FieldCare Handbook

FieldCare
Training Handbook
FieldCare Fundamentals
 FDT / DTM Technology
 FieldCare Installation & Setup
 Connecting with FieldCare
 Setting Parameters in a Field Device
 Upload / Download / Storing Parameters
 Printing out the Documentation/Report
 Exporting the Project
SU00001S/04/en/06.12
Training Handbook FieldCare - Version 1.6
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Editor
The following training handbook is produced by Endress+Hauser PC-Process Solutions AG. Any changes to or extracts from
this document are subject to the permission of the editor. To contact the editor please use the address below.
Copyright
This document is protected by copyright. The use outside of Endress+Hauser or any copying of the document or parts of the
document is only permitted with written permission of Endress+Hauser PCPS.
For further information and permission please contact:
Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG
Edward Kluttz
Kägenstrasse 2
4153 Reinach BL
Switzerland
E-Mail: training@solutions.endress.com
Prerequisites of the trainee
None
Objective of this learning module

This Handbook is written primarily for Service Technicians. Others are welcome to use it too as reference. After working their
way through this handbook – including the hands-on steps for assessment - service technicians should have…
… installed the latest version of FieldCare on their service laptop
… actually used FieldCare and know that it works properly on their laptop
… made themselves familiar with how FieldCare works for all of their service applications.
After working through this module you will understand…

…what FDT/DTM technology is
…how to install FieldCare with the license that you need
…how to connect to FieldCare from your technology of choice (PROFIBUS, FF, HART) or a Service Tool
…how to use FieldCare to set field device parameters
…how to upload parameters from your field device into FieldCare, store them in FieldCare and even export them to
another computer
…how to print out the documentation / field report
…how to download parameters from FieldCare to your field device
Chapters 5, 9 and 10 are self-contained, i.e. they must not be read one after the other and do not build on each other. You
are free to skip to whichever subject you need to be familiar with, be it HART, PROFIBUS or FOUNDATION fieldbus or the
chapters on Service Tools.
Additional training material

This training handbook supports the learner in achieving the above objectives and includes links to required downloads from
the appropriate Endress+Hauser website.
Assessment
To fulfill the requirements of MasterClass and be allowed to attend the appropriate product and technology service
qualification courses offered by the particular PC, the participant must carry out the steps prescribed in this handbook and
receive a certified assessment from PCPS. For any questions about your assessment, please contact
edward.kluttz@solutions.endress.com
Note for all Service Technicians N

