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Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca
Agriculex
ESC2-TSR Programmable Electronic
Seed Counter
Operator's Manual
1-59 suburban Ave Guelph Ontario N1E 6B4

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  • Page 1 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Agriculex ESC2-TSR Programmable Electronic Seed Counter Operator’s Manual 1-59 suburban Ave Guelph Ontario N1E 6B4...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Table of Contents 1. Introduction to ESC2-TSR Seed Counter -------------------------------3 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Sensitivity 1.3. Vertical and Horizontal Gate 1.4. Turntable Speed 1.5. Barcode 1.6. Substitute 2. Quick Installation & quick start -----------------------------7 2.1.
  • Page 3 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 6. File Format --------------------------------31 6.1. Limit and Constraint 6.2. Standard Prearranged File 6.3. Simplified Standard Prearranged File 6.4. Prearranged File without the Header 6.5. Comment Column 7. RS485 TCP & RTU -----------------------------------32 7.1.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1. Introduction to ESC2-TS Seed Counter 1.1 Introduction The ESC2-TSR seed counter is a touch screen, high speed and high accuracy seed counter. It was specially designed to provide easy use, count data manipulation more secure and protection against unexpected power loss and consequence potential loss of count data. It also provides wireless connection as well as counter customizing setting as request.

  • Page 5: Sensitivity

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca As the seed drops through the channel, it will go through a valve referred to as Main Valve, which is controlled by the control box. If the Main Valve is in close state, the seed will be held in the top container.
  • Page 6 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Sample barcode consists of a sample ID referred as Source_ID or another name. Please contact us if you want to add more information in the Sample barcode. A sample barcode Example as following...
  • Page 7 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Example 2: one dimension, code-128 format barcode and 2 dimensions data matrix barcode: SSL07172853 Where: SSL07172853 is packet ID The software will automatically distinguish which Packet ID you input.

  • Page 8: Quick Installation & Quick Start

    Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 2. Quick Installation & quick start Thank you for choosing ESC2-TSR Seed Counter. This Quick Installation & quick start will provide setup instructions and quick start guide. For Detailed information refer to another chapters 2.1 Quick installation...

  • Page 9: Setup & Connect Counter

    2.1.2 Setup & Connect Counter • It is recommended to turn off the power before connecting or disconnecting all cables. • Setup all parts of ‘ESC2-TSR Seed Counter as shown at Figure 2.1 (page 7) and connect all cables to each associative port.
  • Page 10 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca The detail information refers to the section 1.3 to 1.4 at page 4 • Click Speed button to set speed. For example, Corn, speed set to 50. The details refer to the section 1.5 at page 4...

  • Page 11: Independent Mode

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 3. Independent Mode Under this mode, barcode scanner not required. If the count data need to be stored, a USB memory stick is required. The counter will automatically assign a Source_ID for each count.

  • Page 12: Batch Count

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 3.2 Batch Count , the batch count window pops up as shown at figure 3.2.1 Click Batch button Figure 3.2.1 If batch number or Packet number is not the same as default setting, just click and Batch count window will expand as shown figure 3.2.2...
  • Page 13 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Figure 3.2.3 After finishing batch count, the extra seed remained in the hopper will be automatically dumped out, after that, the counter will repeat last batch count again. Click Done button will terminate the batch count and click Next button to set a new batch count.

  • Page 14: Select And Edit Crop

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 3.3 Select, edit crop Each crop has its own size, shape and weight and each of them associate with the counter speed, sensitivity, gate size and valve open/close delay time. When a crop was selected, the counter will automatically change the counter speed and Valve delay time, the Sensitivity and gate size have to be manually set.
  • Page 15 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Figure 3.3.2 • Remove crop from list Select crop in the crop list, click Remove button. 3.3 Change speed Click Speed button, input the desired speed. 0 is Turntable at standstill. 200 is maximum speed.

  • Page 16: Save Data

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 3.4 Save data, data file. Plug a USB memory stick in the USB socket at front in control panel, control panel will detect this USB stick and pop up a dialogue window as shown at Figure 3.4.1 Figure 3.4.1...
  • Page 17 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Then you can use Microsoft excel file to open and edit. 1-59 suburban Ave Guelph Ontario N1E 6B4...

