Fieldbus and Profibus Segments Common Tasks - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

The following tasks are used frequently when you manage segments for your Foundation Fieldbus and Profibus systems.

Create a Foundation Fieldbus Segment

A Foundation Fieldbus segment is a group of devices physically connected by a single pair of wires to a host control device. This procedure explains how to add a new segment to your fieldbus system.

Edit the Properties of a Foundation Fieldbus Segment

This feature allows to edit the properties of a Foundation Fieldbus segment. You can rename a segment, select another segment-wide parameter profile, and set the segment as intrinsically safe.

Delete a Fieldbus Segment

Use this feature to delete a segment.

Associate an Instrument with a Segment

This feature enables you to associate a segment with a particular instrument. You use this feature if for some reason, the current tag number has not been associated with any segment or if you need to change some of the associations. Note that the association or any changes made to the association will affect the current tag number only.

Dissociate an Instrument from a Segment

You use this procedure when you need to dissociate a particular instrument from its segment.

Change Instrument / Segment Association

You use this procedure when you need to dissociate a particular instrument from its segment.

Enable a Function Block for I/O Assignment

This procedure shows how to enable a function block for I/O assignment. You can do this after associating an instrument with a segment. Note that without enabling function blocks, segment I/O assignment cannot be effected.