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Effect of HART error conditions on diagnostic parameters (Classic I/O)

This section lists the effect of HART error conditions on DeltaV Diagnostic parameters. For ease of use the information is organized into two tables. This table lists the status returned to the following Diagnostics parameters as a result of HART error conditions:

  • COLD_START

  • CONFIG_CHANGED

  • DEV_CFG_MISMATCH

  • DEV_MALFUNC

  • HINTEG

  • MORE_STATUS

  • NO_COMM

The following table lists the status returned to OINTEG, NPV_PAST_LIM, PV_FIXED,PV_PAST_LIM,PV_SAT

Table: Effect of HART Error Conditions on Diagnostic Parameters (Classic I/O) - Table One

HART Error Condition

Status returned to:

COLD_START

 CONFIG_CHANGED

DEV_CFG_MISMATCH

DEV_MALFUNC

 HINTEG

 MORE_STATUS

Channel Type

AI, AO

AI, AO

AI, AO

AI, AO

AI, AO

AI, AO

Controller Configuration Error

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

I/O card A/D error

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

I/O card open loop

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

I/O card loss of digital comms

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

TRUE(1)

No effect

PV not reported by device

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

DV not configured in controller

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

DV not reported by device

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Diagnostics in progress

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

High, low, or high high alarm

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Scale error and no comm

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Scale error and good comm

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Device malfunction

No effect

No effect

No effect

TRUE

TRUE

No effect

Device configuration changed

No effect

TRUE

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Device cold start

TRUE

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Device more status available

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

TRUE

Device analog output current fixed

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

TRUE

No effect

Device analog output saturated

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

TRUE

No effect

Device primary variable out of limits

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

TRUE

No effect

Device non-primary variable out of limits

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

TRUE

No effect

Device alerts enabled and device ID mismatch

No effect

No effect

TRUE

No effect

No effect

No effect

Stale data

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

HART busy, HART update warning, 5% comm error

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

(1) If not caused by an Open Loop or A/D Error

This table lists the status returned to the following Diagnostics parameters as a result of HART error conditions:

  • OINTEG (for both AI and AO channels)

  • NPV_PAST_LIM

  • PV_FIXED

  • PV_PAST_LIM

  • PV_SAT

Table: Effect of HART Error Conditions on Diagnostic Parameters (Classic I/O) - Table Two

HART Error Condition

Status returned to:

 NO_COMM

OINTEG

 OINTEG

 NPV_PAST_LIM

 PV_FIXED

PV_PAST_LIM

PV_SAT

Channel Type

AI, AO

AI

AO

AI, AO

AI, AO

AI, AO

AI, AO

Controller Configuration Error

No effect

BAD

BAD

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

I/O card A/D error

No effect

BAD

BAD

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

I/O card open loop

No effect

BAD

BAD

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

I/O card loss of digital comms

TRUE

BAD

BAD

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

PV not reported by device

No effect

BAD

BAD

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

DV not configured in controller

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

DV not reported by device

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Diagnostics in progress

No effect

No effect

BAD

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

High, low, or high high alarm

No effect

BAD

BAD

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Scale error and no comm

No effect

BAD

BAD

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Scale error and good comm

No effect

BAD

BAD

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Device malfunction

No effect

BAD(1)

BAD(1)

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Device configuration changed

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Device cold start

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Device more status available

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Device analog output current fixed

No effect

BAD(1)

BAD(1)

No effect

TRUE

No effect

No effect

Device analog output saturated

No effect

BAD(1)

BAD(1)

No effect

No effect

No effect

TRUE

Device primary variable out of limits

No effect

BAD(1)

BAD(1)

No effect

No effect

TRUE

No effect

Device non-primary variable out of limits

No effect

No effect

No effect

TRUE

No effect

No effect

No effect

Device alerts enabled and device ID mismatch

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Stale data

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

HART busy, HART update warning, 5% comm error

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

(1) If not ignored by the configuration