Example 2 - Rice Lake IQ plus 710 Installation Manual

1. The first macro step waits for an empty box to
be placed on the scale. The prompt
shown on the secondary display until setpoint
1 changes state.
2. The second macro step continues to display
the prompt
ADD BOX
while waiting for the scale to settle out of
motion. When scale motion stops, the pause is
released and the macro continues.
3. The macro performs a tare operation in step 3,
taring the box weight and placing the
indicator in net mode at 0 LB.
4. In step 4, the secondary display prompts the
Discontinued Product
operator to
ADD MATERIAL
on the display until setpoint 2 changes state
( ). When the setpoint trips, the pause
COMPR2
is released.
5. In step 5, the macro again waits for the scale
to settle out of motion.
6. In step 6, the macro performs a print operation
using the NFMT ticket format.
7. Step 7 places the macro in gross mode,
displaying the weight of both the box and the
material.
8. The secondary display prompts the operator to
in step 8. The prompt is held on
REMOVE BOX
the display until the gross weight on the scale
comes within the specified zero tracking band.
The ZTRKBND parameter on the CONFIG
menu, or the ZTRKBND EDP command, must
be set to a value other than OFF.
9.2.2

Example 2

The following example uses a combination of macros
and batch routines to control a two-speed filling
operation. The operation includes a batch filling
operation followed by two macro-controlled hand-add
operations and a mixing operation.
With the indicator in setup mode, the following EDP
commands are sent to program the setpoints and
assign prompts used by the macros.
SETPOINT=1
KIND=GROSSSP
VALUE=0.6
TRIP=INBAND
BANDVAL=0.2
BATCH=ON
DIGOUT=NONE
NAME=1
SETPOINT=2
KIND=WAITSS
PSHTARE=ON
DIGOUT=NONE
is
ADD BOX
on the secondary display
. The prompt is held
SETPOINT=3
KIND=NETSP
VALUE=6.5
TRIP=HIGHER
BATCH=ON
DIGOUT=1
NAME=2
SETPOINT=4
KIND=NETSP
VALUE=7
TRIP=HIGHER
BATCH=ON
DIGOUT=2
NAME=3
SETPOINT=5
KIND=WAITSS
PSHTARE=ON
DIGOUT=NONE
SETPOINT=6
KIND=DELAY
VALUE=1
DIGOUT=3
SETPOINT=7
KIND=NETSP
VALUE=0.4
TRIP=HIGHER
BATCH=OFF
DIGOUT=NONE
NAME=NONE
SETPOINT=8
KIND=NETSP
VALUE=1
TRIP=HIGHER
BATCH=OFF
DIGOUT=NONE
NAME=NONE
SETPOINT=9
KIND=GROSSSP
VALUE=1
TRIP=LOWER
BATCH=OFF
DIGOUT=NONE
NAME=NONE
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