Model 1310 Truck Scale In/Out Application User’s Manual
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Table of Contents Table of Contents ..................................................................................... 3 1310 Specifications ................................................................................... 4 Introduction ............................................................................................. 5 About This Manual ............................................................................... 5 1310 Indicator ..........................................................
1310 Specifications Power Input Excitation Operational Keys Operational Annunciators Display Display Characters Display rate A to D Conversion Rate Unit of Measure Capacity Selections Incremental Selections Decimal locations Displayed Resolution Audio Output Time and Date Internal Resolution Harmonizer ™ digital filtering Memory Universal 85-265 VAC, 50/60Hz, 75VA 10 Volts DC or 10 volts AC square wave capable of driving up to thirty-two 350-ohm weight sensors.
Introduction About This Manual Configuration file name is 14835_0D.310 This manual covers the information you need to understand the operation of your Model 1310 indicator with the Truck In/Out application installed. Major sections of this manual are headed by titles in a black bar like Introduction above. Subheadings appear in the left column. Instructions and text appear on the right side of the page. Occasionally notes, tips, and special instructions appear in the left column.
1310 Front Panel Plug the 1310 into an easily accessible grounded outlet only. Never use the unit without an appropriate earthground connection. Any computer based system should have a separate, grounded power circuit. We recommend one for the 1310. A power surge suppression unit is recommended between the 1310 and AC outlet. Main Display Figure 1 1310 Front Panel The main display is a 240 x 64 dot, dot-addressable, vacuum fluorescent display.
Press the PRINT key to send data to a connected printer. By default this key performs a DOPRINT command followed by a DOACCUM command. Press the TARE key to tare the current gross weight, then repeatedly press SELECT to scroll through the tare, gross and net weight displays. Press the ZERO key to establish a zero reference. A center-of-zero icon will be displayed when the weight is within ¼ division of zero. During motion an M will appear below the center-of-zero icon.
Truck Scale In/Out Application Introduction The Truck Scale In/Out software application installed in the 1310 allows you to automate truck weighing. You can track up to 250 different open transactions and store up to 1,000 completed transactions. You can also store up to 500 tare weights. Overview Serial ports are configured for transmitting information to different devices; printer, computer and remote display.
Operation Follow these steps to perform truck in/out operations: Powerup 1. When the indicator is powered up you will see this screen. . . 2. Be sure scale is zeroed by pressing the ZERO key. After an inbound truck comes onto the scale, press the IN key. . . Inbound Procedure The inbound weight is stored in the OPEN database and the screen below is displayed.
4. Press YES and information, like in the Inbound ticket example at left, is sent to the printer: INBOUND TRUCK WEIGHT TIME DATE ID: BALC1254 : 1344 lb : 11:54:28 : 11-12-01 5. Press NO if you don't want the ticket printed. . . The 1310 searches the OPEN database for the ID number. If the ID number is found, see A below. OR If there is no previous use of this ID number, see B below. A. The following is displayed: Press 1 on the keypad to overwrite the current ID number.
B) Use the keypad on the 1310, following the directions for alphanumeric entry in the Front Panel Keys section of this manual. C) Use an optional remote keyboard to enter the numbers and alpha characters. With a remote keyboard attached, only alpha entries are allowed from the front panel keys. When you have entered the truck ID, press the ENTER key. . . is displayed. This is a friendly reminder that if you want to have an outbound ticket printed, you must have a printer attached and ready to print. 3.
TARE Soft Key (F2) Function The TARE soft key functions in two ways. Method one is for new truck ID entry and Method 2 is for an existing truck ID entry. The TARE soft key allows you to add tare weights to the TARE database. You can recall, edit and delete existing tare weights. Method 1: New Truck ID Tare Entry 1. Press the TARE soft key (F2). . . When you are given a numbered list to choose from, press the number key on the number keypad to select your choice.
4. The following is displayed: 5. Key in the weight and press ENTER. . . The tare weight is stored under that Truck ID and the display returns to a net weight display with that tare value active. Method 2: Tare Entry for Existing Truck ID 1. Press the TARE soft key (F2). . . If you press 1, see Method 1. If you press 2, go to step 2 below. If you press 3, the action is aborted. 2. When you press 2. . . is displayed. 3. Key in the known truck ID to recall the tare weight.
