Customizing The Settings; Modifying Device Identification Settings - Honeywell MCT404 User Manual

4. Managing HART Devices using FDC Application Software

4.3. Customizing the settings

4.3 Customizing the settings

Modifying device identification settings

Using the Device Identification settings, you can choose how to detect a device. Devices can be detected
using poll address or device tag name. By default, devices are detected using poll address zero. However,
you can modify these settings based on how you want to detect devices.
To modify the device detection settings, perform the following steps.
Note: Before modifying the settings, see
1. On the FDC homepage, tap Settings > Select.
The Settings dialog box appears.
2. Tap Device Identification tab.
3. If you want to detect a device using the device specific tag name, select Using Device Tag
checkbox (for HART 5 or later versions) or Using Device Long Tag checkbox (for HART 6 or
later versions).
4. If you want to detect a device using poll address, select Using Poll Address check box.
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To detect a device using poll address zero, tap Using poll address 0 only.
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To detect a device using first poll address, tap Find first poll address and use. With this setting,
FDC will detect the first device which responds on any poll address during a scan from 0 to 63.
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To detect a device using selected poll address, tap Use selected poll address and choose the
appropriate poll address using the up and down arrow keys.
For example, if you want to detect a device with poll address 20, press and hold the up or down
arrow key until the poll address 20 appears.
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To detect a device using a range of poll addresses, tap Use From to choose the device between
the ranges of poll address you want to detect.
For example, if you want to detect a device within the range of poll address 20 and 25, press and
hold the up or down arrows keys to specify the range of poll address.
Modifying DD selection settings
Using the DD selection settings, you can choose how to select a DD file for a device, when a DD with
matching device revision is not present. By default, the option Always ask user is selected. To modify
the DD selection settings, perform the following steps.
Note: Before modifying the DD selection settings, see
1. On the FDC homepage, tap Settings > Select
The Settings dialog box appears.
2. Tap DD Selection tab.
3. If the DD file with the current device revision is missing for a device, select one of the following:
a) Use DD file of previous device revision
b) Use generic DD file
c) Always ask user.
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