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INSTRUCTION A200E MANUAL SW Release 1.54 Change of Modbus registers table 06/06/05 Paulitti G. Laserra C. Update to Software revision 1.53 08/03/04 Omodeo S. Update to Software revision 1.52 25/11/02 Golinelli G. Paulitti G. Update to Software revision 1.51 23/01/01 Golinelli G.
12 Vdc * Versione standard - * Standard version SAMPLE ORDER A200E wired for 230 Vac operation and set up with analog output 4-20 mA option and batch: A 2 0 0 E 2 A D Documentation This technical manual is relevant to the threshold version of the instrument.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Equipment marking description A200E is marked with symbols compliant with European Standard EN61010-1 (April 1993). SYMBOL DESCRIPTION ∼ Alternating current Protective conductor terminal Earth (ground) terminal Caution (refer to accompanying documents) Caution, risk of electric shock 417-MTA200I1 Rev.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Technical data Power supply 230 Vac 50/60 Hz (standard version)-15%.+10% (see 1.2 for others power supply versions) Consumption 10VA (15 VA MAX.) Fuse 230 Vac: 125 mAT 120 Vac: 250 mA T from - 10 °C to + 40 °C Operating temperature from - 40 °C to + 70 °C...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS Turning on the instrument When the instrument is turned on, the primary display indicates the following: − − − − − and the auxiliary display indicates the following, at intervals of about two seconds:...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 2.1.1 Load cell signal averaging Starting with SW rev 1.50 a new load cell signal averaging method have been introduced (FIR filters). This method is based upon Digital Signal Processing (DSP) methodologies and is useful when the load cell signal has a large amount of harmonics (due for instance to mixers, agitators or similar).
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Display indication 2.2.1 Primary display Under normal operating condition the display shows the value of weight, using the following criteria: • leading zeroes will presented as blank • if the value is greater then 99999 only the 5 less significant digit are displayed and the display...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Tare operations Up to four tare values can be defined to handle the net value of material on balance. At power on the unit operates with tara value #1. Operator programmed tare values are maintained in non volatile memory and are available even after a loss of power.
2.4.3 Peak reset Peak value can be reset by: • by closure of an external input programmed as “RESET”. • by serial line with ADOS protocol (“m” command) • by Modbus protocol (E Coil) • Using the keyboard To reset the peak value from keyboard the operator must press the >0< key.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) LED status indicators The indications provided by the signal LED’s located on the front panel of the instrument are explained below: →0← The LED is on when the value of the weight is 0 and is stable within 1/4 of a division.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Key functions ZERO Press this key (with the instrument in the Gross mode and the weight stable) to clear the divisions indicated on the display within the limits set by the configuration of the “AZM limit” parameter.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Switch The instrument is equipped with a DIP switch bank having the following functions: Position Function Normal State Initialization of configuration parameter memory SW1-1 Can be used as an alternative to the normal init procedure. See “Initialization” paragraph for operation details.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Self diagnostic A200E has a number of built-in self diagnostic features intended to improve the overall operating safety. Generally speaking, when a fault condition is detected, the instrument is driven to a safety condition deenergizing alarm relays.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 2.8.2 Configuration parameter integrity check Check is carried out every operating cycle. If a configuration parameter is found defective, the message “ER XX” will be reported on display for half a second every two seconds, where XX is the code of the wrong parameter, according to the...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Digital input Unit is equipped with three user programmable digital inputs. Inputs are driven by voltage free contacts. Each input can be configured in one of the following functions: Input is non used. ZERO The closure of the input contact can clear the value of gross weight if the value is lower than the the value defined as “MAX AZM”.
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ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) PAUSE / ABORT This function is effective only if the unit is operating in BATCH MODE. If the load or unload sequence is not started the closure of the contact will have no effect. If the load or unload sequence is in progress the closure of the contact will force the unit to PAUSE deenergizing the output relays.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 2.10 Output relay operation The instrument can be programmed to drive the output relays in two difefrent ways: • SET POINT MODE: relays are operated based upon the actual value of load on balance and the programmed operating mode of each relay.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Opening on Gross The relay is energized (and the output contact closed) for all the gross weight values lower than the threshold set in the configuration. The relay is de-energized (and the output contact opened) for all the gross weight values greater than or equal to the threshold set in the configuration.
