User guide

62
9 Diagnostics and service
MINITRAC 31 • Foundation Fieldbus
41782-EN-131119
9 Diagnostics and service
9.1 Maintenance
Ifthedeviceisusedcorrectly,nomaintenanceisrequiredinnormal
operation.
The corresponding source container must be checked in regular
intervals.Youcanndfurtherinformationintheoperatinginstructions
manual of the source container.
9.2 Status messages
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therearemoredetailederrormessagesavailable
under the menu item "Diagnostics" via the display and adjustment
module,PACTware/DTMandEDD.
Thestatusmessagesaredividedintothefollowingcategories:
•
Failure
•
Function check
•
Outofspecication
•
Maintenancerequirement
and explained by pictographs:
41 2 3
Fig. 23: Pictographs of the status messages
1 Failure - red
2 Outofspecication-yellow
3 Function check - orange
4 Maintenance - blue
Failure: Due to a malfunction in the instrument, a failure message is
outputted.
Thisstatusmessageisalwaysactive.Itcannotbedeactivatedbythe
user.
Function check: The instrument is in operation, the measured value
is temporarily invalid (for example during simulation).
This status message is inactive by default. It can be activated by the
userviaPACTware/DTMorEDD.
Outofspecication: The measured value is unstable because the
instrumentspecicationisexceeded(e.g.electronicstemperature).
This status message is inactive by default. It can be activated by the
userviaPACTware/DTMorEDD.
Status messages