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14 Diagnosis, asset management and service
VEGAPULS 6X • Two-wire 4 … 20 mA/HART
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41 2 3
Fig. 64: Pictographs of the status messages
1 Failure - red
2 Outofspecication-yellow
3 Function check - orange
4 Maintenance required - blue
Malfunction (Failure):
Due to a malfunction in the instrument, a fault signal is output.
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.
Outofspecication:
Themeasuredvalueisunreliablebecauseaninstrumentspecication
was exceeded (e.g. electronics temperature).
This status message is inactive by default.
Maintenance required:
Duetoexternalinuences,theinstrumentfunctionislimited.The
measurementisaected,butthemeasuredvalueisstillvalid.Planin
maintenance for the instrument because a failure is expected in the
near future (e.g. due to buildup).
This status message is inactive by default.
Code
Text message
Cause Rectication DevSpec
State in CMD 48
F013
no measured value
available
Sensor does not detect an echo
during operation
Antenna system dirty or defective
Check or correct installation and/
or parameter settings
Clean or exchange process com-
ponent or antenna
Byte 5, Bit 0 of
Byte 0 … 5
F017
Adjustment span
too small
Adjustmentnotwithinspeci-
cation
Change adjustment according
tothelimitvalues(dierencebe-
tweenmin.andmax.≥10mm)
Byte 5, Bit 1 of
Byte 0 … 5
F025
Error in the lineari-
zation table
Values are not continuously rising,
for example illogical value pairs
Check linearization table
Delete table/Create new
Byte 5, Bit 2 of
Byte 0 … 5
Failure