Appendix H: Hart Communications; Simatic Pdm; Hart Device Description (Dd) - Siemens SITRANS LR250 Instruction Manual

Appendix H: HART Communications

Highway Addressable Remote Transducer, HART, is an industrial protocol that is
superimposed on the 4-20 mA signal. It is an open standard, and full details about HART
can be obtained from the HART Communication Foundation at
SITRANS LR250 Rev 3 can be configured over the HART network using either the HART
Communicator 375
software package is the SIMATIC Process Device Manager (PDM) by Siemens.

SIMATIC PDM

This software package is designed to permit easy configuration, monitoring, and
troubleshooting of HART devices. The HART DD for SITRANS LR250 was written with
SIMATIC PDM in mind and has been extensively tested with this software.
For more information, see

HART Device Description (DD)

In order to configure a HART device, the configurator must have the HART Device
Description for the instrument in question. HART DDs are controlled by the HART
Communication Foundation. Please check with the HART Communication Foundation for
the availability of the HART DD for SITRANS LR250. Older versions of the library will have
to be updated in order to use all the features of SITRANS LR250.
1.
Versions of SITRANS LR250 earlier than Rev. 3 can be configured using the HART
Communicator 275.
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by Fisher-Rosemount, or a software package. The recommended
Operating SITRANS LR250 via SIMATIC PDM
SITRANS LR250 (HART) – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
www.hartcomm.org
on page 52.
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