Appendix C: Maintenance .............................................................................................95
Principles of Operation ......................................................................................................................96
Echo Processing .................................................................................................................................96
Process Intelligence .................................................................................................................96
Echo Lock ....................................................................................................................................97
Echo Position Detection ..........................................................................................................97
Measurement Range .........................................................................................................................98
Near Range ................................................................................................................................98
Far Range ....................................................................................................................................99
Measurement Response ...................................................................................................................99
mA Output .............................................................................................................................................99
Damping ..............................................................................................................................................100
Loss of Echo (LOE) ............................................................................................................................100
Fail-safe Mode ...................................................................................................................................100
Fail-safe Timer .........................................................................................................................101
Fail-safe Material Level .........................................................................................................101
Fail-safe Level ..........................................................................................................................101
Horn Antenna .....................................................................................................................................103
Loop power .........................................................................................................................................104
Startup Behavior .....................................................................................................................105
SIMATIC PDM ...................................................................................................................................109
HART Version ...........................................................................................................................109
HART Burst Mode ...................................................................................................................109
HART Multidrop .......................................................................................................................109
Supported HART Commands .........................................................................................................113
Device Specific Commands ..................................................................................................113
Glossary ..........................................................................................................................115
Index ................................................................................................................................119
LCD menu structure ......................................................................................................121
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