Wherever you find the above symbol, this note applies to you. The steps that follow will help you to get the most out of this
handbook.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................4
2. Installing and setting up FieldCare ....................................................................................................................7
2.1. Installation of FieldCare.......................................................................................................................................7
2.2. Steps to successfully install FieldCare...................................................................................................................7
2.3. Setting up FieldCare ............................................................................................................................................9
3. Getting started................................................................................................................................................16
4. Assessment.....................................................................................................................................................17
5. HART and WirelessHART................................................................................................................................18
5.1. Connecting to HART, physical layer...................................................................................................................18
5.2. Creating a new project with FieldCare...............................................................................................................20
5.3. Connecting FieldCare with a Field Device Point to Point: CommDTM -> Device DTM .....................................22
5.4. Problems Finding the Right CommPort? ............................................................................................................25
5.5. Creating Connection to the Network.................................................................................................................27
5.6. Reading from and Writing to the Device ...........................................................................................................30
5.7. Storing the project.............................................................................................................................................30
6. Service Interface FXA 193...............................................................................................................................31
7. Service Interface FXA 291...............................................................................................................................32
8. Service Interface TXU10 .................................................................................................................................34
9. PROFIBUS ......................................................................................................................................................35
9.1. Creating a new project ......................................................................................................................................35
9.2. Selecting a communication interface..................................................................................................................36
9.3. Starting the Interface Driver ..............................................................................................................................37
9.4. Selecting the Communication Interface .............................................................................................................38
9.5. Scanning with PROFIBUS..................................................................................................................................41
9.6. Connecting to a field device to set parameters ...................................................................................................43
9.7. Storing a project ................................................................................................................................................43
10. FOUNDATION Fieldbus..................................................................................................................................45
10.1. Setting up the FOUNDATION fieldbus interface ................................................................................................45
10.2. Creating a new FieldCare project.......................................................................................................................46
10.3. Selecting a communication interface..................................................................................................................46
10.4. Scanning the FOUNDATION fieldbus................................................................................................................47
10.5. Connecting to a field device to set parameters ...................................................................................................49
10.6. Storing a project ................................................................................................................................................51
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1. Introduction
The setup of a field device in a typical plant uses a software tool compatible with the maintenance and commissioning
requirements of the particular manufacturer. But a typical plant can include components from many different
manufacturers, and each setup tool can have quite a different look and feel.
The FDT Group was founded in 2003 to deal with this growing complexity by providing a common integration
technology used by all manufacturers. Founded by ABB, Endress+Hauser, Invensys, Metso Automation and Siemens;
the group created an FDT, or Field Device Technology. This technology defines how the field device driver works
together with a commissioning tool. In the case of Endress+Hauser, FDT defines how the individual field device drivers
work together with FieldCare. For more information, go to www.fdtgroup.org Since 2010 the FDT Group has put
into place a certifying process for this interface to ensure that the commissioning tool – in our case FieldCare – does
indeed create that common environment. FieldCare is the first frame to have been certified by the FDT Group (in
2010). The FDT standard has been adopted internationally as IEC 62453 and approved in the United States as
ANSI/ISA-62453.
A common integration interface is created with the FDT frame application. This frame application manages the DTMs.
DTM simply stands for Device Type Manager. There are CommDTMs that establish the communication interface
between the particular bus protocol and FieldCare and DeviceDTMs nested in the CommDTM that serve as device
drivers for the individual field devices. A DTM contains the device-specific data and functionalities plus all of the
graphic and dialogue elements necessary to communicate with the device and set its parameters. A DTM can be
compared with the driver for a printer; FDT with the Windows frame interface. We are provided with a common
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frame interface – in our case FDT - and can select the printer that we consider the best. But we always know how to
print a document. FieldCare – the frame - always looks the same, but the communication and device drivers can be
different.
CommDTMs provide connection to the particular communication protocol, whether it be Industrial Ethernet, HART,
PROFIBUS, or FOUNDATION fieldbus (others also possible). DeviceDTMs provide connection to the field device type.
This creates a nested communication from the controller through each communication layer and down to the
individual field device.
Plant Plant as network in FDT frame
Ethernet
1
Fieldbus
6 2
5 4
3
We will see later on that the better the available DTM in the FieldCare library matches the field device type, the more
parameters that can be monitored and set by FieldCare. FieldCare rates this matching quality on a scale of 1 to 5,
where 1 is the absolutely correct DTM. Depending on the protocol used, there are various stages along the way to
“placeholder”, the worst match.
HART
FieldCare uses DTMs and always uses the DTMs for Endress+Hauser field devices. If there is no matching DTM for a
third-party device and a DD (Device Description) – registered by the HART Communication Foundation - is available
for the device, FieldCare provides an iDTM (interpreter DTM) that interprets the parameterization and functionalities
provided in the DD. (The HART Communication Foundation introduced mandatory registration for all HART field
devices beginning with HART 6 – WirelessHART is HART 7.) If a registered DD is not available, FieldCare makes
available a Generic HART DTM.
There is a quarterly update of all Endress+Hauser DTM libraries, including the iDTM library.
PROFIBUS
The PROFIBUS PA Profile specification requires that a field device communicate cyclically not only with a
manufacturer-specific GSD but also with a profile GSD that is the same for an entire class of field devices. This
facilitates device exchange. For the acyclic communication, DTMs can be generated from these GSDs in the form of
Device DTM and Profile DTM. FieldCare calls up a Placeholder DTM if neither one of the above DTMs matches
adequately the field device as identified by the network. DTMs are also available for the other components in the
network, such as a Gateway, Remote I/O, DP/PA Coupler or DP/PA Link. These DTMs should all be found in the
FieldCare DTM catalogue, or can be downloaded to that catalogue.
An iDTM for PROFIBUS will be available soon.
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FOUNDATION Fieldbus
For FOUNDATION fieldbus, Device DTMs can be made available from the field device type DDs. Whether they are
actually available depends on the manufacturer. Endress+Hauser provides DTMs for its FOUNDATION fieldbus field
devices, except for older Endress+Hauser field devices. For older devices, a Basic DTM provides access to the basic
device functions. For third-party devices, if a DD is available in conformance with the registered DDs of the HART
Communication Foundation, again an iDTM can interpret it for commissioning with FieldCare.
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1. Obtain the DVD for FieldCare 2.08 and install it on your laptop. If you already have FieldCare installed, make sure
that it is the latest version of FieldCare 2.08 and that the Service components – and DTMs - have been installed and
updated too. How to install and set up FieldCare is the subject of the next chapter.
If you have an earlier version of FieldCare installed, the best thing to do is to de-install the earlier version completely
and install FieldCare 2.08 new. An update will take longer and could create installation issues on your service laptop,
depending on how old it is.
Questions? Contact edward.kluttz@solutions.endress.com
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2. Installing and setting up FieldCare
2.1. Installation of FieldCare

