Highest availability and minimizing fault conditions are the main demands in process plants. To achieve this, Pepperl+Fuchs offers the Advanced Diagnostic line of products. Let's take a look at some of the key features:
Diagnostic Segment Protector
- Innovative spur fault protection, improved diagnostic knowledge
- Progressive spur short-circuit protection – creeping fault protection
- Jabber protection – cuts off devices "talking" too much
- Contact bounce protection – suppresses unintentional bounce
Diagnostic Surge Protection
- Plugs to power hub and/or diagnostic segment protector
- Intrinsically safe, FISCO, Entity, DART Fieldbus, or general purpose
- Indication via LED, diagnostics reports end of functional lifespan
Enclosure Ingress Sensor
- Senses water ingress in field device housings or junction boxes
- Connects in parallel to FOUNDATION fieldbus H1 or segment
- Indication via LED, and diagnostics
- Intrinsically safe, FISCO or Entity
Advanced Diagnostic Gateway
- System integration kit
- DCS integration via Diagnostic Manager or device DTM
- Advanced Diagnostic information via Ethernet or the FF-H1 bus
- Discrete, frequency, temperature, and humidity inputs for control cabinet monitoring.
For more information, please visit the Pepperl+Fuchs website.