8 maintenance and fault rectification – VEGA VEGABAR 54 4 … 20 mA_HART User Manual

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8 Maintenance and fault rectification

VEGABAR 54 • 4 … 20 mA/HART

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8 Maintenance and fault rectification

8.1 Maintain

If the instrument is used properly, no special maintenance is required

in normal operation.
In some applications, product buildup on the diaphragm can influence

the measuring result. Depending on the sensor and application, take

precautions to ensure that heavy buildup, and especially a hardening

thereof, is avoided.

If necessary, clean the diaphragm. Make sure that the materials are

resistant to the cleaning process, see resistance list under "Services"

on "www.vega.com". The wide variety of applications of chemical

seals makes special cleaning instructions necessary for each applica-

tion. Please ask the VEGA agency serving you.

8.2 Rectify faults

The operator of the system is responsible for taking suitable meas-

ures to rectify faults.

VEGABAR 54 offers maximum reliability. Nevertheless, faults can oc-

cur during operation. These may be caused by the following, e.g.:

Sensor

Process

Voltage supply

Signal processing

The first measures to be taken are to check the output signals as well

as to evaluate the error messages via the display and adjustment

module. The procedure is described below. Further comprehensive

diagnostics can be carried out on a PC with the software PACTware

and the suitable DTM. In many cases, the causes can be determined

and the faults rectified this way.

Should these measures not be successful, please call in urgent cases

the VEGA service hotline under the phone no. +49 1805 858550.
The hotline is available to you 7 days a week round-the-clock. Since

we offer this service world-wide, the support is only available in the

English language. The service is free of charge, only the standard

telephone costs will be charged.

Connect a handheld multimeter in the suitable measuring range ac-

cording to the wiring plan.

Maintenance

Cleaning

Reaction when malfunc-

tions occur

Failure reasons

Fault rectification

24 hour service hotline

Check the 4 … 20 mA

signal

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