User's Manual Part 1
GS550 UNDERHOOK
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ChApTEr 3: OpErATiON
3.1b Tare
Zero the hook and rigging weight:
• Press Tare to enter the tare menu.
• Use Next to select the load sensor.
• If no tare value is displayed, then press Tare
to create a tare value equal to the weight on
the load sensor. Example: with hook block
and rigging only. Load display is net weight
(gross weight minus tare value).
• To remove a tare value, press Tare.
• Press Exit to return to the operation display.
3.1c Info
Table: Information Menu Alerts
Description:
The sensor indicates a value greater than the
operator adjusted limit:
Verify operator adjusted limits in the limit menu.
Description:
Less than 10% of battery life remains in the sensor:
Schedule battery replacement for the next
available opportunity. Typically several weeks of
operation remain from the moment the sensor
low battery warning is first triggered.
Description:
The display is not receiving communication from
the sensor:
Verify that the sensor ID number programmed
matches the ID number of the sensor installed on
the crane. Go to menu 5A1.
3.1d Limit
Set Hoist Limits
Press Limit and then Enter to access the Sensor
Limits menu. The Sensor Limits menu displays
the limits for each sensor in the sensor list on
successive pages.
Use Next to scroll from one limit to the next.
Use Up and Down to adjust a limit.
When using GS550 Underhook, the load limit is
typically set to the lesser of the rope limit and the
hoist limit.
lcd
IndIcatoR
lcd load
No Tare Value Gross Weight
Tare Value Net Weight
Press Info to see critical system alerts and battery
status. Press Next to advance from one page to
the next.
Standard info menu pages include firmware
number and version
Alert:
Alert:
dO NOT OpErATE ThE CrANE BEyONd ThE
LimiTS SpECiFiEd By ThE mANuFACTurEr.
WARNING
prESSiNg up ANd dOwN SimuLTANEOuSLy
wiLL rETurN A LimiT TO ThE FACTOry dEFAuLT
SETTiNg. ThE FACTOry dEFAuLT mAXimum
LimiT FOr LOAd SENSOrS iS 10,000 LB.
NOTE
✓
whEN ThE wEighT uNiTS ArE TONS, ThE
miNimum LOAd LimiT iNCrEmENT iS 0.1 TON.
NOTE
✓