Yokogawa FieldMate - Manual (Page 93)

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 Export/Import
Parameters uploaded from the connected device can be exported.
The file format is tab-separated text (TSV) and the file extension is .txt.
The following shows the default folder and default file names, so that exported parameters can
be easily managed and imported for downloading to another device of the same type.
The Select File dialog for exporting or importing parameters by default:
$(FieldMate installed folder)\DeviceParameter\(vendor ID number in six hexadecimal numbers)\
(device type number in four hexadecimal numbers)\(device revision number in two hexadecimal
numbers)
Example 1: For FOUNDATION fieldbus H1 device, Yokogawa Electric EJA, and DevRev=2
$(FieldMate Install folder):\FM\DeviceParameter\594543\0003\02
Example 2: For HART device, Yokogawa Electric DYF, and DevRev=1
$(FieldMate Install folder):\FM\DeviceParameter\000037\000B\01
The default file name is:
Device tag-(date)-(time of day).txt
Example: If device tag is FT1001 and parameters are exported at 9 o’clock 53 min 4 sec on
May 30, 2005, the default file name is:
FT1001-(05_30_2005)-(09_53_04).txt
 Editing Exported Files
Exported files are in TSV format. You can use spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel to
modify parameters and change the line order and then import the file again.
Perform this operation when you download a parameter modification for which there is meaning
to the write order.
Parameter Manager can be used for the following purposes:
1. Checking, setting, and adjusting device parameters
2. Uploading and then exporting a snapshot of all the parameters of a field device after setting
and adjustment of the device is completed and then downloading them to a device that was
installed in the place of the existing device.
3. Engineering the device parameters before delivery or actual installation and downloading
them after the device delivery
4. Copying the settings of one device to another of the same type