SIPART PS2 with and without HART 
Operating Instructions, 10/2013, A5E00074631-11 
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  Alarm, error, and system messages 
 
Output of system messages in the display 
10.1.1
 
System messages before initialization 
Remarks about the tables: 
 
stands for variable numeric values 
(slash): the texts on the left and right of the slash flash alternately 
Messages before initialization (first commissioning) 
 
  X   
X 
Message after application of electrical 
auxiliary power 
•  Maintenance 
  X    Potentiometer voltage of a non-initialized 
positioner (P-manual mode) (actual position 
value in % of the measuring range) 
•  Check whether the entire actuator travel 
can be covered using the "+" and "-" 
buttons and "P---" is never displayed 
•  Execute the initialization process 
  X    Measuring range was exceeded, the 
potentiometer is in the inactive zone, the 
transmission ratio selectors or the effective 
lever arm are not adjusted as per the 
actuator travel 
•  Switch the transmission ratio selector to 
90° especially in case of part-turn 
actuators 
•  Adjust the effective lever length of linear 
actuators as per the measuring range 
    X  Positioner is not initialized 
•  Start initialization 
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