Parameter description (FF configuration program) Cerabar S/Deltabar S/Deltapilot S FOUNDATION Fieldbus
46 Endress+Hauser
Acknowledge Option/
ACK_OPTION
Selection
Index: 38
Data type: bit string
Access: auto, OOS
Use this parameter to specify the process alarm to be acknowledged automatically as soon as
it is detected by the fieldbus host system. If the option is activated for a process alarm, this
process alarm is acknowledged automatically by the fieldbus host system.
Options:
• DiscAlm: write protection alarm
• BlockAlm: block alarm
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Note!
The message has to be acknowledged via the Block Alarm/BLOCK_ALM parameter,
UNACKNOWLEDGE element for process alarms for which automatic confirmation is not
active.
Factory setting:
The option is not active for any process alarm, i.e. every process alarm message must be
acknowledged manually.
Write Priority/
WRITE_PRI
Entry
Index: 39
Data type: unsigned8
Access: read only
If write protection is disabled, an alarm is issued. Use this parameter to specify the priority
which should be assigned to this alarm.
Input range:
•0 to 15
• 0: The alarm is suppressed.
• 15: Critical alarm with the highest priority.
Write Alarm/
WRITE_ALM
Display
Index: 40
Data type: DS-72
Access: read only
The Write Alarm/WRITE_ALM parameter is a structured parameter consisting of five
elements.
UNACKNOWLEDGED
• If the "Deactivated" option was selected for the alarm that occurred by means of the
Acknowledge Option/ACK_OPTION parameter, this alarm can only be acknowledged by
means of this element.
ALARM_STATE
• Displays the status of the write protection alarm.
TIME_STATE
• Displays the time when the alarm occurred.
SUB_CODE
• Displays the reason why the alarm was reported.
VALUE
• Displays the value of the corresponding parameter at the time the alarm was reported.
ITK Version/ITK_VER
Display
Index: 41
Data type: unsigned16
Access: read only
Displays the revision version of the interoperability test kit (ITK).
Alarm Summary/
ALARM_SUM
Display, selection
Index: 45
Data type: DS-74
Access: auto, OOS
The Alarm Summary/ALARM_SUM parameter is a structured parameter consisting of four
elements.
CURRENT
• Displays the current status of the process alarms in the Resource Block.
The following alarms are possible: DiscAlm and BlockAlm.
UNACKNOWLEDGED
• Displays the process alarms not confirmed.
UNREPORTED
• Displays the process alarms not reported.
DISABLED
• Possibility of deactivating process alarms.
Resource Block
Parameter Description