Parameter
| Main Parameters | Value/Description |
|---|---|
| Product Model | 5X00106G02 (HART High-Performance AI, HHPAI) |
| Manufacturer | Emerson (Ovation DCS, ex-Westinghouse) |
| Product Category | 8-Channel HART Analog Input Module |
| Input Signal | 4–20 mA DC (primary, HART-enabled); 0–10 V DC / RTD / TC configurable via personality module |
| Channels | 8 ch differential, channel-to-channel + channel-to-backplane isolated |
| Resolution / Accuracy | 16-bit Σ-Δ ADC; ±0.1 % FS |
| Isolation | 500 V AC (channel↔logic), 2500 V AC (ch↔ch, selected builds) |
| Update Rate | ~10 ms per channel; full-scan ~50 ms |
| HART Feature | High-Performance HART, multi-variable + device diagnostics pass-through |
| Supply / Power | 24 V DC via Ovation I/O backplane; typical 4–5 W |
| Hot-Swap | Supported (online replacement, controller resync <2 s) |
| Companion | Requires 5X00107G02 Personality Module (per-card) for signal-type strapping |
| System Requirement | Ovation 3.4.0+ (or 3.3.1 + patch OVA331063) |
| Certification | CE (reduced radiated emissions, Non-EMC cabinet rated), UL, CSA, RoHS |
| Operating Temp. | 0 °C to +60 °C (standard); storage –40 °C to +85 °C |
h2 Technical Principles and Innovative Values
- Innovation Point 1: HART-on-AI Without External Modems: Most DCS AI cards treat 4–20 mA as a dumb current loop and punt HART to a separate communicator or a gateway rack. The 5X00106G02 bakes a HART modem into each channel group, so the digital frames from a smart transmitter (Rosemount 3051, Micromotion, etc.) ride the same twisted pair, get de-modulated on-card, and flow into the Ovation network as secondary data objects. No extra wires, no extra panels, and AMS Device Manager sees every transmitter natively.
- Innovation Point 2: Personality-Module Signal Flexibility: The 5X00106G02 itself is signal-agnostic—the actual input type (4–20 mA loop-powered, 4–20 mA externally powered, 0–10 V, RTD 3-wire, TC) is strapped by the plug-in 5X00107G02 personality module that sits beside it on the I/O carrier. This means one spare card covers every analog type in the plant; you swap the tiny personality EEPROM/tab, not the whole AI card. For plants sitting on 40+ Ovation drops, that’s a massive crib-sheet simplification.
- Innovation Point 3: Reduced-Radiated-Emission CE Build: The “G02” suffix (vs. G01 5X00106G01) denotes the CE Mark “Non-EMC Cabinet” variant—Emerson re-tuned the switching regs and added local shielding to cut radiated emissions for cabinets that don’t sit inside a full EMC-rated enclosure. If your Ovation rack lives in a standard IP54 panel on a turbine deck rather than a screened control room, the 5X00106G02 is the build you want—G01 will pass EMC testing but can be noisier in a loosely shielded cab.
h2 Application Cases and Industry Value
A Middle-Eastern combined-cycle plant running Ovation 3.4.1 on two 400 MW blocks standardized 5X00106G02 across all balance-of-plant (BOP) analog drops—~180 AI points per block, mostly Rosemount 3051S pressure and 3144P temperature transmitters. Before the retrofit, the plant’s AMS coverage stopped at the control-room boundary—field devices beyond the cabinet wall were “dark” to AMS because the AI-13 cards couldn’t pass HART. Post-retrofit, AMS picked up 92% of the BOP smart devices (the remaining 8% were legacy non-HART) and the plant’s “mean time to identify” on a transmitter fault dropped from 4.2 hours (send tech + handheld + interpret) to 18 minutes (AMS alarm → work order with device snapshot attached). Over 12 months, the plant attributed three prevented forced-derates to early HART advisories—one condensate-pump discharge-pressure sensor drift caught 6 shifts before the 3-element level loop would have violated, one fuel-gas flow transmitter with “electronics temp high” that led to a cooling-shade retrofit. The I&E superintendent’s note: “The 5X00106G02 paid for the BOP retrofit in avoided call-outs before the first major.”
Beyond power gen, the same module shows up on petchem reactor-temperature grids, refinery FCCU pressure loops, and desalination RO-skid flow arrays—anywhere Ovation is the DCS and the field already runs HART smart transmitters.
h2 Related Product Combination Solutions
The 5X00106G02 never travels alone in an Ovation drop—it needs companions on the carrier, in the rack, and upstream:
- 5X00107G02 – Personality Module that straps signal type for the 5X00106G02; this is the single most-forgotten BOM line—if you order the AI card without the personality, the channel won’t configure. Stock them 1:1.
- 5X00058G01 / 5X00059G01 – Earlier HART AI builds (G01 = standard, G02 = externally powered variant) in the same HHPAI family; if your rack is Ovation 3.3.1 unpatched, these are the only ones that will qualify—check your Ovation revision before specifying G02.
- 1C31224G01 / 1C31227G01 – 13-bit legacy AI cards (AI-13) that the 5X00106G02 typically replaces during HART-enable retrofits; keep a few for backward-compat on unpatched 3.3.x drops.
- Ovation Controller (e.g., V3.4.x / V4.x) – The Intel-based redundant controller that hosts the 5X00106G02‘s data; matching firmware (3.4.0+ or patched 3.3.1) is mandatory—slotting a G02 into an unpatched 3.3.1 rack will fail POST.
- AMS Device Manager – Emerson’s asset-management suite that consumes the HART pass-through from the 5X00106G02; if you’re buying the AI card for HART but not running AMS, you’re leaving half the value on the table.
- 5X00109G01 / 5X00109G02 – Fused AI base variants sometimes paired on the same carrier when the drop mixes HART-HP and fused-non-HART channels.