Mc Toolkit Participation; Mc Toolkit Software Applications; Configuration Databases; Configuration - Honeywell ST 800 Series User Manual

3.4 MC Toolkit Participation

Before using the MC Toolkit, be sure that you are aware of the potential consequences of
each procedure, and that you use appropriate safeguards to avoid possible problems. For
example, if the Transmitter is an element in a control loop, the loop needs to be put in manual
mode, and alarms and interlocks (i.e., trips) need to be disabled, as appropriate, before
starting a procedure.

MC Toolkit Software Applications

The MC Toolkit has two software applications to work with ST 800 SmartLine Pressure Transmitters:
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Field Device Configurator (FDC). This application is used for configuring, calibrating,
monitoring, and diagnosing HART devices. FDC conforms to the IEC 61804-3 EDDL
(Electronic Data Description Language) standard specification. The FDC application is an
open solution that supports devices with a registered device description (DD) file compatible
with HART Communication Foundation (HCF) requirements.
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MC Toolkit. This application is used for configuring, calibrating, monitoring, and diagnosing
Honeywell Digitally Enhanced (DE) devices.
Details for working with the MC Toolkit are provided in the MC Tookit User Manual, document #
34-ST-25-20. In subsequent sections of this manual, explicit operating instructions are provided only
in so far as necessary to complete required tasks and procedures.

Configuration Databases

The MC Toolkit is used to establish and/or change selected operating parameters in a Transmitter
database.

Configuration

Configuration can be accomplished both online and offline with the Transmitter powered up and
connected to the MC Toolkit. Online configuration immediately changes the Transmitter operating
parameters. For offline configuration, Transmitter operating characteristics are entered into Toolkit
memory for subsequent downloading to a Transmitter.
When you set up or configure a Transmitter, it can take up to 30 seconds for the value
to be stored in it. If you change a value and Transmitter power is interrupted before the
change is copied to nonvolatile memory, the changed value will not be moved to nonvolatile
memory.
MC Toolkit–Transmitter Electrical/Signal Connections
Figure 6 displays how to connect the MC Toolkit directly to the terminals of a HART or DE
Transmitter (top), and a HART-only Transmitter (bottom).
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