  • Page 18: Load File

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 4. Load File… To use this function, a barcode scanner and a USB memory stick are required and the USB memory stick should have a prearranged excel file. Barcode scanner is used to scan barcode instead of hand entry.

  • Page 19: Packet Id Not Required

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 4.1 Packet ID not required. If you click No button, the counter will only look at Source_ID. The Packet_ID will be ignored. Inset a USB memory stick to a USB socket at front of the counter control panel, A window of USB memory stick insertion will pop up as shown at figure 4.1.1...
  • Page 20 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca After a prearranged excel file opened, the area of Barcode entry is activated and the window becomes to figure 4.1.3 as shown at below. Figure 4.1.3 • Home button: Click this button, the counter will exit Load File… and back to Main Frame •...

  • Page 21: Packet Id Require

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca the window. Figure 4.1.4 Click Save button, the file will store to USB memory stick 4.2 Packet ID required If you click Yes button at above figure 4.0, the counter will look at Packet_ID and Source_ID when it conducts count.
  • Page 22 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Barcode Format: DataMatrix • Data to Encode: SSL07171619;JY2EG135PU01 • X-dimension:2 The content of barcode:SSL07171619;JY2EG135PU01 Where: • SSL07171619 is Packet_ID • ; is delimited • JY2EG135PU01 is Source_ID Noted that, no space between above the content If the scanner is unavailable, double click the area of barcode entry to bring out a keyboard.
  • Page 23 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca After finishing all Source_ID items with colored, the counter will automatically dump seed from the hopper. 1-59 suburban Ave Guelph Ontario N1E 6B4...

  • Page 24: Rs232 Mode

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 5 RS232 Mode 5.1 Connect counter to computer Use a RS232 communication cable to connect the seed counter to your computer. If your computer doesn’t have a RS232 port, you need a USB to RS232 converter to connect the seed counter to your computer.
  • Page 25 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca The following figure5.1.1 shown a states of the counter waiting Figure 5.1.1 Double click ESC2_xv35 file to launch the program if the program has not been launched on your computer. The software will look like the figure 5.1.2 as shown below.
  • Page 26 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Figure 5.1.2 Above figure just is an overall view, the more detail function of each button, menu and the control items will be further explained in following paragraphs. • Select Communication Port Click ‘down arrow’...

  • Page 27: Prepare To Count

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Figure 5.1.3 If you are not sure which COM port in the computer has been connected to the counter, follow below steps to find out. Click Start (at left bottom corn of screen) →Control Panrl, → Sytem → Device manager →Port (COM&LPT)

  • Page 28: Totalize Count

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 5.3 Totalize count Before clicking on the ‘Start’ button you should select the count mode: Totalize count or Batch count. The default setting of count mode is Totalize. • If count mode is not Totalize mode, select totalize mode.

  • Page 29: Batch Count

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Figure 5.3.3 5.4 Batch Count Multiple batch count is available if you choose batch count mode. Example 1: 2 batches First batch: 2 packets 100 seeds per packet Second batch: 5 packets 50 seeds per packet Select ‘Batch Count Mode’.

  • Page 30: Set The Dialog Of Sample Ready, Dump

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Note that Item 2, Batch number, is 1. It means that this is the first batch. Enter number 2 in item 3: No of Packets. Enter number 100 in item 4: Seed No/P.

  • Page 31: Add Seed Parameters

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 5.6 Add seed parameters You can add the seed name and associated parameters into this program for future use. Click Option menu to select ‘Edit Seed Para’. See above Figure 5.5.1 Click Edit Seed Para, Edit Seed Dialog will pop up as figure 5.5.2 shown below...
  • Page 32 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Figure 5.7.1 Click on the ‘Load File…’ button in the ‘Count Para frame’, an open file dialog frame will pop up, select a prearranged excel file, then click ok. After that, the contents of the file will display on the list table in the Count Model frame as figure 5.7.2 shown below:...

  • Page 33: Open, Save & Print Data Files

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Enter an ID number or scan a Barcode into the textbox named as I.D. (Variety), the matched ID in the item list will be selected and colored. See above figure 5.7.2.

  • Page 34: File Format

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 6.File Format 6.1 Limit and Constraint Before starting to prepare an ‘EXCEL’ file, the ‘Limit and Constraint’ should be understood. • First row is a header of counting data and every count file should include a header at first row.

