Posts Tagged Configuration
How do I set upper range value and lower range value on a Siemens pressure transmitter?
Posted by danstips in Configuration, Installation, Level Technology, Pressure, Pressure Transmitters, Siemens, Transmitters on February 21, 2012
A customer needed to re-range a Siemens SITRANS P DS III transmitter without applying pressure. He’d read my earlier blog post about using the pushbuttons to program the DS III (Pressure Transmitter Pushbuttons to the Rescue!), and where to find the Z-fold instruction sheet.
All was going to plan, until he started looking for the settings for lower range value (LRV) and upper range value (URV). And then, in an all-too-familiar scenario, he hit a roadblock. The instructions don’t actually mention URV and LRV, the terms he’s familiar with, by name or acronym. So what’s a guy to do?
Pressure transmitter pushbuttons to the rescue!
Posted by danweise in Configuration, Installation, Pressure, Pressure Transmitters, Service, Siemens, Transmitters on October 20, 2011
I took a call the other day from a contractor. He was at the construction site, on deadline, and frantic. He was trying to set the zero and range on a Siemens SITRANS P DS-III pressure transmitter‘s 4-20 mA output. He had a HART handheld communicator, but no device descriptor file (DD) that made the two talk to each other.
Could I help? Sure! I just asked, “Do you have a Phillips screwdriver?”
My Siemens infrared handheld programmer is missing. What do I do?
Posted by danweise in Communications, Configuration, Level, Service, Siemens on September 14, 2011
Looking for a programmer for your radar level unit, and can only find the ultrasonic version? Need the ultrasonic, but it’s disappeared? Not to worry: You can use either Siemens/Milltronics handheld programmer in a pinch!
Those Siemens handheld programmers are the same size and sorta look alike until you look closely. One is for radar, the other for ultrasonics. What if you can only locate the Wrong One? Read the rest of this entry »
Save your custom configuration! Avoid the headaches!
Posted by lesmanbethr in Configuration, Honeywell, Repairs, Service, Siemens on August 5, 2011
Do you need to send an instrument to the factory for repair or service? Before you disconnect it, pack it up, and ship it out, be sure you do the following:
- Make a backup or copy of your instrument configuration, so you can quickly reinstate the settings.
- Make sure you have a written record of your settings on file. Several manufacturers include a configuration worksheet in the instrument user manual. If it’s not there, you can write them on a copy of the quick-start or setup installation guide.
