11- Troubleshooting; Introduction; Troubleshooting Overview; To Access Transmitter Diagnostics - Honeywell ST 3000 User Manual

Introduction

About this section
This section identifies diagnostic messages that may appear in the communicator and describes what they
mean. An interpretation of diagnostic messages is given and suggestions of the possible cause and
corrective action for each message. Procedures are provided for running a status check.
This section includes these topics.
A summary of the different diagnostic message categories that can be displayed by the communicator.
A description of the diagnostic messages and a recommended action to correct the condition or fault.

Troubleshooting Overview

Diagnostics
The communicator and ST 3000 transmitter are constantly running internal diagnostics to monitor the
functions and status of the control loop and their communications link.
When a diagnostic failure is detected, a corresponding message is generated for the communicator display.
Troubleshooting tool
Your primary troubleshooting tool is using the communicator for status messages and then interpreting the
diagnostic messages. You should also use the communicator to verify the transmitter's configuration data
and check to be sure that your process is operating correctly.

To access transmitter diagnostics

You access the transmitter diagnostics starting at the "Online" menu of the communicator.
You then select:
Device setup
Diag/Service
Device status
The Device status menu appears.
Select "Critical" or "Non-Critical" to view the status of the transmitter's diagnostics. Device status
diagnostics are shown as either ON (in alarm) or OFF (no alarm).
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Device status
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2 Non-Critical
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