  • Page 35: Prearranged File Without The Header

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Figure 6.2.2 6.4 Prearranged file without header if a prearrange file without a header, the item in first row will be skipped by the counter and the counter read item from second row.

  • Page 36: Rs485 Tcp &Rtu

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 7 RS485 TCP &RTU 7.1 RS 485 Modbus TCP/IP mode If you have an ethernet cable cat6, connect it. The ethernet port is at the back side of control box.

  • Page 37: Rs485 Modbus Rtu Mode

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Figure 7.1.2 7.2 RS 485 Modbus RTU mode If you choose this mode, you need a USB to rs485RTU converter and a 3 pins female terminal. The terminal manufacture product No is WJ15EDGK-3.81-3P. The below figure7.2.1 shown pinout.
  • Page 38 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Click RS485 RTU, the seed counter becomes a slave counter as shown above figure 7.1.2 and it waits for commands from a master. 1-59 suburban Ave Guelph Ontario N1E 6B4...

  • Page 39: Esc2 Counter Rs485 Specification

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 8. Esc2 counter RS485 specification This document is only for customer who will use ESC2 counter Modbus protocols and message for communication in programmable controller applications. It describes how message are constructed, and how transaction take place using Modbus protocol.
  • Page 40 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • The Esc2 counter only support following error code Error code Modbus name description comments Illegal function The function code is not supported Data address is not Data address is not...
  • Page 41 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 8.1.5 Following chart shows how commands can be used Connect to Seed Counter Speed Zero Dump valve Totalize counter Batch Counter Get counter state Stop or Start Reset or get kernel...

  • Page 42: Rtu Mode Message Framing

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 8.2 RTU mode message framing typical message frame is shown the below: start address function data CHECK T1-T2-T3- 8 bits 8 bits N x 8Bits 16 bits T1-t2-t3-t4 8.2.1 Master send message to slave (the counter) •...
  • Page 43 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Batch count Function code: 16(0x10) Address: 200(0xc8) --batch count First data: package number Second data: number/ package Third data: speed Query Sample (hex) Counter address 0x10 Function code...
  • Page 44 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Close valve Function code: 16(0x10) Address: 10 (0x0a) Valve Data: 1—close Valve, 2—open valve Query Sample (hex) Counter address 0x10 Function code 0x10 preset Single Register Start address Hi...
  • Page 45 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Open Valve Function code: 16 (0x10) Address: 10(0x0a), valve Data: 2(0x02)—Open Valve Query Sample (hex) Counter address 0x10 Function code 0x10 preset Single Register Start address Hi Start address Lo 0x0a No.
  • Page 46 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Set speed Function code: 16 (0x10) Address: 12(0x0c) speed Query Sample (hex) Counter address 0x10 Function code 0x10 preset Single Register Start address Hi Start address Lo 0x0c No.
  • Page 47 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Dump Function code: 16 (0x10) Address: 15(0x0f) Dump Speed: 200(0xc8) Query Sample (hex) Counter address 0x10 Function code 0x10 function code Start address Hi Start address Lo 0x0f dump No.
  • Page 48 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Start Function code: 16 (0x10) Address: 20(0x14) Start Query Sample (hex) Counter address 0x10 Function code 0x10 preset Single Register Start address Hi Start address Lo 0x14 No. of registers Hi No.
  • Page 49 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Stop Function code: 16 (0x10) Address: 25(0x19) Stop Query Sample (hex) Counter address 0x10 Function code 0x10 preset Single Register Start address Hi Start address Lo 0x19 No. of registers Hi No.
  • Page 50 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Zero Function code: 16 (0x10) Address: 30(0x14) Stop Query Sample (hex) Counter address 0x10 Function code 0x10 preset Single Register Start address Hi Start address Lo 0x14 No. of registers Hi No.
  • Page 51 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Reset Function code: 16 (0x10) Address: 35(0x19) Stop Query Sample (hex) Counter address 0x10 Function code 0x10 preset Single Register Start address Hi Start address Lo 0x19 No. of registers Hi No.
  • Page 52 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Get counter number Function code: 4 (0x04) Address—50(0x32) Query Sample (hex) Counter address 0x10 Function code 0x04 read input Register Start address Hi Start address Lo 0x14 No. of registers Hi No.
  • Page 53 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • Get counter status Function code: 4 (0x04) Address: 60(0x3c) Query Sample (hex) Counter address 0x10 Function code 0x04 read input Register Start address Hi Start address Lo 0x1e No.

