ProSoft Technology MVI69-HART User Manual

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Module Configuration

MVI69-HART ♦ CompactLogix Platform

User Manual

HART Multi-drop Master Communication Module

Page 44 of 169

ProSoft Technology, Inc.

March 29, 2012

2.3.2 Example of HART Command Function 34

The following example shows how to configure a command function 34 (WRITE

DAMPING VALUE) to write a damping values (seconds) to the HART slave

device.
According to the HART specification, this command will write one floating point

variables:

Word

High Byte

Low Byte

0

Floating Point Damping Value (Sec)

1

The HART device should also return the floating point value after it processes the

request:

Word

High Byte

Low Byte

0

Floating Point Damping Value (Sec)

1

The HART device also returns an integer status data:

Word

High Byte

Low Byte

1

STATUS WORD

This command will return the following number of words:

Parameter

Data Type

Direction

Number of
Words

Database Address
(this example)

Damping Value Floating Point Written from MVI to slave

2 (4 bytes)

400 (word address)
or 800 (byte

address)

Damping Value Floating Point Read from slave to MVI

2

240 (word address)

Status Word

Integer

Read from slave to MVI

1

290 (word address)

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