KurzB‐SeriesOperationsGuide4–24
Program ModeAdvanced Setup
Option 10 — Setting Up the NE-43 Alarm
TheflowmetersupportstheNAMURspecificationNE‐43alarmonthe4‐20mAsignal.Therange
forthenon‐alarmedanalogoutputsignalisbetween3.8and20.5mA.
Figure 4‐1. 4‐20mAoperationwiththeNE‐43alarm
ThefollowingflowmetererroreventscauseaNE‐43alarm:
• Externalanaloginputoutofrange
• Sensortypedoesnotmatchboardbuild
• UnabletowriteconfigurationfiletoEEPROM
• Abnormalsensornodevoltages
• Sensortypedoesnotmatchconfiguration
• Sensorover‐voltagecrowbarengaged
• Sensorcontroldrivestoppedresponding
• ADCfailedtoconvertmeasurement
• Highsensororwireleakage
• Rpssensorleadopencircuit
• Wireloopresistanceabovehighlimit
• Rtcresistancebelowlowlimitandabovehighlimit
• Rpresistancebelowlowlimitandabovehighlimit
• Flowrateabovedesignlimit
ToaccesstheNE‐43AlarmSetupmenuinProgrammode:
1> PressP.
2> EntertheAdvancedaccesscode,andthenpressE.
3> Press 2toinvoketheQuickJumpoption.
4> Press10fortheNE‐43AlarmSetupmenu,andthenpressE.
NE-43 ALARM TYPE
>HIGH OUTPUT ^v
TheNE‐43alarmtypepromptappears.
— ALOWOUTPUTdrivesthe4‐20mAoutputto≤3.6mAwhenameterfaultoccurs.
— AHIGHOUTPUTdrivesthe4‐20mAoutputto≥21mAwhenameterfaultoccurs.
NE-43 Alarm
(low value kick-out)
NE-43 Alarm
(high value kick-out)
Saturate Saturate
Normal Operation
3.6 3.8 20.5 210 mA