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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x Introduction This remote display is a highly visible instrument that is compatible with many digital weight indicators. There is no setup required as this remote display automatically detects the communications protocol being used by the transmitting device.
Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x Warnings and Safety 3.1. General Instrument not to be subject to shock, excessive vibration or extremes of temperature; before or after installation. Inputs are protected against electrical interference, but excessive levels of electro-magnetic radiation and RFI may affect operation.
Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x Installation 4.1. General Setup Information The following steps are required to set up the remote display. • Inspect instrument to ensure good condition. • Ensure mounting options and connectors are available. • Use connection diagram to wire up power and serial cables as required.
Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 4.3. Cable Connections 4.3.1. D32x Version All cable connections are made to the rear of the instrument using screwless terminals. Wires must be stripped of insulation by at least 10mm. To install, carefully depress the orange lever beside the terminal required and push the wire into the hole.
Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 4.5. D32x RS-232 Serial Auxiliary Connection Remote Display As a minimum the RXD and GND pins need to be connected to TXD and GND on the Indicator. Page 10 D300-602-202...
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x Direct Personal Computer Link PC COM 1 (DB9) PC COM 2 (DB25) D300-602-202 Page 11...
Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 4.6. XD30 RS-232 Serial Auxiliary Connection Remote Display As a minimum the RXD and GND pins need to be connected to TXD and GND on the Indicator. Page 12 D300-602-202...
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x Direct Personal Computer Link PC COM 1 (DB9) PC COM 2 (DB25) D300-602-202 Page 13...
Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 4.7. Cable Shield Connection and Earthing To obtain full EMC resistance cable shields MUST be connected to the earth lug/terminal on the rear of the display. Care should be taken when connecting shields to maximise EMC or RFI immunity and minimise earth loops and cross- talk (interference) between instruments.
Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x Configuration 5.1. Baud (Serial Baud Rate) Baud rate, parity and data bits are automatically detected. The baud rate can be 9600 or 19200. Parity and data bits supported are: Parity Data bits Examples Description (N)one...
Protocol Name Protocol commonly used by indicators from: Ranger A GSE, HBM, PT, Rinstrum, Systec Ranger B Rinstrum Ranger C GSE, HBM, PT and Rinstrum Ranger D Rinstrum...
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.1. Protocol 1: Ranger A Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Sign Represents the sign of the weight reading (space for positive, dash (-) for negative. The sign character can be replaced by an L which disables the 10 display timeout (ie.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.2. Protocol 2: Ranger B Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Sign Represents the sign of the weight reading (space for positive, dash (-) for negative. Weight These seven characters are a string containing the current weight including the decimal point.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.3. Protocol 3: Ranger C Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Sign Represents the sign of the weight reading (space for positive, dash (-) for negative. Weight These seven characters are a string containing the current weight including the decimal point.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.4. Protocol 4: Ranger D Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Sign Represents the sign of the weight reading (space for positive, dash (-) for negative. Weight These seven characters are a string containing the current weight including the decimal point.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.5. Protocol 5: PCMODE Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Text These eight (8) characters will be displayed. They may be ASCII characters instead of numbers in which case the display will show text.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.6. Protocol 6: R Series Register Write Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Address A two character field specifying the address of the unit to display the message. Note the unit will respond to its’ address or a message for address 00 (broadcast).
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.7. Protocol 7: Avery String #7 Character Number Description Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Weight The numbers to be displayed on the remote display. These seven characters can include a decimal point and a leading minus to indicate sign.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.8. Protocol 8: Gedge C2 Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Weight(0-7) The numbers to be displayed on the remote display. These eight characters can include a decimal point and a leading minus to indicate sign.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.9. Protocol 9: Gedge C3 Character Number Description Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Gross The numbers to be displayed on the remote display When S1 equals G.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.10. Protocol 10: AD Standard String Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description HeaderA This header can be ST, UN or OL representing stable, unstable and out of scale range. Comma Comma (ASCII 2CH).
