively.
• Simulation active: Set whenever the Fieldbus simulate switch is set to On at the
Fieldbus card or software simulate option enabled.
Transducer block
• Out of Service: Set whenever the transducer block actual mode is out of
service.
• Input Failure: Set whenever there is a communication error between the
Fieldbus card and the transmitter.
• Simulation Active: Set whenever the Fieldbus Simulate switch is set to On at
the Fieldbus card or the Software simulate option is enabled.
• Other error: Set whenever XD_ERROR is non-zero.
Manual
FOUNDATION
™
Fieldbus
00809-0500-4880 December 2022
Rosemount OCX8800A 129
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