Owner's manual
MCS-08 Technical Manual, Rev. 1.04 December 2012 Page 24 of 52
Zeroing MCS-08AD [1] at register 41063.
Request: 01, 10, 04, 26, 00, 01, 02, 00, 01, 25, 56
Answer: 01, 10, 04, 26, 00, 01, E1, 32
MCS-08AD [1] is zeroed.
Taring MCS-08AD [0] at register 41062.
Request: 01, 10, 04, 25, 00, 01, 02, 00, 02, 65, 64
Answer: 01, 10, 04, 25, 00, 01, 11, 32
MCS-08AD [0] is tared.
Taring MCS-08AD [1] at register 41063.
Request: 01, 10, 04, 26, 00, 01, 02, 00, 02, 65, 57
Answer: 01, 10, 04, 26, 00, 01, E1, 32
MCS-08AD [1] is tared.
Zero Calibration of MX08 AD [0].
Request: 01, 03, 04, 66, 00, 01, 65, 25 (Read status; Ready status is mandatory)
Answer: 01, 03, 02, 00, 01, 79, 84 (MCS-08AD [0] is in ready status; zero calibration
can be performed)
Request: 01, 10, 04, 63, 00, 01, 02, 00, BC, EB, B2 (Zero calibration command)
Answer: 01, 10, 00, 6D, 00, 01, 90, 14
Request: 01, 03, 04, 66, 00, 01, 65, 25 (Read status and wait for ready status)
Answer: 01, 03, 02, 00, 01, 79, 84 (If “zeroing” changed to “ready” status, zero
calibration was performed successfully.)
Span Calibration of MCS-08AD [0].
Request: 01, 03, 04, 66, 00, 01, 65, 25 (Read status; Ready status is mandatory)
Answer: 01, 03, 02, 00, 01, 79, 84 (MCS-08AD [0] is in ready status; span calibration
can be performed)
Request: 01, 10, 04, 63, 00, 03, 06, 00, DC, 00, 00, 0B, B8, D6, 90 (Span calibration
command with 3000 (0x0BB8 hex) span value)
Answer: 01, 10, 00, 6D, 00, 03, 11, D5
Request: 01, 03, 04, 66, 00, 01, 65, 25 (Read status and wait for ready status)
Answer: 01, 03, 02, 00, 01, 79, 84 (If “span calibr.” changed to ready status, span
calibration was performed successfully.)
The table below is used to access MCS-08AD modules.
The starting register address 40001 is valid for N-bus address [0].
Address
R/W
Word
Command
Definition
40001*
R
2
Weight / Force / Count Data
40003*
R
1
Module Status of
MCS-08AD
D0
0 – System Ready
1 – System Busy
D1
0 – Error
1 – Data ok
D2
0 – Weight Stable
1 – Weight unstable
D3
0 – Gross Mode
1 – Net mode
D4
0
Not used
D5
0 – Weight / Force
1 – Count Mode
D6…D11
Not used
D12
0 – Out of zero range
1 – Weight is in zero range
D13
D14
D15
Error Code
0
No Errors
1
ADC out of range
2
ADC over range
3
ADC under range
4
System error
5
In setup mode
6
Low/High voltage det.
40004*
R
2
Tare weight
40006*
R
2
Gross weight
40008*
R
1
Status
Motion, Net mode, Data ok, (image of register 40003)
40009*
R/W
1
Control
0
None
1
Zero
2
Tare
3
Clear