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Meriam MFC5150 HART Communicator Manual User Manual

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3.2 HART

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Menu

HART

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Menus can be accessed once a HART

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device has been properly connected and the HART

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communication is established between that device and the communicator. There are three navigable panes
on the HART

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Menus. The Navigation Menu, the Function Buttons, and the Menu Path. Focus is shifted

between these three panes by pressing the Advance/Switch key.

The selected item (in-focus) within the pane is highlighted by a red border (Function Buttons, and the
Menu Path) or a gray background (Navigation Menu).

Device and Status Line

The top of the system menus contain HART

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communication and system information. This field is not

navigable.

Connected HART

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Device – Displays the model name of the HART

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device currently communicating

with the 5150 Series communicator.

HART

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Tag – Displays the tag information returned from the HART

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device.


HART

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Beat – Alternates red and gray when there is communication active. Stays gray when there is

comm. silence.

Other active HART

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comm – displays other HART

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devices that are active in the HART

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loop.

“P” indicates a Primary Master. “B” indicates a slave device in burst mode.

Battery Life – Remaining charge (green) of battery pack.

Current Time – Time of day.

Connected

HART

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Device

HART

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Tag or Long Tag

HART

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Beat

Other active

HART

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comm

Battery Life

Current Time

Advance/Switch key