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ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) The outputs on the expansion board are used to control the component load or unload and are: Relay 4 Loading of component 1 - Fast Relay 5 Loading of component 1 - Slow Relay 6 Loading of component 2 - Fast...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 2.11 Batch mode The instrument can automatically load 1, 2 or 3 components (double speed) and unload one component (dual speed) based on used defined data. Each component is defined by the following parameters: • Set This is the weight of the component to dose.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 2.11.1 Load batch cycle The Batch cycle control performed by the instrument is structured into operating steps which are described in the following table. PHASE FUNCTION Batch is not activated and the instrument is waiting for the START command.
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ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) the instrument goes to phase 4 (“Slow” phase). The Batch operation can be suspended by closing the PAUSE/ABORT input contact: all the component command outputs are de-activated and a blinking message “PAUSED” is displayed. The Batch operation can be started again closing the ACK input contact or can be permanently interrupted closing the PAUSE/ABORT input contact.
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ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) ⇒ if the operator closes the ACK input, the instrument de-activates the “Batch in Alarm” output and goes to phase 7 (end component control) ⇒ if the operator closes the PAUSE/ABORT input, the instrument de-activates the “Batch in Alarm”...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 2.11.2 Unload batch cycle The unload cycle control performed by the instrument is structured into operating steps which are described in the following table. PHASE FUNCTION Batch is not activated and the instrument is waiting for the START command.
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ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) instrument clears the “Batch in Progress” and “Batch in Alarm” status, de-activates the relative outputs and goes to phase 0 (Batch de-activated). This is the weight stabilisation phase and is used to recover the fly of the product.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 2.12 Dosed material totalizer The instrument maintains a material totalizerfor each product (loaded or unloaded) and for the total production. At the end of each component phase (regular or aborted) the weight of the component dosed is added to the component totalizer.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 2.12.2 Totalizer report A totalizer Report can printed on primary serial line if configured for “print on request”. To issue the print request the operator must enter the totalizer display and then press the E key.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 2.13 Batch report Report is printed on primary serial line if configured for “print on request”. Report fornat is different for load or unload batch. 2.13.1 Load batch report The instrument can produce a Batch report with the following format:...
The primary serial line is available, according selection, in both the RS232 and RS485 mode. The primary serial line can be configured in one of the following operating modes: • Bi-directional with MODBUS protocol • Bi-directional with ADOS protocol • Continuous transmission • Print on request The transmission parameters of the primary and auxiliary line are : •...
The logic protocol (either ADOS proprietary or MODBUS) is half duplex master/slave and the instrument responds as a slave. When using ADOS protocol the point to point or multidrop connection is determined by the value of the configuration parameter “address 485”: if the parameter is 0 the connection is point to point, otherwise it is multidrop.
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“Carriage Return” (Hex 0D) character <LF> “Line Feed” (Hex 0A) character Commands from host to A200E P (hex 50) weight request command. A string is transmitted with the same format of what is described for continuos mode. If 485 address is other than zero, the <ADDR>...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 1 = Closing on Gross 2 = Closing on Net upon Loading 3 = Closing on Net upon Unloading 4 = Opening on Gross 5 = Opening on Net upon Loading 6 = Opening on Net upon Unloading...
CRC-16 (Cyclic Redundancy Check) frame validation Exception responses When A200E receives a request involving illegal functions or illegal data an exception response is generated containing address, function code, error code and checksum. To indicate that the response is a notification of an error, the high order bit of the function code is set to “1”.
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Value of register 0 is 15, register 1 is 0 and register 2 is 448. Function 05 - Force Single Coil Allows the host to force a single coil. In A200E the command is used to force ZERO, START, PAUSE or ACK command.
