PACTwareTM DTM, FDT Frame program

New FOUNDATION fieldbus and PROFIBUS PA Communication Capabilities for Eclipse® Model 705

News Release from: Magnetrol International
10/03/2008

Magnetrol's newest PACTwareTM DTM is designed for use with the Eclipse Model 705 with FOUNDATION fieldbusTM communication. Through Magnetrol's introduction of the free PACTware in 2007, many Eclipse 705 users have discovered its advantages. The actual HART® DTM's are all certified and tested for full compatibility through dtmINSPECTOR, which is the official test protocol that verifies the compatibility of DTM's with all FDT related technology.

PACTwareTM (or any other FDT Frame program) allows the user to troubleshoot and configure units remotely, an important asset within the complex software links in bus communication. The new FOUNDATION fieldbus DTM can be shared over the internet and e-mail thereby involving top specialists from all over the world to help solve a field problem without dismantling a field instrument.

PACTwareTM is a FDT Frame program that communicates bi-directionally with almost any type of communication protocol (e.g., HART / FOUNDATION fieldbus / PROFIBUS). It offers a universal and user-friendly alternative to all kinds of proprietary instrument software and field hand held devices. PACTwareTM is an open platform that allows linking the communication of field devices and components from different suppliers and operating all these instruments in the same manner.

The Eclipse 705 is a 2-wire loop-powered level and liquid-liquid interface transmitter with HART, FOUNDATION fieldbus or PROFIBUS PA communication protocols on board. Its capability to measure under HTHP process conditions (+430° C/430 bar), in steam, highly viscous hydrocarbons makes the Eclipse 705 one of the most popular replacements for traditional level transmitters such as torque tubes and DP cells. All Eclipse 705 coaxial GWR probes are overfill safe. This construction allows accurate measurement up to the process connection, which mechanically prevents signal loss in the critical zone.