E: HART Communications

Appendix E: HART Communications

Highway Addressable Remote Transducer, HART, is an industrial protocol that is superimposed on the 4-20 mA signal. It is an open standard, and full details about HART can be obtained from the HART Communication Foundation at www.hartcomm.org

SITRANS LR 460 can be configured over the HART network using either the HART Communicator 275 by Fisher-Rosemount, or a software package. There are a number of different software packages available. The recommended software package is the SIMATIC Process Device Manager (PDM) by Siemens.

HART Device Description (DD)

SITRANS LR 460 cannot be set up using a generic DD. The configuration software needs the HART Device Description for SITRANS LR 460.

You can download the HART DD for SITRANS LR 460 from the product page of our website. Go to: https://pia.khe.siemens.com/index.asp?Nr=14655 and click on Downloads.

Older versions of the library will have to be updated in order to use all the features of SITRANS LR 460.

SIMATIC Process Device Manager (PDM)

This software package is designed to permit easy configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of HART devices. The HART DD for SITRANS LR 460 was written with SIMATIC PDM in mind and has been extensively tested with this software.

For more information see SIMATIC PDM on page 92.

HART modem interface for SIMATIC PDM

To interface SIMATIC PDM with a HART device you will need a HART modem. Two options are available.

HART Modem model

Part Number

HART modem/RS-232 (for use with a PC and SIMATIC PDM)

7MF4997-1DA

 

 

HART modem/USB (for use with a PC and SIMATIC PDM)

7MF4997-1DB

 

 

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Siemens LR 460 Hart Device Description DD, Simatic Process Device Manager PDM, Hart modem interface for Simatic PDM