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APPENDIX AHART Communicator Messages

Thefollowing is a list of m essages used by the HART Communicator (HC)

withtheir corresponding descriptions.

• Variable parameters within the text of a message are indicated with

<variableparameter>.

• Reference to the name of another message is identified by

[anothermessage].

Message Description
Additem for ALL
devicetypes or onl y
forthis ONE devi ce
type.
Asksthe user whethe r the Hot Key item being added
shouldbe added for all device types or only for the type of
devicethat is conne cted.
Allvariables
associatedwith this
variablemust be
markedor not marked
thesame.
Thisoccurs if you marked oneor more earlier variables and
tryto leave the current one unma rked.
Ifyou answer “Yes”, then earlier variables will be marked or
umarkedthe same a s the current variable.
CommandNot
Implemented The connected device does not support this function.
Commerror
associatedwith host
commport
HCcannot understand the respo nse from the device.
Commerror
associatedwith field
devicecomm port
Thedevice sends backa response ind icating the message
itreceived was unintelligible.
CompactingMemory.
Mayrequire up to
<nbr>minut es to
complete.
Whenelectrically e rasable (EE) memory becomes
fragmented,the emptyspaces are gathe red to form one
largeempty space so that a configurationcan be stored.
Thistakes time.
Compare:List of
markedvariables are
notthe same.
Resultsof compare function.
Configuration
memorynot
compatiblewith
connecteddevice
Theconfiguration stored in memory is incompatible with the
deviceto which a transferhas been r equested.
DeviceBusy Theconnected device is busy per forming another task.