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D Miscellaneous Options
Miscellaneous Options (MISC_OPTIONS [46]) indicates which miscellaneous licensing options are enabled.
D Features Available
Features Available (FEATURES [17]) indicates which Resource Block Options features are available.
d Reports—Reports enables alert and event reporting. Reporting of specific alerts may be suppressed. See Alerts on
page 69.
d Fault State—Fault state enables the ability of the output block to react to various abnormal conditions by
shedding mode. See parameter descriptions for Set Fault State (SET_FSTATE [29]) and Clear Fault State
(CLR_FSTATE [30]) in table 4‐3 and "Action on Fault Detection".
d Soft Write Lock—Soft Write lock permits using Write Lock (WRITE_LOCK [34]) to prevent any external change to
parameter values. Block connections and calculation results will proceed normally, but the configuration is locked.
Also see Write Lock, on page 45.
d
Multi‐bit Alarm (Bit‐Alarm) Support— Multi‐bit Alarm (Bit‐Alarm) Support permits the instrument to treat each
PlantWeb alert separately when broadcast to the Host. Without Multi‐Bit Alarm Support, an individual PlantWeb
alert must be acknowledged before another PlantWeb alert can be broadcast to the Host
D Features Selected
Note
Typically this parameter does not need to be changed. The unit will be operational using the default values assigned by the factory.
Fault State, Software Write Lock, and Output Readback are set by default.
Features Selected (FEATURE_SEL [18]) indicates which Resource Block Options features have been selected and is used
to select the desired features.
d Reports—Selecting reports enables alert and event reporting. Reporting of specific alerts may be suppressed. See
Alerts on page 69.
d Fault State—Selecting fault state enables the ability of the output block to react to various abnormal conditions by
shedding mode. See parameter descriptions for Set Fault State (SET_FSTATE [29]) and Clear Fault State
(CLR_FSTATE [30]) in table 4‐3 and "Action on Fault Detection".
d Soft Write Lock—When selected, permits using Write Lock (WRITE_LOCK [34]) to prevent any external change to
parameter values. Block connections and calculation results will proceed normally, but the configuration is locked.
Also see Write Lock, on page 45.
d Multi‐bit Alarm (Bit‐Alarm) Support— When selected, the instrument will allow the instrument to treat each
PlantWeb alert separately when broadcast to the Host.
Alarm Handling
RB > Configure/Setup > Alarm Handling
Field Communicator
D Alert Key—Alert Key (ALERT_KEY [4]) is a number that permits grouping alerts. This number may be used to indicate
to the operator the source of the alert, such as the instrument, plant unit, etc. Enter a value between 1 and 255.
Detailed Setup—Resource Block
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