Error Display - Siemens SITRANS P300 Operating Instructions Manual

Operation
6.4 Digital display
6.4.3

Error display

Description
If hardware faults, software errors or diagnostic alarms occur in the transmitter, the message
"Error" appears in the measured value display.
A ticker appears in the lower line of the digital display indicating the type of error. This
diagnostic information is also available via HART communication.
Display
Figure 6-3
The following messages may appear as a ticker in the bottom line of the digital display.
Ticker
"HARDWARE FIRMWARE ALARM"
"DIAGNOSTIC ALARM"
"SENSOR BREAK"
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Example of error message
Meaning
Contains hardware faults such as:
incorrect checksum
•
incorrect EEPROM data
•
defective EEPROM
•
RAM fault
•
ROM fault
•
inconsistent data
•
EEPROMs not initialized
•
Is always displayed if
an event configured by the user is to be
•
signaled with an alarm.
For example:
Limit reached
–
Event counter for limit values exceeded
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Calibration time expired
–
Current saturation reached
–
the status of one of the device variables is
•
"BAD".
Appears when there is a sensor break.
SITRANS P300 with HART communication
Operating Instructions, 06/2005, A5E00359579-02