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Wireless Communication Parameters - Instrument List

Network Explorer – Instrument List

Parameter

Description

Default

Max. Card
Number

Displays maximum number of cards in the I/O system. This
corresponds to the maximum number of wireless devices
which can be connected to the Gateway.

Max. Channel
Number

Displays maximum number of channels. The Gateway
always returns the value "2".

Max. Sub. Dev.
Number

Displays maximum number of sub devices that can be
connected to a specific WirelessHART adapter.

Number of Sub
Devices

Displays current number of sub devices. Every device
counts as a sub device, no matter if it is a wireless device
or a wired device connected to a WirelessHART adapter.

Instrument List

Network Explorer displaying the devices and subdevices in
the network. Select a device in the tree structure for more
details on this device (see following table).
To create a backup of the Instrument List use
Additional Functions > List Editor (see chapter 6.3.5).

Table 5.3Wireless Communication Parameters - Instrument List

Note!

Using the Network Explorer

Please refer to the section "Network Explorer Tables" for information on using the Network

Explorer (see chapter 5.6).

Displayed
information

Description

Delete

The Delete button becomes active when you select a device which is
currently disconnected from the wireless network (red status icon).
Press Delete to remove the selected device from the Instrument List
permanently. The respective I/O card becomes vacant again.
It is not possible to delete a connected device (green status icon)
from the Instrument List.

Refresh

Press Refresh to update the Instrument List. The Instrument List is
rebuilt and reconciled with the Network Manager list.

Long Tag

Long Tag of the device.
HART 5 devices and older devices do not support long tags. For
those devices, the WirelessHART adapter uses the content of the
"Message" field which will be displayed here instead.

I/O Card

Virtual I/O card number to which the device is mapped to (see
chapter 2.2.3).

Channel

Channel of the virtual I/O card the device is mapped to (see chapter
2.2.3).
The value "0" identifies a WirelessHART device or a WirelessHART
adapter, while the value "1" identifies a wired device connected to a
WirelessHART adapter.

Device Type

Device type as registered at the HCF.