Configuration Tools And Interfaces; Overview; Prerequisites; Mc Toolkit - Honeywell SLG 700 User Manual

2 Configuration Tools and Interfaces

2.1 Overview

This section describes the tools and interfaces involved in configuring a new SLG 700 SmartLine
Level Transmitter for HART
to adjusting the configuration of a Transmitter that has been in operation and updating one that is
currently in operation.
2.1.1

Prerequisites

The information and procedures in this manual are based on the assumption that personnel
performing configuration and calibration tasks are fully qualified and knowledgeable in the use of
the Honeywell MC Toolkit or MCT404. The name MC Toolkit or Toolkit and MCT404 are used
interchangeably as MCT404 is the model name for the Honeywell MC Toolkit product.
When using MCT404,before connecting to a HART transmitter, verify that the Field
Device Configurator (FDC) application is used and not the MC Toolkit application. When
you use the MC Toolkit application, the MCT404 is set for DE communications, where the
current amplitude can bump process variables in either point-to-point or in the multi-drop
mode in HART.
Furthermore, we assume that the reader is intimately familiar with the SLG 700 family of
SmartLine Level Transmitters and thoroughly experienced in the type of process application
targeted for Transmitter deployment. Therefore, detailed procedures are supplied only in so far as
necessary to ensure satisfactory completion of configuration tasks.
2.1.2

MC Toolkit

Before using the MC Toolkit, be sure that you are aware of the potential
consequences of each procedure, and that you use appropriate safeguards to avoid
possible problems. For example, if the Transmitter is an element in a control loop, the
loop needs to be put in manual mode, and alarms and interlocks (i.e., trips) need to be
disabled, as appropriate, before starting a procedure.
2.1.3

MC Toolkit (MCT404) Software Applications

The MC Toolkit (handheld) has two software applications to work with SLG 700 SmartLine Level
Transmitters:

Field Device Configurator (FDC). This application is used for configuring,
calibrating, monitoring, and diagnosing HART devices. FDC conforms to the IEC
61804-3 EDDL (Electronic Data Description Language) standard specification. The
FDC application is an open solution that supports devices with a registered device
description (DD) file compatible with HART Communication Foundation (HCF)
requirements.

MC Toolkit (application). This application is used for configuring, calibrating,
monitoring, and diagnosing Honeywell Digitally Enhanced (DE) devices. Honeywell
SmartLine Level transmitters do not support the DE protocol at present.
Details for working with the MC Toolkit are provided in the MC Toolkit User Manual, Document #
34-ST-25-50. In subsequent sections of this manual, explicit operating instructions are provided
only in so far as necessary to complete required tasks and procedures.
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communication operation. The information in this section also applies
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