To install FieldCare, just follow the prompting from the DVD. Please install FieldCare completely, especially if you are a
Service engineer. Don`t forget to install the iDTMs for HART and FOUNDATION Fieldbus, which interpret the DDs so
they can be used in a DTM environment. If you are a Service engineer, you will need the Service DTMs.
Note! If you already have an older version of FieldCare installed on your laptop, de-install the older version
completely. Then install FieldCare new.
2.2. Steps to successfully install FieldCare

1. Insert the FieldCare DVD in the DVD drive. FieldCare Setup starts automatically. If, however, autostart is not
active, start the setup.exe program.
2. FieldCare Installation Manager checks the system requirements.
3. The license agreement appears. Click YES to continue.
4. Click “Device Setup”. That is all you will need for this fundamental course. Anything higher requires a license.
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5. Should you need Plant Asset Management extensions which require a license, click “Enter license information” and
type in the Serial Number and License Key.
The license information your customer enters depends upon what he wants to do with FieldCare. If you just want to
set up Endress+Hauser devices or 3rd party devices that provide an FDT conform DTM, all you need is Device Setup,
which is free of charge. If you need Plant Asset Management, you buy a license for PAM. If you need one or more of
the available extensions, you buy a license for PAM plus one or more of the Plant Asset Management Extensions: e.g.
Condition Monitoring, iDTM HART, iDTM FOUNDATION Fieldbus, etc. You enter the license key for the license
package that you require. Here below is an overview of the license packages offered at this time.
5. All of the languages of the FieldCare frame application will be installed. You choose your personal setting.
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6. FieldCare Installation Manager now checks to see if a FieldCare version is already installed on your computer and
allows you to select what you want to install.
N As a Service Technician you will need everything. Check ALL of the boxes.
2.3. Setting up FieldCare

N This entire chapter is background information for you as a Service Technician. You don`t need to do
anything here.
3rd party DTMs have to be downloaded directly from the particular manufacturer, as there is no licensing policy
common to all manufacturers. Endress+Hauser does not charge for DTMs, but some other manufacturers do.
After installing the DTMs, don`t forget to update the DTM Catalog in FieldCare. You will normally be prompted by
FieldCare to do so, but if not, read further to find out how to do it. This will be explained in the next pages.
Useful features of FieldCare 2.08 are shown in the screenshots below. In the menu tab “Help”, under “About” and
then “More Info”, you can see which components of the FieldCare package were actually installed.
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FieldCare
Setting up FieldCare
In the same “Help” menu, you can see

which PAM extension licenses have been
implemented.
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In setting up FieldCare it is useful to go to FieldCare Administration. The path is shown below.
To enter FieldCare Administration you will need the log in:

