Badger Meter SRD/SRI Valve Positioners - Manual (Page 8)

CONTENTS OF VALCARE SOFTWARE
The VALcare -software package includes the following files:
PACTware with:
• PACTware Release 3 .0
• ComDTM for the HART Protocol (by Codewright)
srdinstall with:
• Device DTM for SRD991 and SRD960 for HART, PROFIBUS, FOUNDATION F . and FoxCom
modeminstall with:
• ComDTM for the FoxCom / EDCom / IRCom Protocol
Hardware Requirements
A computer with Pentium II 200 MHz processor or better, XGA Graphics and a Microsoft®-compatible mouse or an equivalent
pointing device is recommended .
Disk space requirements:
PACTware 100 MByte
ComDTM 40 MByte
DeviceDTM 55 MByte
Main Memory 45 MByte
Software Requirements
PACTware runs under the operating systems Windows NT 4 .0 as of Service Pack 4, Windows 2000 and Windows XP . To print
device parameter values, a Microsoft Internet Explorer as of Release 4 .0 must be installed .
About the Software
PACTware (Process Automation Configuration Tool) is a program which allows to select communication-capable field devices
of different manufacturers from a device catalog and combine them in projects .
In accordance with the FDT Specification 1 .2 (Field Device Tool Specification) PACTware is used as a frame program for the
VALcare or any other Device DTM (Device Type Manager) . VALcare is a full version software for predictive maintenance,
diagnosis, configuration and calibration .
Via ComDTM (Communication DTM), a communication with the field devices using protocols like the HART, PROFIBUS,
FOUNDATION F . or FoxCom protocol is established .
VALcare Includes Communication and Device DTMs
HART PROFIBUS-PA FOUNDATION F. FoxCom / EDCom / IRCom
Communication DTM √
Communication driver
distributed by Softing
Communication driver
included in FBM
√ Communication driver
included in modeminstall .exe
Device DTM
SRD991 √ √ √ √
SRD960 √ √ √ √
Required Modems and Interfaces
HART HART-Modem (Serial or USB)
PROFIBUS-PA PROFICard by Softing
FOUNDATION F. ATFBus by National Instruments
FoxCom PC10-Modem
EDCOM EDC82 / EDC83 Modem
IRCOM IR-Modem (Serial or USB)
How to Order
The CD-Rom for the VALcare Software package can be ordered under No: EW 556 932 011 .
Contents of VALcare Software
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