Atec HART-275 User Manual
Asset Management Solutions
H A RT® C o m m u n i c a t o r
Product Data Sheet
00813-0100-4275
D102212X012
Bulletin 62.1: Communicator
January 2001
■ Connect to any HART
®
instrument with the HART
Communicator—the only
communicator you’ll need.
■ Store over 100 device
configurations in just one
HART Communicator—
ready to carry to the field.
■ Hook it up and turn it on—
that’s how easy it is to use
the HART Communicator.
■ Program the Hot Key for
fast access to routine tasks.
Introduction
What would you say if you could
carry the information for more than
100 HART®compatible field devices in
the palm of your hand? You can with
the HART Communicator. The
HART Communicator, with one
Fisher-Rosemount data pack 100,
empowers you to increase productivity,
reduce trips to the field, and gather
the kind of data you need to reduce
process downtime.
How about using the HART
Communicator? Is it easy to use?
How long does it take to learn? Can
you customize the screen to your
specific needs? Yes, it’s easy, fast to
learn, and you can customize the Hot
Key for your most frequent tasks. In
fact, when you connect the HART
F i g u re 1.Plant maintenance is faster when over
100 configurations can be carried directly to the field.
Communicator to a HART device,
the tag and model number of the
connected device is automatically
displayed on the top line of the
LCD screen!
The standard HART Communicator,
with 12 MB of memory, contains the
device descriptions for all HART
devices, regardless of manufacturer.
It also holds up to 10 configurations.
But 10 configurations is often not
enough to meet your day to day
requirements. The Fisher-Rosemount
data pack 100 was designed to meet
this need. The Fisher-Rosemount data
pack 100 plugs easily into the memory
module to add enough memory for up
to an additional 100 configurations.
The data pack 100 may be removed
and kept as a permanent historical
record of instrument activity.
Whether you are taking information
from the field, back to the shop, or
from the shop to the device, you
have the information you need.
The HART Communicator is also a
data input device for your plant
database. With Asset Management
Solutions (AMS) software, you can
move information from your HART
Communicator directly to your PC.
The combination of the HART
Communicator and a PC equipped
with AMS software gives you an
instrument database that enables you
to more efficiently and effectively
manage the instrument assets that are
the foundation of your process.
The only device you’ll ever need to get information
from your HART instruments. The Model 275 HART
Communicator has device descriptions built-in for all of the devices in
the market today that are HART
capable. Period. No matter who
makes the device, the HART
Communicator can “talk
smart”! That means you
can reduce your investment in communicators
because the HART
Communicator takes care of all
of your needs. Every maintenance person
needs a HART Communicator. It’s an
investment in productivity.
Streamline regulatory documentation preparation
through access to historic configuration and as
found/as left data. It often takes longer to document
what is found in the field than it takes to make a
change in the device.
Combine the convenience of
the portable handheld
with the power of
AMS. Use your
HART
Communicator to
upload and
download information to and from all
of your HART
devices. Use your
Asset Management
Solutions software to
simply upload device information from your HART Communicator to your PC.
You no longer have to dig in file cabinet after file
cabinet for device information. All of the information
you need to satisfy regulatory requirements is at
your fingertips, from anywhere in the plant!
Any PC in the plant equipped with AMS can call up
information about any smart device in the plant.
That’s field power. That’s efficiency.
And most of all, that’s ease of use.
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Increase productivity with the ability to carry over
100 device configurations to the field. The Model 275
HART Communicator has the ability to hold up to 10
configurations in the Memory Module. But you told us
you needed more. You needed a way to
increase the productivity of your mainte-
nance staff so the number of trips to the
field could be reduced. That is why we
introduced the Fisher-Rosemount data
pack 100. This compact data storage
device plugs into the Memory Module a n d
allows up to an a d d i t i o n a l
100 configurations to be
get it ready....
data packs so that you have a permanent, quickly
accessible historical record of all of the data for
each device in the field.
carried with the HART
C o m m u n i c a t o r. That means
that one maintenance
person can carry the data
for more than 100 field
device configurations
into the field!
The data pack 100 is
totally modular and
self-contained. You
can easily exchange
and upload it....
to your plant network
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Product Information
User Interface
A keypad, liquid crystal display (LCD), and software
menu structure make up the HART Communicator
user interface. Just press a few buttons to become
familiar with the Action Keys and menu structure,
and you begin to access all of the functions of
your HART devices.
Function Keys
ALphanumeric
LCD
Keys
Action Keys
Shift Keys
Function Keys
Use the four function keys, marked F1 through F4,
located below the LCD to perform software functions as
indicated by the dynamic labels. Different labels appear
over the four function keys as you move among the
various menus. For example, the label
SAVE
appears above the F2 key when device information can be
saved, and the label appears above the F1 key
HELP
when access to online help is available. See Figure 3.
Online Menu
When connected to a HART compatible device, simply
press the On Key to display the online menu. This menu
normally contains the most critical information about the
connected device and your measurement, including:
● User-defined Tag
● Actual Input (process variable)
● Actual Analog Output
● Lower Range Value (LRV)
Figure 2. The HART Communicator provides features that make the
communicator fast to learn and easy to use.
LCD
The LCD is an eight-line by twenty-one character
display that provides a window to all the functions of
a HART compatible device. When connected to a
HART device, the top line of each menu displays the
model name of the device and its tag. The bottom line
of each menu is reserved for a dynamic label for
each function key, F1 through F4. See Figure 3.
Figure 3. The Online menu along with the Function Keys.
● Upper Range Value (URV)
Action Keys
Six Action Keys promote easy navigation
through the menu structure. See Figure 4.
ON/OFF
OUT/LEFT
UP HOT KEY
DOWN
Figure 4. Action Keys.
IN/RIGHT
Hot Key
Customize the Hot Key to quickly access a menu of your
most frequently performed online tasks. The Hot Key
Menu is a user-definable menu containing one permanent
option, Range Values. Range Values provides quick access
to rerange capability. Up to 19 of your frequently
performed tasks can also be added to this menu.
These tasks, stored even when the communicator is
off, are always readily available by simply
pressing the Hot Key.
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