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Level Transmitter Scaling

Linear 4–20 mA level. Optional tank height gives fill fraction and remaining headroom. Not a tank-volume geometry tool.

Instrumentation & ControlsFluid & Pressure

Linear 4–20 mA level. Optional tank height gives fill fraction and remaining headroom. Not a tank-volume geometry tool.

App id: INST-28. Reference version 1.0.

How to fill it

Fill the inputs. The tool shows the outputs.

On the tool screen, Calc is the working sheet. Presets stores values you reuse. Reference is the formula, assumptions, and provenance below.

Formula

level = L + (I − 4)/16 × (H − L)

Inputs

NameUnit
Loop current (camera)mA
Lower range (LRV)m
Upper range (URV)m
Tank height (optional)m
Live zero (optional)mA
Live full scale (optional)mA

Outputs

NameUnit
Level (hero result)m
Signal span%
Fill%
Remaining headroomm

Diagnose

Observations are context. They do not pass or fail a structure. See Diagnose.

WhenObservationSeverity
span fraction < 0 or span fraction > 1Outside configured spancaution

Assumptions

  • Without tank height, fill follows the signal span fraction.

Provenance

  • Linear level only. Non-linear tank volume is a different tool.

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