Basic Troubleshooting

• Correct polarity
• Correct tag and address
• Integrity of the fieldbus network
• Supply voltage is sufficient, min 9.5 V even during communication.

Wiring errors, including wrong connections, open or short circuits,

intermittent Connections and reversed polarity.

• Too many or too few terminators on each segment

• Faulty ‘out of the box’ physical layer components or fieldbus
instruments
• Inadequate grounding, such as multiple grounds in field, or the
absence of any clear grounding strategy

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Communication Errors

• Poor connections

• Wrong or no terminator placement

• Too low or unstable power supply

• Too long or over-populated spurs

• Wrong or no grounding

• Water filling due to poor plugs and cable-glands

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Troubleshooting

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Periodic monitoring

• Short-circuits between the fieldbus + or – and the cable shield.

• The signal level of each participant on the bus. A minimum level is specified by
Foundation fieldbus specifications. Low or high levels on all devices suggest
incorrect bus termination, but if the faulty signal level is only on one device, there
is possibly a problem on a single spur.

• DC voltage on the bus, indicating correct functioning of power

supply/conditioner.

• Noise: A maximum level is specified by Fieldbus specification.

• Retransmissions. This provides a good measurement of physical layer health;

retries can obscure faulty device or network.

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Tools

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Tools

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Tools

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USAGE OF FBT – 6

ANALYSE THE SEGMENT

Adobe Acrobat
Document

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Signals

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Multiple Fieldbus Frames

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Signal Distortion

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Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting Tables

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Troubleshooting Tables

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Troubleshooting Tables

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Oscilloscope Captures

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Oscilloscope Captures

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Oscilloscope Captures

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Oscilloscope Captures

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Oscilloscope Captures

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Oscilloscope Captures

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Bad Installation

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Bad Installation

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Bad Installation

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Configuration

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Transducer Display

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Local Adjustment

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Redundancy
•No provision is made
within either fieldbus
standard for redundant
segment communications.

•Various fieldbus vendors,

including major process
control companies, have
developed redundant
fieldbus schemes that
involve complete
duplication of all
equipment.

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Redundancy

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Power Conditioner Redundancy

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Galvanic Isolation

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Fault-Tolerance with Redundant H1 Cards

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