The wireless THUM adapter helps users see diagnostics and process information that had been inaccessible with wired legacy HART (highway addressable remote transducer) protocol instruments. Upgrading devices with the THUM adapter can avoid the expense and complexity of accessing HART data through traditional wired means. The THUM adapter is a wireless device that can retrofit on almost any two- or four-wire HART device, without special power requirements, to enable wireless transmission of measurement and diagnostic information. THUM adapters extend predictive intelligence into new areas of the plant, and are said to offer new opportunities for process improvements. With the THUM adapter, users can transform any HART instrument into a wireless device to enable expanded visibility in applications such as tank gaging, radar level, ultrasonic level, flow, valves, liquid and gas analytical, pressure and temperature. — Emerson Process Management, Marshalltown, Iowa.
A wireless adapter allows access to HART data
| By Chemical Engineering
Scott Jenkins