Field Communicator Application - Emerson AMS Trex User Manual

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Field Communicator application

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The Field Communicator application lets you configure HART and FOUNDATION fieldbus
devices. (The fieldbus functionality requires a license.) You can do the following:
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User Guide
Open or close the Field Communicator application
Device interoperability
Forward Compatibility rules for saving and sending configurations to AMS Trex
Automatically detect a device
Connect - Select screen
Device connection wizard
Status when detecting a device
Online menu or Device Dashboard
Icons on the device menus
Connections to HART devices
Internal resistors
Power and connect to a HART device
Connect to an externally-powered HART device
Online HART devices
Offline HART configurations
Favorites
Polling options for HART devices
Connections to FOUNDATION fieldbus devices
Power and connect to a FOUNDATION fieldbus device
Connect to an externally-powered FOUNDATION fieldbus device
Online FOUNDATION fieldbus devices
Simulate a live device
View the device descriptions on the Trex unit
View the device description information
View Help for a device parameter
Graphics
Disconnect a device
Power and connect to a HART transmitter, if the Trex unit has the Device
Communicator Plus communication module. The Trex unit has an internal resistor,
so you do not need to add a loop resistor.
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