  • Page 54: Counter Modbus Tcp Mode

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 8.3 Counter Modbus TCP/IP mode The protocol of Esc2 counter TCP/IP follows Modbus TCP protocol The interface is an Ethernet network, the data transfer protocol is TCP/IP The TCP port used is: 502 The IP address can be found at Counter State in the menu of the counter control box.
  • Page 55 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 8.3.2 request a Batch count: • Address:200 • Function code: 16(0x10) • Device ID:16 (0x10) • Package No:5 • Kernel Number/package:100 • Turntable Speed: 50 Data=[0x00,0x02,0x00,0x00,0x0f,0x10,0x10,0x00,0xc8,0x00,0x04,0x8,0x00,0x02,0x00,0x05,0 x00,0x64,0x00,0x32] Data [0]-[1]:...
  • Page 56 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 8.3.4 request to change speed • Address: 12 (0x0c) • Function code: 16 (0x10) • Device ID: 16(0x10) • Data: 60 (for example) Data=[0x00,0x04,0x00,0x00,0x0b,0x10,0x10,0x00,0x0c,0x00,0x02,0x4,0x00,0x04,0x00,0x32] Data [0]-[1]: 0x0001 Transaction ID...
  • Page 57 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 8.3.7 request to obtain the counter state • Address: 60 • Function code: 4 (0x04) Data=[0x00,0x07,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x06,0x10,0x04,0x00,0x3c,0x00,0x01] Data [0]-[1]: 0x0007 Transaction ID Data [2]-[3]: 0x0000 Protocol ID. Data [4]-[5]: 0x0006...
  • Page 58 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 8. 3.10 set to Zero: • Address:30 (0x1e) • Function code: 16 (0x10) • Device ID: 16 (0x10) • Turntable speed: 200 (0xc8) Data=[0x00,0x0a,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x09,0x10,0x10,0x00,0x1e,0x00,0x01,0x2,0x00,0x01] Data [0]-[1]: 0x000a Transaction ID...

  • Page 59: Counter State

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Counter state Click Counter State button at Main Frame, the interface shows the figure 9.1 at below. This interface allow operator to check the state of the counter. The counter is default set to Carousel.
  • Page 60 9.6 Protect Count Data ESC2-TSR is capable of providing protection against the unexpected power loss. Even misconducting. When unexpected power loss during counting, the counter will retain certain time to save the count data and shutdown the counter properly.

  • Page 61: Maintenance

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 10.Maintenance Maintenance of the counter includes: • clean detecting unit • clean the main valve • clean feeder 10.1 Clean detecting unit The seed counter should be periodically cleaned to ensure the precision and accuracy of the counter.
  • Page 62 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Use a soft paper towel or rag to clean the exterior surface of small size acrylic window tube as shown below: Small size acrylic tube Use a soft paper towel or rag to clean the inside surface of the large size acrylic window...

  • Page 63: If The Count Is Still Not Accurate

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca If the count is still not accurate, the sensors may have a problem and the counter should be sent back to Agriculex Inc. for maintenance 10.5 Clean the valve plate When the main valve cannot be properly opened or closed you will need to clean the valve plate.
  • Page 64 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca • The valve can not open or close If the valve’s open or close still has problem, you will need to clean the dust on the crossing way of the valve.
  • Page 65 Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Take off Base Integration from the base unit and place it on the table: o Remove the 4 screws Screw 1 Screw 2 Screw3 Screw 4 • Remove the top unit...

  • Page 66: Reset Position

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca Clean the surface After cleaning re-assemble the unit. 10.6 Reset position Sometimes you may need to reset the position between the stroke rod and the solenoid cylinder body. Less than 1 mm...

  • Page 67: Setup Recommendation

    Agriculex Inc. Tel: 519 837 0871 Fax 519 837 4291 www.agriculex.ca 11 Setup Recommendations ESC-2 Programmable Electronic Seed Counter for counting Soybean: 1. Vertical gate set at # 8 to 10 2. Horizontal gate set at # 12 3. Sensitivity set at #5 to 6 4.

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