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ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) C9 DF NOTE: The function cannot be used to operate on double word or read only registers. Funzione 16 - Preset Multiple Registers Allows the host to modify the contents of more subsequent holding register The below example preset register 12, 13 and 14 of slave 01 with 5, 0, 342:...
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ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) A200E Registers list Register 0 is a special coded register (see details). Weigh values (gross, net, tare and set points) are coded on two consecutive registers as 2’s complement binary value. Configuration parameters are coded as explained in “Configuration” paragraph.
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ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Relay 4 function Relay 4 Set point 44-45 Relay 5 function 47-48 Relay 5 Set point Relay 6 function 50-51 Relay 6 Set point Relay 7 function Relay 7 Set point 53-54 Relay 8 function 56-57...
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G/N OS Power On Flag. Indicates a return of power supply to the transmitter. Flag is set to 1 by A200E and can be resetted to 0 by host by forcing Coil #3 if = 1 indicates that unit is in FAULT...
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ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Batch status coding Load cycle step Unload cycle step Load cycle step Non active – waiting for START Component 1 fast loading Component 1 slow loading Component 1 fly loading and stabilization Inter component waiting Component 2 fast loading...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 2.14.7 Auxiliary serial interface The auxiliary is used to link with the remote repeaters such as RIP14, RIP51, RIP70 or with instruments for remote thresholds. The instrument continuously transmits a string with the following format: <STX><POL><WEIGHT><K/L><L/N><STATUS><CR><LF>...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 2.15 ANALOG OUTPUT MANAGEMENT The option board includes a 16-bit analog output that can be configured using jumper Z1 for current (4-20 mA) or voltage (0-10V) output. The option board is factory configured for current output.
For the necessary depth, consider the length of the instrument plus about 5 cm for the connection cables. M O T IO N FA UL T NET - G RO SS T A RE ZER O Figure 2 - A200E drilling template 417-MTA200I1 Rev. 9 Page 45 of 77...
The A200 mounting panel or cabinet must be properly grounded. A200E output relays must be used only to drive relay coils (with nominal current and voltage beyond contact rating and using dumping networks) or logic input or signaling lamps; they cannot be used to drive power actuator.
Protective conductor terminal can be used for the ground connection of the load cell cable shield. Potective conductor terminal Figure 4 - A200E earthing 3.3.2 Power supply connection Connect the power supply to terminals “ 2 ” and “ 3 ” of terminal block M1.
The load cell must be connected to the instrument with a shielded cable according to the attached table. To this regard, we recommended the use of our shielded cable (Type CS-4). The cable shield at A200E side must be grounded. It can be wired to the protective conductor terminal The connection must be made in accordance with the color code reported on the load cell (when using ADOS cells refer to table 167-MTSCACOC).
The function of each input can be configured by the user. For the relative programming, refer to section 5 CONFIGURATION. The inputs are powered by the A200E and to activate the input just use a voltage free contact to close the common pin and the relevant input pin.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 3.3.5 Relay output connection The A200E can control three relay outputs in the base configuration and eight additional outputs in the expanded configuration. The outputs can be associated to digital thresholds that can be programmed as required.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 3.3.6 Primary serial port connection The primary transmission line can be used in the R232 or RS485 mode (refer to section “CONFIGURATION” for the operating modalities). Connections must be done with a shielded cable (RS232 lines) or with a twisted pair (RS 485 lines).
It is recommended to use a shielded cable and, where necessary, a layout in separate ducts to avoid reducing equipment operating capacities and the relative performances. Analog output 4-20 mA max 500 Ω Analog output 0-10 V min 10KΩ Figure 7 - A200E analog output connection TERMINAL FUNCTIONS BOARD 4 ÷20 mA...
For safety reason is a good practice to check periodically, by visual inspection, the connections to the protective earthling system. Corrective maintenance Any corrective maintenance to possible failures must be carried out at ADOS laboratories or at least by ADOS authorized personnel EVERY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE INSTRUMENT VOIDS WARRANTY 417-MTA200I1 Rev.