User: Administrator
Password: Admin
Access rights can be given as seen and explained below.
Access rights are given to the particular user by entering his/her name and password. Don`t forget to click on
“Activate” before you leave the setup.
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The W@M connection can be selected, either through public internet – W@M Portal URL – or through the W@M
connection only within your own system - W@M Enterprise. The last requires an extra license.
Below is a screenshot of a W@M Enterprise setup.
Once you have started FieldCare, you can go to the upper toolbar and open Extras and Options. You should then see
the pop-up below. Under Language you can change the language used in FieldCare.
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Under Project you can change the start-up prompt. This is for the case that you have already stored a project, or
projects, and always want to select a stored project.
Under the W@M button, the W@M function needs to be enabled for it to make the connection to your W@M portal.
You also select here whether your devices should be connected up to W@M by serial number (default) or tag.
FieldCare
Setting up FieldCare
In the drop-down menu “View” the

Plant view can be added to
- or chosen instead of –
the Network view.
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If you do choose plant view, you can optimize it with the plant level option and device positions.
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Network and Plant View
Plant View Plant Levels

Network view
Device Positions
Complete Overview of a Plant
The DTM Catalog button offers two possibilities: to display the DTMs that are at present installed in your FieldCare
and to update the catalog after the installation of new DTMs.
Important!!! Once any DTMs have been downloaded to the catalog, the catalog must be updated.
Click on Update. In the next page that appears, click on “update” and wait for all of the newly installed DTMs to be
found by the application. Once they have been found, right-click in the left-hand field and “add all to DTM Catalog.“
Important! Before you close the window, click on “OK”.
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For those of you who have selected a PAM license or extensions and activated the W@M feature in FieldCare, you will
find a W@M button that can provide such information as you see below.
Field Care
W@M Connection
Device-specific access to
device information from the E+H device databank
Condition Monitoring was new in FieldCare2.07. We will talk about this in the appropriate fieldbus course.
Field Care
Condition Monitoring in 2.07.00
New CM module (NE 107 compliant)
FAB
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3. Getting started
As we said before, FieldCare allows you to reach your field devices through nested communication.
Now we need to use this information to set up our connection to the actual field devices through the communication
DTM for the particular fieldbus protocol we are using. In the network view, right-click on Host PC. Select the correct
CommDTM, set up your interface parameters by right-clicking on the CommDTM and going to Configuration. Then
you can go online and scan the network for the field devices actually connected to the network. Once you have seen
that your network is properly connected, use the tab “Create Network” in the toolbar at the top of your screen.
We will now go through the particular details for each protocol, each in a separate chapter.
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4. Assessment
N Assessment: As a Service Technician, your assessment begins here. It is your task now to find two devices
– either HART, PROFIBUS or FOUNDATION fieldbus – and show us at PCPS that you can set the following in each
of those two devices:
 Tag: Your Name belongs here
 Address: 7 if HART, 27 if PROFIBUS or FF
 2 other parameters: Set the Display language to German
Set the Display to three places after the decimal
Then upload these changes into FieldCare, store the parameters and export them to a file that you send to us.
(You will find the e-mail address on page 2 of this handbook. You will need a Plant Asset Management (PAM) license
to export the file. This is recommended. But you can send us the file stored in FieldCare, if you do not have a license.)
How you do all this will be explained in the chapter you select: HART, PROFIBUS or FOUNDATION fieldbus.
N Assessment:
Finally, as described on page 9 of this handbook;
o click on “Help” => “About” and send us a screenshot of your FieldCare version (similar to the one
shown on page 9).
o Then click on “More Info” => “Print” (page 10) and send us the pdf that is produced.
Good luck!
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5. HART and WirelessHART
5.1. Connecting to HART, physical layer

There are several ways to set up the communication connection with a HART device, as shown below. A 250 Ohm
resistor must, however, be in the current loop to allow the HART signal to be picked up in parallel.
Field Care
Point-to-Point HART Connection
Ethernet
Profibus DP
Remote I/O
Field
Care
4-20mA
Field Care
HART Connection over PROFIBUS
Ethernet
Field
Care
Profibus DP
Remote I/O
4-20mA
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Field Care
HART Connection over Ethernet and PROFIBUS
Ethernet Field
Care
Profibus DP
Remote I/O
4-20mA
Field Care
HART Connection over Ethernet
Ethernet Field
Care
4-20mA
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Field Care
HART Connection over GSM/Modem
Fieldgate GSM/GPRS
Version
Dial-Up Number:
01701234567
01701234567
Provider Network
FieldCare
5.2. Creating a new project with FieldCare
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This start-up screen can be eliminated for future starts by removing the checkmark from the box.
After starting FieldCare you have the choice of creating a new project or selecting a project that has been stored.
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5.3. Connecting FieldCare with a Field Device Point to Point: CommDTM -> Device DTM
The typical case is as shown below, point-to-point connection with a HART field device through the Commubox
FXA195.
Field Care
Point-to-Point HART Connection
Ethernet
Profibus DP
Remote I/O
Field
Care
4-20mA
The Commubox FXA195 is connected in the 4…20mA loop with the field device and with the communication resistor
(270 ohm) in the Commubox switched ON.
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If the driver has not already been installed on your laptop, you will need to install it. Go to
http://www.endress.com/corporate and in the search function space type in “FXA 195”. Go to the “Documents /
Software” tab and download the USB driver for this Commubox.
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To connect up online with a field device and set parameters in that device online, the two layers of nested
communication have to be set up.
1. Right-click on “Host PC” and “Add Device.”
2. Select “HART Communication.”
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3. Right-click on the CommDTM, “HART Communication” and “Configuration.”
4. Select the correct CommPort, reduce the number of communication retries to 1. Set the start and end addresses to
an appropriate range. If you are connected point to point, the device and the Commubox FXA 195 are in the same
communication loop, and the field device must have the address 0. If the field device is connected via multidrop,
it will have an address in the range from 1 to 15. With WirelessHART the address range has been extended to 63
and the Endress+Hauser adapter has the default address 15.
5. Click on “Apply” and “OK.”
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5.4. Problems Finding the Right CommPort?

If the Configuration does not find the CommPort, follow the steps below. Otherwise you can skip this page and the
next. Go straight to 4.5, the next section in this handbook.
CHECK:
(Check 1.) To check for the correct CommPort, right-click on “My Computer” on your desktop. (Steps 1 – 5)
(Check 2.) Open “Properties.”
(1 – 2) Alternatively, go to Settings -> Control Panel -> System
(Check 3.) Open “Hardware.”
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(Check 4.) Open “Device Manager.”
(Check 5.) In the tree at “Ports” you should find the Commubox FXA 195 in an opened port. Before you proceed, the
Commubox must appear in this tree. If it does not, it can only be because you have no connection to the box
(Disconnect the USB and re-connect. The installation wizard should appear when you re-connect.) or you have not yet
installed the driver.
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5.5. Creating Connection to the Network

FIELDCARE:
1. After configuring FieldCare for HART, click OK and return to the CommDTM. Right-click on the CommDTM,
“HART Communication,” and click “Connect.” Then click on “Create Network.”
2. FieldCare scans the network within the address range set in Configuration. The field device(s) found are identified
and the quality of the DTMs available in the library are compared with what is needed.
3. To go online with one field device, right-click on the device, click “Connect” then double-click on the device.
Both bubbles go green and you should then see the device online as below. Check the lower left-hand corner to
see if FieldCare says that you are online with the device. (See the screenshot in point 4 below.)
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4. You can configure the field devices offline before they have been delivered. Click on “Add Device” and find the
field device you wish to configure. Below we can see that you are offline.
5. To change a device`s address, right-click on the CommDTM, HART Communication, then “Additional Functions”
and “Change device address.”
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6. Once FieldCare has scanned and found the device(s), click on “Change address.”
7. You will be given the address range possible for that particular field device.
8. Remember that FieldCare is not dynamic. Once the address has been changed, delete the device as shown below
and click on “Create Network” again to find and go online with the device at the new address.
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5.6. Reading from and Writing to the Device

With an upload, the parameters can be read from the device to FieldCare. With a download, any changed parameters
can be written from FieldCare into the device.
Careful! Always upload all of the parameters from the device before downloading to the device. Otherwise you run
the risk of overwriting parameters in the device with default parameters from the offline configuration. Individual
values can be changed in the device by simply keying “enter.”
5.7. Storing the project

As mentioned above, first upload the parameters from the device into FieldCare. Then save your project as below.
Make sure you give it a project name that is easily associated with your project.
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6. Service Interface FXA 193

N
Note! You as a service technician must have a PAM license for flow devices! Only with a PAM license is the
export function activated. You need the export function to print a pdf report for any flow device.
The FXA 193 is a Commubox designed to enable a service technician to connect directly through the service access
point with an Endress+Hauser Proline II field device from Flowtec. Parameters can then be set via FieldCare. The
communication is therefore independent of the protocol. You will learn more about the use of the various Service Tools
at the PC Flowtec Service courses.
For now, you MUST make sure that your laptop is prepared.
Note! The FXA 193 has only a serial interface. If your laptop no longer has a serial interface, you will need an RS 232
to USB adapter. The adapter needs to be installed and tested BEFORE you attend the course. Please contact
application@flowtec.endress.com for help in selecting and installing the proper adapter.
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Connect your FXA 193 (plus USB adapter) to a flow device, add the ISS Comm DTM and scan for your flow device.
Go online. Once online you will find a print icon. Print out the parameters set in your flow device (with timestamp)
and send the printout to edward.kluttz@solutions.endress.com
You must receive an OK from PCPS BEFORE you attend any service training course at Flowtec!
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7. Service Interface FXA 291

The FXA 291 is a Commubox designed to enable a service technician to connect directly with an Endress+Hauser field
device through the service access point of the particular device and set the parameters via FieldCare. The
at the PC Service courses. For now, you will need to make sure that your laptop is prepared, as below.
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You will need to install the driver on your laptop. Go to http://www.endress.com/corporate. In the search function
space, type in “FXA 291”. Go to the “Documents / Software” tab and download the USB driver for this Commubox.
Install it on your laptop. Make sure that you have installed all of the Service DTMs in FieldCare.
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A ToF Adapter is needed to connect the FXA 291 with the Endress+Hauser pressure transmitters and the Gammapilot
M, as shown below. The connection is then to the service interface of the device for Group 1 and to the display
connection of the device for Group 2.
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8. Service Interface TXU10

The TXU10 is a Commubox designed to enable a service technician to connect directly with an Endress+Hauser field
device through the service access point of the particular device and set the parameters via FieldCare. The
at the PC Service courses.
PC-Wetzer uses the TXU10 for the following products:

RIA45, RIA46, RIA14, RIA16, RMA42
DTT31, DTT35
TTR31, TTR35
For PROFIBUS, the RIA14 and RIA16 must be set to a transmission rate of 2400 kbits/s in FieldCare.
For PROFIBUS, the TTR31 and TTR35 as well as the DTT31 and DTT35 must be set to a transmission rate of 9600
kbits/s in FieldCare.
Three devices from PC-Maulburg, PTC31, PTP31, PTP35 (Ceraphant), also use the TXU10 to set their parameters.
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9. PROFIBUS
9.1. Creating a new project

After starting FieldCare you have the choice of creating a new project or selecting a project that has been stored.
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9.2. Selecting a communication interface

The hardware interface can be a DP Adapter with direct connection to a laptop or through a TCP/IP connection
through a Gateway FXA 720. The gateway has the advantage that it can enable connections with up to 3 PROFIBUS
DP networks.
Field Care
PROFIBUS – Interface Adapter
Gateway FXA720
up to 3 x 126
PROFIBUS participants
PCMCIA - DP Adapter USB - DP Adapter
The Gateway not only provides access to the bus, but in turn can be accessed by your engineering station through
TCP/IP.
Anwendungen Komponenten
Field Care
FieldCare with Ethernet to PROFIBUS Gateway:
Complete remote access to installed PROFIBUS Base
FieldCare
Ethernet TCP/IP
Controller
Gateway FXA720
up to 3 x 126
PROFIBUS participants
PROFIBUS DP
PROFIBUS PA
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9.3. Starting the Interface Driver

The interface driver is started through the PROFIBUS Control Panel application. The application can be reached
through the Windows Control Panel directly or through FieldCare`s [Additional Functions].
FieldCare
PROFIBUS Control Panel
 Select the hardware path being

used. (USB, Ethernet Gateway,
PCMCIA Card….)
 A USB modem is used here.

Select the gateway used and
click on [Add]. Follow the
instructions of the Wizard.
 Then click on [Apply].
 Once the configuration is

successful, a green checkmark
appears.
FieldCare
Connecting with PROFIBUS
 Warning! Before you physically

connect up with a PROFIBUS
network, make sure that the
bus parameters in FieldCare are
set to match exactly the bus
parameters as set in the DCS. If
your FieldCare bus parameters
do not match those in the DCS,
adding FieldCare to the bus
could very well shoot down
your PROFIBUS segment.
 Connect your laptop with the

PROFIBUS DP side of the
network by way of a PROFIBUS
interface.
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9.4. Selecting the Communication Interface

To connect up online with a field device and set parameters in that device online, the two layers of nested
communication have to be set up.
1. Right-click on “Host PC” and “Add Device.”
2. Add the CommDTM for PROFIBUS. Make sure that you choose the CommDTM from Softing.
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3. Make sure that the configuration of FieldCare for the PROFIBUS CommDTM (PROFIdtm DPV1) is the same as in
the controller.
Find the board that you have set up. Select a free address for FieldCare.
It is imperative that the same Bus parameters calculated by the controller are now copied into the configuration of
FieldCare here.
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Here below is a screenshot taken from Siemens S7 HW Config. If this were your network, you would copy all of the
Bus Parameters shown here, in Tbits, into FieldCare.
Important if you are using FieldCare on a running system! On a running system there is already a cyclic master
(controller) in control of the bus. The bus parameters calculated and used by it are the relevant parameters and NOT
any default values provided by the configuration in FieldCare. Select the correct board, a free address, the Baud Rate
AND the bus parameters calculated by the controller.
You as a service technician should, in addition, check with your customer about the TTR setting. In the screenshot
above, the calculated TTR is set to 34 513 Tbits; the actual – or “typical” TTR – is in this screenshot 2 282 Tbits. The
cyclic master (controller) only considers the cyclic time needed when calculating the TTR. In the case above, there is
still quite of bit of time left over after the cycle. Often there is not enough time left over for FieldCare. The cyclic
calculation does not allow for the acyclic time that FieldCare needs to access the bus. Endress+Hauser therefore
recommends that the calculated TTR time be increased by 20 000 Tbits. In this example that would mean changing
the calculated TTR to 54 513 Tbits. In ABB systems, there is often a ΔTTR and a TTR . You should recommend to your
customer to increase the TTR setting by 20 000 Tbits. In ABB systems, that means changing the ΔTTR to 20 000
Tbits (not increasing).
Please keep in mind that the customer changes any settings in the controller, not the Endress+Hauser
service technician!
Close the settings with “Apply” and “OK”.
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Once the configuration is clear and has been applied to FieldCare, you can then connect.
9.5. Scanning with PROFIBUS

It is often very helpful to scan the network first in the commissioning phase before going on to check or set parameters
in individual field devices. This quick live list tells you whether you can communicate with all of the devices that
should be there. A right click on any device in the list, and you can change the address of the device, if its DIP switch
is set to software.
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1. Select the range of addresses to be scanned and click on “Start Scan.”
2. Each field device that can be reached responds at its address with its Ident. Number. FieldCare translates the
number into the device name, if the device is set to use its manufacturer-specific GSD. (If the device is set to Profile, it
uses a common GSD – with …97… - and therefore cannot be identified as an Endress+Hauser device.)
3. If the field device DIP switch is set to software, a right-click on the device in this window allows you to change the
address. (As long as the device is not in cyclic communication. On a running system the device should be in cyclic
communication, so this will not work.)
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9.6. Connecting to a field device to set parameters

Using the “Create Network” toggle scans the bus again and pulls up the Device DTMs as well.
Connect to the device in question, then double-click on it. You will go online with that particular field device.
9.7. Storing a project

With an upload, the parameters can be read from the device. With a download, any changed parameters can be written
into the device.
Click on “File”, right-click on “Save as” and store under the appropriate project name.
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10. FOUNDATION Fieldbus
10.1. Setting up the FOUNDATION fieldbus interface

Before starting FieldCare, the FF H1 interface must be set up with the National Instruments tool. Connect the NI
PCMCIA card or, for the latest NI tool, the USB adapter, to your laptop. Start the Interface Configuration Utility
application. Click on the port and “Edit.” The “H1 Port Properties” pops up. FieldCare is an acyclic tool, or in the words
of Emerson, an Asset Management System. The host system must therefore give it an address in the visitor range. Set
the port properties, Device Address, to “Visitor.”
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10.2. Creating a new FieldCare project

After starting FieldCare you have the choice of creating a new project or of selecting a project that has been stored.
10.3. Selecting a communication interface

Right-click on “Host PC” and “Add Device.”
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Select the FF H1 CommDTM. This is the CommDTM for the NI tool interface.
10.4. Scanning the FOUNDATION fieldbus

Set up the correct configuration.
This means selecting the same interface you set up in the NI-FBUS Configuration Interface Utility.
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Go online with the CommDTM.
The two bubbles and the background go green.
Scan and create network.
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The DTMs found in the library are compared with the DTMs required and rated on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is the
best and 5 is the poorest quality.
10.5. Connecting to a field device to set parameters

Click on the field device you wish to set parameters on and click the connect button. With a double-click on the device
you then go online.
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Check to make sure that you are really online with the field device. You should see the Status, as you can see in the
screenshot here. In the screenshot below you could set parameters in an Analog Input function block.
This screenshot shows where you could set the various block modes.
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10.6. Storing a project

With an upload, the parameters can be read from the device. With a download, any changed parameters can be written
into the device.
Click on “File”, right-click on “Save as” and store under the appropriate project name.

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Objective of this learning module

After working through this module you will understand…

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Note for all Service Technicians N

Plant Plant as network in FDT frame

Questions? Contact edward.kluttz@solutions.endress.com

2. Installing and setting up FieldCare

2.1. Installation of FieldCare

2.2. Steps to successfully install FieldCare

2. FieldCare Installation Manager checks the system requirements.

3. The license agreement appears. Click YES to continue.

2.3. Setting up FieldCare

In the same “Help” menu, you can see

In setting up FieldCare it is useful to go to FieldCare Administration. The path is shown below.

To enter FieldCare Administration you will need the log in:

Access rights can be given as seen and explained below.

In the drop-down menu “View” the

Network and Plant View

Plant View Plant Levels

Complete Overview of a Plant

Important! Before you close the window, click on “OK”.

Condition Monitoring in 2.07.00

New CM module (NE 107 compliant)

5. HART and WirelessHART

5.1. Connecting to HART, physical layer

Point-to-Point HART Connection

HART Connection over PROFIBUS

HART Connection over Ethernet and PROFIBUS

HART Connection over Ethernet

HART Connection over GSM/Modem

5.2. Creating a new project with FieldCare

Point-to-Point HART Connection

1. Right-click on “Host PC” and “Add Device.”

2. Select “HART Communication.”

3. Right-click on the CommDTM, “HART Communication” and “Configuration.”

5. Click on “Apply” and “OK.”

5.4. Problems Finding the Right CommPort?

(Check 2.) Open “Properties.”

(1 – 2) Alternatively, go to Settings -> Control Panel -> System

(Check 3.) Open “Hardware.”

(Check 4.) Open “Device Manager.”

5.5. Creating Connection to the Network

5.6. Reading from and Writing to the Device

5.7. Storing the project

6. Service Interface FXA 193

7. Service Interface FXA 291

8. Service Interface TXU10

PC-Wetzer uses the TXU10 for the following products:

9.1. Creating a new project

9.2. Selecting a communication interface

PROFIBUS – Interface Adapter

PCMCIA - DP Adapter USB - DP Adapter

9.3. Starting the Interface Driver

PROFIBUS Control Panel

 Select the hardware path being

 A USB modem is used here.

 Then click on [Apply].

 Once the configuration is

Connecting with PROFIBUS

 Warning! Before you physically

 Connect your laptop with the

9.4. Selecting the Communication Interface

1. Right-click on “Host PC” and “Add Device.”