Operation Via Fdt (Field Device Tool); Features; Functions; Device Type Manager (Dtm) - Siemens SITRANS LUT400 Manual

Operation via FDT (Field Device Tool)

Features

FDT is a standard used in several software packages designed to commission and maintain
field devices such as SITRANS LUT400. Two commercially available FDTs are PACTware and
Fieldcare.

Functions

FDT is very similar to PDM (see
• To configure a field device via FDT, you need the DTM (Device Type Manager) for the
device.
• To configure a field device via SIMATIC PDM, you need the EDD (Electronic Data
Description) for the device.

Device Type Manager (DTM)

A DTM is a type of software that 'plugs into' FDT. It contains the same information as an EDD
but an EDD is independent of the operating system.

SITRANS DTM version 3.1

• SITRANS DTM is an EDDL interpreter developed by Siemens to interpret the EDD
for that device.
• To use SITRANS DTM to connect to a device, you must first install SITRANS DTM on
your system and then install the instrument EDD written for SITRANS DTM.
• You can download SITRANS DTM from our website at:
http://www.siemens.com/sitransdtm. Click on Support then go to Software
downloads.

Electronic Device Description (EDD)

The SITRANS LUT400 HART EDD for SITRANS DTM can be downloaded from the product
page of our website.
Go to www.siemens.com/sitransLUT400 under Support and click on Software Downloads.

Configuring a new device

The full process to configure a field device via FDT is outlined in an application guide which
can be downloaded from the product page of our website. Go to:
www.siemens.com/sitransLUT400 under Support and click on Application Guides.
Note: Italian, Portuguese and Russian are not supported in SITRANS DTM for
SITRANS LUT400. If the device is set to one of these languages, it may be necessary to
switch the device to English, German, French, Spanish or Chinese.
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