TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION Page Setup and Installation Tester Components...................1 Default Manufacturer Settings ..............1 Packaging ....................1 Battery Connection ...................1 Main Selection Buttons................1 Selecting the Menu Option ...............2 Selecting the Battery Option ..............2 Selecting the Language Option ..............2 Selecting the Commercial Tester Option ..........2 Selecting the Grain Option ................3 Operation General Information ..................3...
SETUP AND INSTALLATION TESTER COMPONENTS DEFAULT MANUFACTURER SETTINGS Identify the following components: The tester has various options that have 1. Fill Cup different settings. These options and the 2. Moisture Tester “default” settings are listed below: 3. Cap Grain List – All grains are activated 4.
SELECTING THE LANGUAGE OPTION ENTER The ENTER button will acknowledge the Selecting the LANGUAGE option screen selection you make. (Example: when se- displays the available languages. lecting grain, scroll through grain choices with the UP/DOWN arrows to make your grain choice and press ENTER to accept the selection).
SELECTING THE GRAIN OPTION to the most widely used commercial grain elevator testers in the North American Selecting the GRAIN option will display a market. The user can select a calibration list of up to four (4) grains at a time. Use curve that is based on the moisture read- the UP/DOWN arrows to scroll through ings of a commercial grain elevator mois-...
With this feature, adjustments can be OPERATIONAL MESSAGES made independently at high or low mois- The following is a list of messages to the ture points. Adjustments can be made to user and their definitions. multiple individual moistures over the MESSAGE DESCRIPTION entire moisture range.
Because grains are irregularly shaped, especially corn, and will not always pack the same way in the test cell, minor varia- tions in readings may occur. This is the reason commercial tester grain elevators may give different moisture results for the same sample tested several times.
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IMPORTANT: A NEW SAMPLE MUST BE 3. Scoop up grain with the fill cup; pour USED FOR EACH TEST. THE TESTER into the test cell; repeat until the grain AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINES IF THE is at the top rim of the test cell (top TEST CELL HAS BEEN EMPTIED.
Use the UP/DOWN arrow to enter the mois- CALIBRATION ADJUSTMENT ture reading of the commercial tester. Calibration has two options: The adjusted value will change as you ADJUST – Adjust calibration change the commercial tester reading. RESET – Reset to original manufacturer’s calibration After entering the adjusted commercial tester reading, push the ENTER button and...
SELECTING THE DIAGNOSTICS TROUBLESHOOTING OPTION NOTE: Press and release the CANCEL Symptom A: Unit does not power up or button at any time to stop the Diag- loses power occasionally (or backlight- nostics. ing does not operate.) Press the MENU button to enter the Solution 1: Press ON-OFF button for short- Options Window.
Symptom C: Unit reads “MOISTURE ACCESSORIES BELOW LIMIT” or “MOISTURE ABOVE LIMIT.” Solution 1: Grain may be too wet or dry to test. Check moisture limit guidelines in Operating Instructions. NOTE: Moisture limits are only guide- lines. Symptom D: Unit reads “TEST CELL ERROR”.
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