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CONTENTS OF VALCARE SOFTWARE

The VALcare -software package includes the following files:
PACTware with:
• PACTware Release 3 .0
• ComDTM for the HART Protocol (by Codewright)
srdinstall with:
• Device DTM for SRD991 and SRD960 for HART, PROFIBUS, FOUNDATION F . and FoxCom
modeminstall with:
• ComDTM for the FoxCom / EDCom / IRCom Protocol

Hardware Requirements

A computer with Pentium II 200 MHz processor or better, XGA Graphics and a Microsoft®-compatible mouse or an equivalent

pointing device is recommended .
Disk space requirements:

PACTware

100 MByte

ComDTM

40 MByte

DeviceDTM

55 MByte

Main Memory

45 MByte

Software Requirements

PACTware runs under the operating systems Windows NT 4 .0 as of Service Pack 4, Windows 2000 and Windows XP . To print

device parameter values, a Microsoft Internet Explorer as of Release 4 .0 must be installed .
About the Software
PACTware (Process Automation Configuration Tool) is a program which allows to select communication-capable field devices

of different manufacturers from a device catalog and combine them in projects .
In accordance with the FDT Specification 1 .2 (Field Device Tool Specification) PACTware is used as a frame program for the

VALcare or any other Device DTM (Device Type Manager) . VALcare is a full version software for predictive maintenance,

diagnosis, configuration and calibration .
Via ComDTM (Communication DTM), a communication with the field devices using protocols like the HART, PROFIBUS,

FOUNDATION F . or FoxCom protocol is established .
VALcare Includes Communication and Device DTMs

HART

PROFIBUS-PA

FOUNDATION F.

FoxCom / EDCom / IRCom

Communication DTM

Communication driver

distributed by Softing

Communication driver

included in FBM

√ Communication driver

included in modeminstall .exe

Device DTM

SRD991

SRD960

Required Modems and Interfaces

HART

HART-Modem (Serial or USB)

PROFIBUS-PA

PROFICard by Softing

FOUNDATION F.

ATFBus by National Instruments

FoxCom

PC10-Modem

EDCOM

EDC82 / EDC83 Modem

IRCOM

IR-Modem (Serial or USB)

How to Order
The CD-Rom for the VALcare Software package can be ordered under No: EW 556 932 011 .

Contents of VALcare Software

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August 2014

POS-UM-00011-EN-02

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