PRINT Key Function The PRINT key allows you to print a tare ticket. The tare ticket includes the Truck ID, gross weight, tare weight, net weight, time and date. A example is shown in Figure 3 below. TARE TRANSACTION TRUCK ID : GROSS WEIGHT : TARE WEIGHT : NET WEIGHT : TIME: 11:58:43 DATE: 11-12-01 12345 3485 lb 60 lb 3425 lb Figure 3 Tare ticket sample CLEAR Key Function The CLEAR key allows you to delete information from one or more of the databases. 1. Press the CLEAR key. . .
REPORT Key Function The REPORT key allows you to upload the contents of the completed or open databases to a computer through serial port 2. The reports are in a comma-delimited format.
Accessing Software Version The time may come when you are asked by a service technician what the software version of your software is. There is a series of key strokes which will bring that number up on the screen. Below are the instructions for accessing this information. 1. Press and hold the ESCAPE key until the 1310 beeps. 2. Within five seconds, key in the number 111 and press ENTER. 3. Press the soft key labeled VIEW. 4. Press the soft key labeled VERS. The software version will appear on the display.
Error Messages You may see the error messages listed in the table below. Also listed is a description of the error and possible causes. These may help with servicing. Error messages will appear in the upper right corner of the display window as shown in the example of error message #8 shown below. Error Messages from SensorCommTM All error messages below which mention components are referring to components within the SensorComm product.
911 Diagnostic Menu The 1310 has an emergency help menu with a password of 911 to help you diagnose problems with SensorComm components. Following are the instructions you need to access this menu and explanations of each part of the menu that pertain to the SensorComm option. Figure 4 shows a flow chart of the soft keys in the 911 menu. Figure 4 Flowchart of soft keys in the Test menu Hold the ESCAPE key for 5 seconds then key in 911 at the prompt and press ENTER.
These softkeys appear: Inputs and outputs have to be defined in the WT-BASIC program for them to work. KEYPAD This test lets you check each front panel key for proper operation. Follow the instructions on the display. SCALE Press this soft key to view weight sensor outputs. Disabled when SensorComm active. SERIAL Use this to test your ports. Select Port #1 through 4 then short the TX and RX on the selected port. The display will change from NO LOOP to LOOP indicating the port is good.
Modem status list: 1 = initialize 2 = set auto answer 3 = set user config 4 = port ready 5 = dialing 6 = error 7 = connected 8 = disconnected 9 = initialize 2 MODM Appears only if modem is enabled by a SimPoser program. The display will show Port #, Status (see list at left), User configuration information. TRAFF Press this soft key to see the System Counter Menu. This shows you the traffic, overload, and underload counter values. See example below.
SCOMM Soft Key Refer to Figure 4 as the soft keys and functions which apply to SensorComm are explained below. When you press the SCOMM soft key, the following keys appear: INFO Soft Key INFO OUTPT ERR# VOLT MORE See INFO Soft Key section. See OUTPT Soft Key section. See ERR# Soft Key section. See VOLT Soft Key section. Brings up the following keys: SIG DLOAD G_LOG See SIG Soft Key section. See DLOAD Soft Key section. See G_LOG Soft Key section.
SETUP soft key Brings up a display similar to this example: Press the ESC key to back out of most displays and return to the previous display. This display shows you the configuration of the SensorComm system. In this example the system has two SensorComm j-boxes with a total of eight weight sensors. Press any key and the following is displayed: This screen lets you scroll through all the sensors using the PREV and NEXT soft keys.
ERR# Soft Key Press the ERR# soft key to see a record of the last 10 error code numbers and the dates and the times these occurred. The screen will look similar to the example below: The top line tells you how many errors are in the list and which one you are viewing. The second line shows the error number and time and date it occurred. The third line gives you the name of the error. This corresponds to the list of errors in Error Messages from SensorCommTM.
SIG Soft Key Press the SIG soft key to see a constantly changing display similar to the example below: Press the ESC key to back out of most displays and return to the previous display. This screen shows the number of packets of information sent to the SensorComm system and the number received back correctly. This is a measure of the relative reliability of your communication setup.
Ethernet 10/100 SMTP Option Email data will display system overload and underload counts only. If your 1310 has the optional Ethernet 10/100 SMTP card installed, your system can be configured to send you an email informing you of system errors as they occur. Follow the steps below to set up your 1310 for autonotification. 1. Open SimPoser. 2. Open the standard truck IN/OUT application file. 3. Click on the CONFIG button. 4. Click on the Parameters tab. 5. Click on the Diagnostics button. 6.
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