My buddy Klaus Erni, the DeltaV Hardware Product
Marketing Manager, has a couple of smaller, but pretty neat projects associated
with the V12 release of DeltaV.
The first is a fiber optic connection option for our
Wireless IO Card (WIOC) – the Fiber Optic IOP.
With this little gizmo plugged into the WIOC carrier, you’re no longer
constrained to the 100m limit of copper CAT5 and can really extend the distance
for locating your DeltaV wireless field device access point.
His second project is the new the 24 VDC Power CHARM. This one’s kind of interesting – the purpose
of this CHARM is to supply 24 volts to 4 wire transmitters like a MicroMotion. It now gives folks a simple alternative for
wiring up these 4 wire devices without the need for a lot of extra stuff in
rack room panels or field enclosures.
The process variable comes in on a normal, HART
input CHARM, and the device is powered by the 24 VDC Power CHARM. You can install the Power CHARM right next to
the HART CHARM or locate a group of Power CHARMs in a separate baseplate.
You don’t have to configure anything in DeltaV for the
Power CHARM to work, but you can if you want and reference diagnostic
information about the power being supplied to the transmitter.
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