Field Communicator - Emerson Rosemount 248 Reference Manual

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4.4.2

Field communicator

Table 4-2
Variable parameters within the text of a message are indicated with the notation <variable
parameter>. Reference to the name of another message is identified by the notation [another
message].
Table 4-2. Field Communicator Diagnostics Messages
Message
Add item for ALL device types or only
for this ONE device type
Command Not Implemented
Communication Error
Configuration memory not
compatible with connected device
Device Busy
Device Disconnected
Device write protected
Device write protected. Do you still
want to shut off?
Display value of variable on hotkey
menu?
Download data from configuration
memory to device
Exceed field width
Exceed precision
Ignore next 50 occurrences of status?
Illegal character
Illegal date
Illegal month
Illegal year
Incomplete exponent
Incomplete field
Looking for a device
Mark as read only variable on hotkey
menu?
No device configuration in
configuration memory
No Device Found
No hotkey menu available for this
device.
No offline devices available.
Operation and Maintenance
provides a guide to Field Communicator diagnostic messages.
Description
Asks the user whether the hot key item being added should be added for all device
types or only for the type of device that is connected.
The connected device does not support this function.
Either a device sends back a response indicating that the message it received was
unintelligible, or the Field Communicator cannot understand the response from the
device.
The configuration stored in memory is incompatible with the device to which a
transfer has been requested.
The connected device is busy performing another task.
Device fails to respond to a command.
Device is in write-protect mode. Data can not be written.
Device is in write-protect mode. Press YES to turn the Field Communicator off and
lose the unsent data.
Asks whether the value of the variable should be displayed adjacent to its label on
the hotkey menu if the item being added to the hotkey menu is a variable.
Prompts user to press SEND softkey to initiate a memory to device transfer.
Indicates that the field width for the current arithmetic variable exceeds the device-
specified description edit format.
Indicates that the precision for the current arithmetic variable exceeds the device-
specified description edit format.
Asked after displaying device status. Softkey answer determines whether next 50
occurrences of device status will be ignored or displayed.
An invalid character for the variable type was entered.
The day portion of the date is invalid.
The month portion of the date is invalid.
The year portion of the date is invalid.
The exponent of a scientific notation floating point variable is incomplete.
The value entered is not complete for the variable type.
Polling for multidropped devices at addresses 1–15.
Asks whether the user should be allowed to edit the variable from the hotkey menu
if the item being added to the hotkey menu is a variable.
There is no configuration saved in memory available to re-configure off-line or
transfer to a device.
Poll of address zero fails to find a device, or poll of all addresses fails to find a device
if auto-poll is enabled.
There is no menu named "hotkey" defined in the device description for this device.
There are no device descriptions available to be used to configure a device offline.
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