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.11. Protocol 11: AD4531 Character Number Description Function Description Header This header can be WT when in normal mode or OL to represent out of scale range. Comma Comma (ASCII 2CH). Sign The sign of the weight reading (plus (+) for positive, dash (-) for negative).
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.12. Protocol 12: Toledo Continuous Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). SW A, B and C are each a collection of status bits. The relevant bits of the three characters are shown below in tabular form.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.13. Protocol 13 GSE Without COZ Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Weight The numbers to be displayed on the remote display. These eight characters can include a decimal point and a leading minus to indicate sign.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.14. Protocol 14: GSE With COZ Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Weight The numbers to be displayed on the remote display. These eight characters can include a decimal point and a leading minus to indicate sign.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.15. Protocol 15: Schenk Without DP Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Sign Represents the sign of the weight reading (space for positive, dash (-) for negative. The numbers to be displayed on the remote display.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.16. Protocol 16: Schenk With DP Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Sign Represents the sign of the weight reading (space for positive, dash (-) for negative. The numbers to be displayed on the remote display.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.17. Protocol 17: Auto Control String 1 Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Address A single character field specifying the address of the unit to display the message. The address is fixed as 1 for this string so the unit must be set to address 1 to display this string.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.18. Protocol 18: Auto Control String 2 Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Address A single character field specifying the address of the unit to display the message. The address is fixed as 2 for this string so the unit must be set to address 2 to display this string.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.19. Protocol 19: Master Character Number Description Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Byte Byte 0-7 contains header information, byte 8-24 contains the master LCD data. Colon This byte must be a colon (ASCII 3AH). Carriage return character (ASCII 0DH).
Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.20. Protocol 20: Sartorius Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Sign Represents the sign of the weight reading (+ for positive, dash (-) for negative. Weight The numbers to be displayed on the remote display. E.g. ( 300) would represent 300 units.
Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.21. Protocol 21: Soehnle Without DP Character Number Description Function Description N = Net, M = Net + COZ, O = COZ Units 0 = motion, 1 = grams, 2 = kilograms. Weight The numbers to be displayed on the remote display.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.22. Protocol 22: Soehnle With DP Character Number Description Function Description N = Net, M = Net + COZ, O = COZ Units 0 = motion, 1 = grams, 2 = kilograms. Weight The numbers to be displayed on the remote display.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.23. Protocol 23: Flintab Normal Operation: Character Number Description Function Description B = Gross, N = Net # = Motion, Space = Stable Sign Represents the sign of the weight reading (space for positive, dash (-) for negative.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.24. Protocol 24: Philips Character Number Description Function Description 0 = Motion, 1 = COZ, 2 = Stable Space character (ASCII 20H). Weight The numbers to be displayed on the remote display. E.g. ( 300) would represent 300 units.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.25. Protocol 25: Condec Character Number Description Function Description Start of Transmission Character (ASCII 02H). Sign Represents the sign of the weight reading (space for positive, dash (-) for negative. Weight(0-6) These seven characters are a string containing the current weight including the decimal point.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.26. Protocol 26: Rice Lake SCT Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Status US = Motion, ST = Stable, OL = Overload, UL = Underload Mode Gross(GS), Net (NT) Used to actuate the Net annunciator Weight The numbers to be displayed on the remote display.
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Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x 5.4.27. Protocol 27: Systec Character Number Description Character Number Description Function Description Status SD = Motion, S_ = Stable Weight The numbers to be displayed on the remote display. These eight characters can include a decimal point and a leading minus to indicate sign.
Remote Display Installation Manual – Software Version 4.x Diagnostic Errors The instrument continually monitors the condition of the internal circuits. Any faults or out-of-tolerance conditions are shown on the display as an E type error message. In the table below the following terms are used: Check: This item can be checked on site by service personnel.
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