CiDRA Use of Foundation Fieldbus Protocol with SONARtrac Transmitters - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents
1 USE OF FOUNDATION FIELDBUS AND PROFIBUS PA WITH PASSIVE SONAR
PROCESS FLOW MONITORING SYSTEMS ............................................................................. 1-1
1.1 Introduction................................................................................................................... 1-1
2 FOUNDATION FIELDBUS and PROFIBUS PA BLOCK DEFINITIONS.......................... 2-1
2.1 Resource Blocks .......................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 Transducer Blocks........................................................................................................ 2-1
2.3 Analog Input Blocks...................................................................................................... 2-1
2.4 Analog Output Blocks................................................................................................... 2-2
2.5 PID Block...................................................................................................................... 2-2
3 CONFIGURATION & CONNECTION .............................................................................. 3-1
3.1 Configuration ................................................................................................................ 3-1
3.2 Connection ................................................................................................................... 3-1
4 MAKING CHANGES to TRANSMITTER USING A FIELDBUS HOST ............................ 4-1
5 INPUT, OUTPUT AND TRANSDUCER BLOCKS............................................................ 5-1
5.1 Analog Input Blocks...................................................................................................... 5-1
5.2 Analog Output Blocks................................................................................................... 5-1
5.3 Transducer Block ......................................................................................................... 5-1
Appendix A EXAMPLE OF USING FOUNDATION FIELDBUS HOST ........................................A-1
Appendix B EXAMPLE OF USING PROFIBUS HOST ................................................................B-1
List of Figures
Figure 1 Fieldbus / Profibus Terminals on Connector Board.................................................. 3-1
Figure 2 Example Connection Setup......................................................................................A-1
Figure 3 NI-FBUS Configurator ..............................................................................................A-2
Figure 4 SONAR Icon With Hourglass ...................................................................................A-2
Figure 5 Fieldbus Connection Indicated on Transmitter Display ............................................A-2
Figure 6 NI-FBUS Configurator Display Example ..................................................................A-3
Figure 7 Opening Function Blocks Example ..........................................................................A-3
Figure 8 Dialog Box Example .................................................................................................A-4
Figure 9 Configuration (STB) Example...................................................................................A-5
Figure 10 Partial List of Available Settings ...............................................................................A-6
Figure 11 Transducer Block State ............................................................................................A-7
Figure 12 Reverse ‘F’ Indicator ................................................................................................A-7
Figure 13 Selecting Settings, Changing Values and Writing Changes.....................................A-8
Figure 14 Creating a Function Block Application (FBAP) to Transmitter................................A-10
Figure 15 Download Configuration .........................................................................................A-11
Figure 1 Example Connection Setup......................................................................................B-1
Figure 2 Using SIMATIC Manager / PDM ..............................................................................B-2
Figure 3 Communications Setup ............................................................................................B-3
Figure 4 Setting up Project .....................................................................................................B-4
Figure 5 Transmitter Variables ...............................................................................................B-5
Figure 6 Changing Target Mode to ‘OOS’ ..............................................................................B-6
List of Tables
Table 1 Analog Input Blocks.................................................................................................. 5-1
Table 2 Analog Output Blocks............................................................................................... 5-1
Table 3 ............................................................................. 5-2 Transducer Block Configurations
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