Installation guide

Installation Guide AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager
NOVEMBER 2013
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Start AMS Device Manager. See “Determining the system interface structure and
device data” on page 108.
PROVOX
A PROVOX system controls field devices linked together by a communication
network called a highway. All communicating PROVOX field devices, including the
SRx Controller Family products, are connected to this network.
Field devices are grouped into communication highways in the PROVOX Data
Highway or PROVOX Highway II. Both systems are multi-drop, half-duplex type. A
traffic controller supervises the communication on a PROVOX Data Highway; a token-
passing technique controls communication on a PROVOX Highway II.
Preparing the PROVOX system
To prepare a PROVOX control system to communicate with AMS Device Manager, you
need to:
• Know the TCP/IP address and DNS name of your dedicated HDL (Highway Data
Link). If you do not know these, see your system administrator.
• Generate and transfer the PROVOX hierarchy information to AMS Device
Manager (see below).
• Verify that the HDL responds (see page 94).
Generating and transferring the HLT file
The PROVOX system uses the HART Instrument Locator Tool (HILT) to create a
comma-delimited value (CDV) file that defines the addresses of field devices
connected to the SRx/SR90 controller. The file name can be anything that is
meaningful, as long as it uses an “hlt” extension (such as Provox1.hlt). After you
create the HLT file, transfer it to the AMS folder on the AMS Device Manager PC and
identify the HLT file in the Connection tab of Network Configuration Properties (see
“Configuring AMS Device Manager for a PROVOX Interface” on page 95).
Note
If you install both the FF HSE Interface and the Ovation System Interface (with fieldbus
devices enabled) on the same PC, you must configure each interface on a separate NIC on a
unique IP address.