How do I set upper range value and lower

range value on a Siemens

pressure transmitter?
 
 
 
 
 
 
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A customer needed to re-range a Siemens SITRANS P DS III transmitter without applying

pressure. He’d read my earlier blog post about using the pushbuttons to program the DS III
(Pressure Transmitter Pushbuttons to the Rescue!), and where to find the Z-fold instruction
sheet.

All was going to plan, until he started looking for the settings for lower range value (LRV) and
upper range value (URV). And then, in an all-too-familiar scenario, he hit a roadblock. The
instructions don’t actually mention URV and LRV, the terms he’s familiar with, by name or
acronym. So what’s a guy to do?

On page 6 of the Z-fold instructions, there are a list of

Mode codes that correspond to the settings he needed.

The Siemens mode codes for ranging a transmitter without applying pressure are:

 M5: Adjust MA without pressure 

Sets transmitter lower range value (LRV). Siemens uses MA to denote start of scale, or bottom of
range.
  M6: Adjust ME without pressure
Sets transmitter upper range value (URV). Siemens uses ME to denote full scale or top of range.

The transmitter’s digital display shows the M (Mode) setting

number in the lower left. In the photo, the 6 in the lower left of the screen indicates that the
value above (500.00) is the URV setting.

The Up and Down arrow pushbuttons adjust the value. The M pushbutton saves the value once
you have it set to your required parameter.

Ranging pressure in level applications

M2: Set and adjust MA and M3: Set and adjust ME are for what I call ‘wet’ ranging, using for
ranging the pressure transmitters in level applications.

Apply a pressure corresponding to a low level (4.0 mA), and M2 will use that for the lower range
value. Apply the pressure corresponding to the high level (20.0 mA), and M3 uses that for the
high level range value. 

The zero trim adjustment is aptly called M7 Zero adjustment.  Zero trim is typically done on low
pressure range transmitters to compensate for any zero offset due to installation factors, like
out-of-plumb, elevation offset or not level.  You’ll use the pushbutton Up and Down arrows to
bring the reading to zero (when the applied pressure is at zero). The M button locks in that
offset as the 4.000mA point.