KROHNE Summit 8800 Vol 2 - Manual (Page 64)

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SUMMIT 8800 HARDWARE DETAILS 05
With Hart multiple transmitters can be used on one loop. Here for instance transmitter 2 is a dP
medium on loop 1, address 2:
Figure 47 Hart DP transmitter selection in Hardware input
If multiple transmitters are used on 1 loop, it is a good practice to connect them such that there
is still some dP information if a loop would fail.
The dP transmitters may also be connected via 4-20 mA:
Figure 48 Analog DP transmitter selection in Hardware input
5 .2 .2 Temperature transmitter
An essential measurement for a flow computer is the temperature. This can be used for the
correction (compensation) of flow, as well as density correction which is required according to
certain standards.
The SUMMIT can handle 1 to 3 transmitters per stream: