Calibrating HART Smart Pressure Transmitters

HART Pressure Transmitter
Calibration
Presenter: Bob Crepps
Process Tools Product Specialist
Fluke Corporation
HART Pressure
Transmitter Calibration

Calibration
1. HART – What is it?
2. Calibrating a HART Pressure Transmitter
using a Documenting Calibrator and a Hand
Pump.
3. Calibrating a HART Pressure Transmitter
using an Automatic Documenting Pressure
Calibrator.
4. Using Documenting Calibration Software to
capture and print Calibration Reports.
HART Pressure Transmitter Calibration

What is HART?
• Highway Addressable Remote Transducer
• An industry standard developed to define the communications protocol between intelligent field
devices and a control system
• The most popular digital communication standard in the field today
The HART Foundation
• An independent not for profit organization that supports the application of HART technology
worldwide
Fluke is a member of this organization
https://fieldcommgroup.org/
Calibration

Why HART?
Enhances operation of field devices by allowing digital communication
Important benefits:
Allows simultaneous 4-20mA analog signal and digital over same wiring
Existing cabling can be used
Current control strategies remain secure
Additional information can be transmitted
Tag numbers, measured values, range and span data, product information and diagnostics
Reduces operation costs
Important information is available for installation, calibration and maintenance
Improved management and utilization of “smart” instrument networks
Calibration

Calibrating a HART
Pressure Transmitter using
a Documenting Calibrator
and a Hand Pump.
Calibration

Pressure Generation
• Hand pumps most portable means to generate pressure
• Pneumatic versions range up 600 PSI
• Many can generate vacuum to -12 PSI
• Hydraulic versions typically range up to 10,000 PSI
• Use DI water or mineral oil
• Hand-pumps need rebuilding often, develop leaks
• Include course adjust, fine adjust and vent
• Nitrogen bottles with regulators
• Heavy but self regulate with small leaks
Need to be refilled often if used for high pressure
Calibration

Pressure transmitter calibration
using a portable documenting
calibrator: connection
Calibration
Pressure input Current
output
Percent
of span
0 psi 4 mA 0 %
2.5 psi 12 mA 50 %
5.0 psi 20 mA 100 %

Configure the calibrator with HART
Calibration
• Acquire the test parameters (HART Query)
• Configure the input/output of the calibrator
• Define the test parameters
Configure the measure
and source function of
the calibrator
Define the performance
test
Acquire HART
Configuration

Calibration : As-Found test
Calibration
• Document the initial calibration verification
• If within specification, calibration is complete
• If out of spec, HART adjustment is necessary

Calibration : digital adjustment
Calibration
• Perform HART trim on the transmitter

Calibration : As-Left Test
Calibration
• Document the post adjustment calibration verification

Calibrating a HART Pressure
Transmitter using a Documenting
Automatic Pressure Calibrator.
Calibration

Automatic Pressure Generation
Calibration
• Easy and automatic pressure calibration
–Solves the big pressure testing pain point of manual
pressure generation
–Built in pump and pressure regulator up to 300 psi
–Leak detection for testing and verifying setups

Pressure transmitter calibration
using a documenting automatic
pressure calibrator: connection
• Single pressure hose connection between calibrator
and transmitter which decreases chance of pressure
leaks.
Calibration

Configure the calibrator with HART
• Test setup pre-configured based on the found HART
configuration or the selected task
• Further settings (defaults) that define the test, update as
needed, can be changed and saved as customized
Calibration

Calibration : As-Found/Adjust/As-Left
• Select AutoTest and the 729 will apply the
test pressure, measure mA signals and
calculate Error %
• If out of specification, use HART Trim
commands to adjust
• Perform the As-Left with the same
Autotest feature
Calibration

Calibration
Benefits of using Documenting Calibrators
• No writing down measurements
• Eliminates transcription errors
• Eliminates errors from manually entering calibration data
into a PC
• Pair with calibration management software for data analysis
and managing workload
– Data analysis enables calibration interval adjustments
– Optimizes use of skilled technicians
– Enables route based maintenance scheme

Calibration
• Tasks be downloaded from a
Calibration Management
Software application
– Templates define pressures applied
to the transmitter and measured
output parameters (4-20 mA or 1-5
volts)
– Test tolerance, number of test points
– Default templates can often be
customized and saved to match tag
numbers

Calibration
• Documented Calibration Results
– Test results can be uploaded to
software and saved into a database
– Test reports can be recalled and
printed

Thank-you to our host
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Company Confidential
• Thank-you Transcat for hosting the
webinar today

Questions or Comments?
Email Nicole VanWert-Quinzi nvanwert@Transcat.com
Transcat: 800-800-5001
www.Transcat.com
For related product information, go to:
www.Transcat.com/Fluke

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