Specifications

8200-M242-O1 y 210-FE
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INSTALLATION, Cont.
Load Cell Connections with Over 30 Feet of Cable
For installations with over 30 feet of cable between the indicator and the load cells, sense
wires should be used. The sense wires must be connected between the +SENS, -SENS
terminals on the indicator and the +EXCITATION, -EXCITATION wires of the load cells or the
+SENS, -SENS terminals of the load cell trim board or the section seal trim board.
Serial I/O Cable Installation
The 210-FE indicator may be connected to a printer to record weight and associated data or it
may be connected to a remote display or even to a computer for transmission of weight data.
The weight data may be transmitted on demand (pressing the PRINT key or on receipt of a
command from the computer). Refer to the Setup, SIO Serial I/O section of this manual.
1. If the rear panel of the indicator has been removed, proceed to step 2. Otherwise, remove
the 16 acorn nuts securing the rear panel to main housing
2. Loosen the gland connector for the serial cable. Refer to Figure No. 2 for the gland
connector layout.
3. Slip the serial cable through the gland connector and into the enclosure.
4. Referring to Figure No. 4, remove 2 inches (not 5 to 6 inches) of the outer insulation jacket
5. Next, remove 1/4 inch of insulation from each of the wires.
6. Connect each of the wires to the Serial I/O terminal block (P11) referring to Figure No. 9 for
terminal block locations.
7. To terminate a wire, use a small flat blade screwdriver and press down on the release bar
for the terminal. Insert the wire into the terminal opening. Remove the screwdriver,
allowing the release bar to return to its original position, locking the wire in place. See
Figure No. 5.
8. Repeat procedure until all of wires are in place.
BI-DIRECTIONAL SERIAL INTERFACE SERIAL OUTPUT
TERMINAL NO. Function TERMINAL NO. Function
1 TXD 1 - RS232 5 TXD 2 - RS232
2 RXD 1 - RS232 6 TXD 2 – 20 mA Active
3 TXD 1 – 20 mA Active 7 GROUND
4 GROUND