User's Manual

ISTALLATIO

3.13

Rope payout

Typically the rope payout sensor is factory installed

on the line riding tensiometer load sensor (figure

above). Alternatively the rope payout sensor may

be installed on an appropriate sheave (figure

below). Power supply must be provided to the rope

payout sensor. It indicates rope payout (length) and

rope speed.

Zero the rope payout using the Tare menu before

calibration.

3.13a Rope Payout Calibration

Procedure № 1: Mechanical

Set-Up

The GS22X must be connected to a computer to

proceed with the following.

1. Hoist up to reel in the wire rope fully.

2. Install the rope payout system.

3. Zero the rope payout length in the Tare menu

4. Hoist down to pay out a known length of wire

rope (for example: 20 feet).

5. Verify the rope payout indicated in the WRCM

matches the actual length of wire rope paid out.

If not then follow Rope Payout Calibration

Procedure № 2.

3.13b Electrical connections

Voltage: 9 to 30 Volts DC, about 0.3 Amp

Red wire: positive voltage

Blue wire: negative or ground

Two types of connections are recommended;

1) Always powered up

2) Powered-up at the same source as the

GS22X base station unit

Rope payout

sensor

Figure: Rope payout on a line riding tensiometer

Figure: Alternative installation of a rope payout