With A Communicator; Viewing Transmitter Status And Alarms; Using The Status Led; Using The Display - Emerson Micro Motion 1000 Series Configuration And Use Manual

Using the Transmitter
7.4.3

With a Communicator

To view process variables with a Communicator:
1. Press ,
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2. Scroll through the list of process variables by pressing
3. Press the number corresponding to the process variable you wish to view, or highlight the
process variable in the list and press
7.5

Viewing transmitter status and alarms

You can view transmitter status using the status LED or display, ProLink II, or the Communicator.
The transmitter broadcasts alarms whenever a process variable exceeds its defined limits or the
transmitter detects a fault condition. You can view alarms with the display, ProLink II, or the
Communicator. For information regarding all the possible alarms, see Table 12-5.
You can use the display or ProLink II to acknowledge alarms.
7.5.1

Using the status LED

• Model 1500 AN
• Model 2500 CIO
Table 7-1 Transmitter status reported by the Model 1500/2500 status LED
Status LED state
Green
Flashing yellow
Yellow
Red
7.5.2

Using the display

• Model 1700 AN
• Model 1700 IS
• Model 2700 AN
• Model 2700 IS
• Model 2700 CIO
For these transmitters, the status LED is located at the top of the display (see Figure 7-1). It can be in
one of six possible states, as listed in Table 7-1.
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For these transmitters, the status LED is located on the front panel. This LED shows
transmitter status as described in Table 7-1.
Alarm priority
No alarm
No alarm
Low severity alarm
High severity (critical fault) alarm
The display reports alarms in two ways:
• With the status LED, which reports only that one or more alarms has
occurred
• Through the alarm list, which reports each specific alarm
Note: If access to the alarm menu from the display has been disabled (see
Section 8.14.3), then the display will not list active alarms.
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Definition
Normal operating mode
Zero in progress
• Alarm condition: will not cause measurement error
• Outputs continue to report process data
• Alarm condition: will cause measurement error
• Outputs go to configured fault indicators
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