Asset Management Function - Vega VEGABAR 81 Operating Instructions Manual

Event memory
Status messages
VEGABAR 81 • 4 ... 20 mA/HART
Up to 500 events are automatically stored with a time stamp in the
sensor (non-deletable). Each entry contains date/time, event type,
event description and value.
Event types are for example:
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Modification of a parameter
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Switch-on and switch-off times
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Status messages (according to NE 107)
•
Error messages (according to NE 107)
The data are read out via a PC with PACTware/DTM or the control
system with EDD.

10.3 Asset Management function

The instrument features self-monitoring and diagnostics according to
NE 107 and VDI/VDE 2650. In addition to the status messages in the
following tables, detailed error messages are available under menu
item " Diagnostics" via the display and adjustment module, PACT-
ware/DTM and EDD.
The status messages are divided into the following categories:
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Failure
•
Function check
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Out of specification
•
Maintenance required
and explained by pictographs:
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Fig. 41: Pictographs of the status messages
1 Failure - red
2 Out of specification - yellow
3 Function check - orange
4 Maintenance required - blue
Malfunction (Failure):
Due to a malfunction in the instrument, a fault signal is output.
This status message is always active. It cannot be deactivated by the
user.
Function check:
The instrument is being worked on, the measured value is temporarily
invalid (for example during simulation).
This status message is active by default. It can be deactivated by the
user via PACTware/DTM or EDD.
Out of specification:
The measured value is unreliable because an instrument specification
was exceeded (e.g. electronics temperature).
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