Vega POINTRAC 31 - Diagnostics and servicing; 9.1 Maintenance; 9.2 Status messages

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9 Diagnostics and servicing
POINTRAC 31 • 8/16 mA/HART - four-wire
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9 Diagnostics and servicing
9.1 Maintenance
If the instrument is used correctly, no maintenance is required in
normal operation.
The corresponding source container must be checked in regular
intervals.Youcanndfurtherinformationintheoperatinginstructions
manual of the source container.
9.2 Status messages
The instrument features self-monitoring and diagnostics according to
NE 107 and VDI/VDE 2650. In addition to the status messages in the
following tables, detailed error messages are available under menu
item "Diagnostics" via the display and adjustment module, PACTware/
DTM and EDD.
The status messages are divided into the following categories:
•
Failure
•
Function check
•
Outofspecication
•
Maintenance requirement
and explained by pictographs:
41 2 3
Fig. 20: Pictographs of the status messages
1 Failure - red
2 Outofspecication-yellow
3 Function check - orange
4 Maintenance - blue
Failure: Due to a malfunction in the instrument, a fault message is
outputted.
This status message is always active. It cannot be deactivated by the
user.
Function check: The instrument is being worked on, the measured
value is temporarily invalid (for example during simulation).
This status message is inactive by default. It can be activated by the
user via PACTware/DTM or EDD.
Outofspecication: The measured value is unreliable because an
instrumentspecicationwasexceeded(e.g.electronicstemperature).
This status message is inactive by default. It can be activated by the
user via PACTware/DTM or EDD.
Maintenance:
Duetoexternalinuences,theinstrumentfunction
islimited.Themeasurementisaected,butthemeasuredvalueis
Status messages