General Information

Follow the prompts on the handheld communicator to enter or view information in the

following fields:

• HART Tag – Enter an up to 8 character HART tag for the instrument. The HART tag is the

easiest way to distinguish between instruments in a multi-instrument environment. Use

the HART tag to label instruments electronically according to the requirements of your

application. The tag you assign is automatically displayed when the Field Communicator

establishes contact with the digital valve controller at power-up.

• Message – Enter any message with up to 32 characters. Message provides the most

specific user-defined means for identifying individual instruments in multi-instrument

environments.

• Descriptor – Enter a descriptor for the application with up to 16 characters. The descriptor

provides a longer user-defined electronic label to assist with more specific instrument

identification than is available with the HART tag.

• Date – Enter a date with the format MM/DD/YY. Date is a user-defined variable that provides

a place to save the date of the last revision of configuration or calibration information.

• Valve Serial Num – Enter the serial number for the valve in the application with up to

12 characters.

• Inst Serial Num – Enter the serial number on the instrument nameplate, up to

12 characters.

• Polling Address – If the digital valve controller is used in point-to-point operation, the

Polling Address is 0. When several devices are connected in the same loop, such as for split

ranging, each device must be assigned a unique polling address. The Polling Address is

set to a value between 0 and 15. To change the polling address, the instrument must be

Out Of Service.