INSTRUMENT CONTROL Introduction The A200E indicator is a programmable instrument that performs a set of functions which can be adapted and/or personalized by the user to implement a variety of applications. These functions can be modified using the configuration parameters.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Control function selection The A200E includes the following control functions: 1. parameter configuration 2. weight calibration 3. clock set 4. test 5. system initialization All the operations are guided by messages in plain text displayed on the auxiliary display.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 5.2.1 Password The operator access to configuration, weight calibration and system initialization is controlled by means of a password. The password value is “45700120”. The password value is fixed and there are no procedures to modify while in operation. The scope of the password is not intended for security but only to prevent unwanted access to system functions.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Operating parameter configuration 5.3.1 Operating parameter selection Entering the configuration from the configuration level selection menu the instrument prepares to configure the first parameter and displays the following message: D i v i s i o n...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 5.3.2 Modifying the value of the operating parameters Entering the configuration from the parameter selection menu the instrument indicates the value or the code of the parameter on the primary display. The auxiliary display flashes to indicate that the instrument is prepared to accept the change to the value of the parameter.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 5.3.3 Graduation G r a d u a t . Parameter 01 It is possible to set the following values: • 1000 • 2000 • 4000 • 5000 (default configuration) • 10000 • 20000 5.3.4 Resolution R e s o l u t .
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 5.3.6 Averages A v e r a g e Parameter 04 It is possible to set the following values: • 2 • 4 • 8 (default configuration) • F1 • F2 • F3 • F4 • F5 5.3.7 Language selection...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 5.3.10 Zero tracking limit Z e r o T R K Parameter 07 It is possible to set the following values: • OFF (default configuration) • 0.5 div • 1 • 2 • 5 • 10 div 5.3.11 Keyboard disable...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 5.3.13 Baud rate B a u d R a t e Parameter 08 It is possible to set the following values: • 9600 (default configuration) • 4800 • 2400 • 1200 5.3.14 Primary serial port P r i m...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 5.3.16 Digital input function I N 1 M o d e Parameter 12 I N 2 M o d e Parameter 13 I N 3 M o d e Parameter 14 It is possible to set the following values: •...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 5.3.20 D/A converter function D / A M o d e Parameter 38 It is possible to set the following values: • Gross (default configuration) • Net 5.3.21 D/A Zero D / A Z e r o...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Batch parameter configuration Common batch parameters can be accessed using configuration menu. Component parameters can be accessed using keys 1,2,3 or 4 5.4.1 Zero band Z e r o B a n d Is the maximum allowable load value to consider the balance empty.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 5.4.6 Set point S e t P n t It is possible to set a value ranging from 0 to maximum load minus the value of already configured set points: values giving an Over Load condition cannot be configured.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Calibration After a system initialization, the instrument must be calibrated before performing any weighing operation. The calibration operation consists of two phases: • zero calibration • Span calibration The two phases must be carried out at least once, otherwise the instrument does not exit the FAULT condition.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 5.5.1 Zero calibration The weighing system must be set with ZERO weight. After selecting the modality: Z E R O press the key. The instrument prepares to receive the confirmation command and flashes the message on the auxiliary display.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) 5.5.2 Span calibration The weighing system must be set with a KNOWN weight that is greater than 12.5% of the Span. The precision of the Span calibration is greater the closer the known weight is to the full scale value.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Date and time set up This function allows the user to set or correct the date and time values. To enter the set date and time modality, the user must enter the instrument control mode and using...
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Test This function allows the user to verify the signal provided by load cells, to check the correct connection of the input contacts to the instrument and the relay outputs. To enter the test modality, the user must enter the instrument control model and use the...
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ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) Press the DEC key to sequentially and individually drive each relay of the instrument, including those mounted on the CS 522.02 expansion board (if installed). Press the ZERO key to switch the analog output from 0 to Full scale.
ADOS S.R.L. Buccinasco (MI) System Initialization The instrument can be reset to the default configuration by mean of the System initialization function. To enter the system initialization mode , the user must enter the instrument control mode and use INC key to select the modality:...
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