Steps After Activating A Field Device; Actions After Software Update - GE FVP110 Maintenance Manual

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Steps after Activating a Field

Steps after Activating a Field Device

When the communication with a field device has recovered after activating the device,
check, using the download tool, that the software revision of the field device has been
updated accordingly. The value of SOFT_REV of the resource block indicates the
software revision.
The PD tag, node address, and transducer block calibration parameters that are
retained in the nonvolatile memory inside the target device remain unchanged after a
software download. However, after a software update which causes an addition to the
block parameters or blocks, or to the system/network management VFD parameters,
some parameters may be reset to the defaults, requiring parameter setup and
engineering again. For details, see Table 82.
Also note that a change in the number of parameters or blocks requires the DD and
capabilities files corresponding to the new software revision.
Table 82 Actions After Software Update
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