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MTL Fieldbus Software Tools

To help maximize your efficiencies using our equipment, we have produced a software package designed to help fieldbus engineering.

Fieldbus Segment Calculator

The Crouse-Hinds series MTL Fieldbus Segment Calculator is intended to assist network and planning engineers when designing and implementing FOUNDATION fieldbus ™ H1 networks. 

It models the behaviour of user-selectable power supplies and device couplers and provides a rapid “Go/No-Go” indication of the electrical characteristics of the fieldbus network. 

All the relevant parameters of the fieldbus segment are easily configurable, including field device currents, cable lengths, cable cross-section and number of fieldbus spurs. Power supply, device coupler and host control system types are easily chosen from pull-down menus, or can be user-defined.

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The new 3.03 version merges the earlier, separate tools for Fieldbus Barriers and Megablock Device Couplers, and covers the following device types:

  • 9180 Series FF general purpose power supplies
  • 910x-22 Series redundant FISCO power supplies
  • 9122-IS Series simplex FISCO power Supplies
  • F100 Series simplex general purpose power supplies
  • F800 Series redundant power supplies
  • Custom (user selectable) power supplies
  • F300 Series Megablock device couplers (general purpose applications)
  • F300 Series Megablock device couplers (Ex ic spur applications)
  • F200-IS Series intrinsically safe Megablock device couplers
  • F200-XE Series Zone 1 Megablock device couplers
  • FCS-MBx-SG ‘classic’ Megablock device couplers
  • 937x-FB Series Fieldbus Barriers

The calculator uses a spreadsheet-based platform and does not require any executable programme files to be installed on the user’s machine – avoiding the need for special permissions or administrator rights. 

Parameters can be easily copied and pasted into other software applications or printed as a permanent record of the segment characteristics..

Note: Macros must be enabled for the tool to operate.