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Radar - Level measurement in bulk solids
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Contents
1 Measuring principle ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
2 Type overview .........................................................................................................................................................................................................4
3 Instrument selection .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
4 Selection criteria .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
5 Housing overview .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
6 Mounting ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
7 Electronics - 4 … 20 mA/HART - two-wire ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
8 Electronics - 4 … 20 mA/HART - four-wire ........................................................................................................................................................ 12
9 Electronics-ProbusPA .................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
10 Electronics-FoundationFieldbus .....................................................................................................................................................................14
11 Electronics-Modbus,Levelmasterprotocol .................................................................................................................................................... 15
12 Operation ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................16
13 Dimensions ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................18
Take note of safety instructions for Ex applications
Please note the Ex specic safety information that you can nd at www.vega.com and that comes with each instrument. In hazardous areas
you should take note of the appropriate regulations, conformity and type approval certicates of the sensors and power supply units. The sen-
sors must only be operated on intrinsically safe circuits. The permissible electrical values are stated in the certicate.