To Set The Com Port Buffers; Specifying Measurement Units; Installing The Rrm Software For Foundation Fieldbus - Emerson Rosemount 5400 Series Reference Manual

Section 5: Basic Configuration/Start-up
November 2014
5.4.5

To set the COM port buffers

The COM port Receive Buffer and Transmit Buffer need to be set to 1 by doing the following:
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Specifying measurement units

Measurement units for data presentation in RRM can be specified when the RRM program is
installed. Units can also be changed as follows:
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5.4.7 Installing the RRM software for F
To install the RRM for F
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In the Microsoft Windows Control Panel, open the System option.
Select the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button.
Expand the Ports node in the tree view.
Click the right mouse button on the selected COM port and then select Properties.
Select the Port Settings tab and click the Advanced button.
Drag the Receive Buffer and Transmit Buffer slides to 1.
Click the OK button.
Reboot the computer.
Select the Application Preferences option from the View menu.
Select the Measurement Units tab.
Select the desired units for Length, Level Rate, Volume, and Temperature.
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Start by installing the National Instruments Communication Manager software. See
National Instruments manual (Getting started with your PCMCIA-FBUS and the NI-FBUS™
software) for more information.
Insert the RRM installation CD into your CD-ROM drive.
If the installation program is not automatically started, select Run from the Windows
Start bar.
Type D:\RRM\Setup.exe where D is the CD-ROM drive.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
Make sure that F
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fieldbus communication:
fieldbus is selected as default protocol.
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