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Loop Controller HART Signal Noise

The document describes a system where a loop controller receives a process variable signal from a 2-wire transmitter and sends a control signal to a control valve. A data acquisition unit (DAQ) monitors and records the process variable signal over time. However, the DAQ also detects noise from HART communication pulses whenever a technician connects to the transmitter. To solve this, a simple low-pass filter of a resistor and capacitor can be added between the resistor and DAQ input to eliminate the high frequency HART noise while still allowing the DAQ to record normal process variable values.

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Loop Controller HART Signal Noise

The document describes a system where a loop controller receives a process variable signal from a 2-wire transmitter and sends a control signal to a control valve. A data acquisition unit (DAQ) monitors and records the process variable signal over time. However, the DAQ also detects noise from HART communication pulses whenever a technician connects to the transmitter. To solve this, a simple low-pass filter of a resistor and capacitor can be added between the resistor and DAQ input to eliminate the high frequency HART noise while still allowing the DAQ to record normal process variable values.

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Loop Controller HART Signal Noise

In this system a loop controller receives a process variable signal from a 2-wire (loop-
powered) transmitter, and sends its own 4-20 mA control signal to operate a control
valve.

A data acquisition unit (DAQ) performs the auxiliary function of monitoring the process
variable signal (voltage dropped across the loop resistor) and reporting it over a digital
network where it is recorded on the hard drive of a personal computer. If it helps, you
may think of a DAQ as being nothing more than a multi-channel voltmeter, sensing
voltage between each of its input terminals (In 1, In 2) and its “common” (Com)
terminal:

Loop Controller HART Signal Noise

Unfortunately, the DAQ not only registers the DC signal value, but also any HART
pulses present in the transmitter circuit whenever a technician connects a HART
communicator to the transmitter to do any maintenance work. The operators are
annoyed by the misleading “noise” on the DAQ-recorded signal whenever a technician
does routine work on that transmitter, and so they come to you asking for a solution.
Devise a simple modification to this circuit that will eliminiate (or at least minimize) the
“HART noise” seen by the DAQ without impeding its ability to record normal process
variable signal values.

Solution:
A simple resistor-capacitor low-pass filter connected between the resistor and the
DAQ channel will suffice:

The values of R and C should be chosen to create a cutoff frequency lower than the
lowest frequency expected with HART (1200 Hz), but not so low that relevant changes
in the process variable would be excessively damped.

Beware of any solutions that would shunt HART signals around the 250 ohm loop
resistance, such as a capacitor connected in parallel with DAQ input! This would solve
the HART interference problem, but at the cost of impeding all HART communication!

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