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CI-100A Indicator Operation & Service Manual 

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CAS-USA 

Corporation 

 

www.cas-usa.com

 

CONTENT

 

1. Specification ....................................................................................... 2

 

2. Faceplate ............................................................................................. 6

 

3. Summary of Key function .................................................................. 7

 

5. Normal Weighing mode ................................................................... 21

 

6. Count Weighing Mode ..................................................................... 24

 

7. Percent Weighing Mode .................................................................. 26

 

8. BMI Working Mode ........................................................................... 27

 

9. HOLD Function ................................................................................. 28

 

10. Data Compare Function ................................................................. 29

 

11. Accumulation .................................................................................. 30

 

12. Calibration ...................................................................................... 31

 

13. Weight Fine-tune ............................................................................ 34

 

14. View ADC output Code .................................................................. 34

 

15. View or Calibrate Power Voltage ................................................... 35

 

16. View or Set Time ............................................................................. 35

 

17. View or Set Date ............................................................................. 35

 

18. View Firmware Version .................................................................. 36

 

19. Display Test .................................................................................... 36

 

20. Keyboard and Buzzer Test ............................................................ 36

 

21. Serial Port1/2 (COM1/2) Receiving Test ....................................... 36

 

22. Serial Port1/2(COM1/2) Transmitting Test .................................... 36

 

23. Details about Serial Communication ............................................ 37

 

24. Connectors and Jumpers .............................................................. 44

 

25. Meaning of Some Symbols and Troubleshooting ....................... 46

 

26. Display Character ........................................................................... 49

 

27. Packing List .................................................................................... 50

 

28. Version History ............................................................................... 51

 

 

Summary of Contents for CI-100A

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Page 2: ...CI 100A Indicator Operation Service Manual CAS USA Corporation www cas usa com ...

Page 3: ...ion 30 12 Calibration 31 13 Weight Fine tune 34 14 View ADC output Code 34 15 View or Calibrate Power Voltage 35 16 View or Set Time 35 17 View or Set Date 35 18 View Firmware Version 36 19 Display Test 36 20 Keyboard and Buzzer Test 36 21 Serial Port1 2 COM1 2 Receiving Test 36 22 Serial Port1 2 COM1 2 Transmitting Test 36 23 Details about Serial Communication 37 24 Connectors and Jumpers 44 25 M...

Page 4: ...vices emit RF and can cause unstable scale readings If your scale ever performs poorly try moving the scale to a different room or location Avoid using in condition of heavy vibration and airflow Read the weight reading in short time after loading The output signature of load cell and electronic circuit may be little influenced after weighing for a long time Some functions maybe disabled by manufa...

Page 5: ...1 1 2 Indicator bracket installation 1 1 2 1 According to following figure use locknut to fasten part1 and part2 onto the bracket and make sure part1 and part2 in correct direction 1 1 2 2 From the back side of rear side fasten the indicator to the bracket by using four M4x6 screws ...

Page 6: ...nciators and blue backlight 1 4 Keypad 6 push buttons 1 5 Environment 1 5 1 Working temperature 10 C to 40 C 1 5 2 Storage temperature 20 C to 70 C 1 5 3 Humidity 10 to 90 RH without condensation 1 6 Load cell Excitation 1 6 1 Voltage 5Vdc 1 6 2 Max Current 60mA can power 4 350 ohm bridge take care the limitation when USB is power supply 1 6 3 Signal connection 4 or 6 lead with sense leads 1 6 4 M...

Page 7: ...11 3 Calibration can be done under kg or lb weight unit with 10 100 FS standard weight 1 11 4 Optional directly weight fine adjustment 10 1 11 5 Optional Geographical Adjustment 1 12 Real Clock optional built in nonvolatile real time date 1 13 Other Main Function 1 13 1 Programmable Initial or key Zero Range automatic zero point tracking range 1 13 2 Programmable pre set tare weight 1 13 3 Program...

Page 8: ...hen in counting mode measure unit is pieces 2 11 PEAK Turn on when in working in HOLD mode and HOLD type is PEAK HOLD 2 12 HOLD Turn on and flashing not flashing working HOLD mode and displaying number is isn t live 2 13 BMI Turn on when working in BMI mode 2 14 HI Turns on when data compare is enabled and current data weight pieces or percent is over its upper setting limitation 2 15 OK Turns on ...

Page 9: ... Weighing Counting Percent BMI press down 3s ACCUMULATION function is enabled in configuration menu To add up current weight pieces percentage to memory display times and total of accumulation in BMI working mode to input height Weighing Counting Percent press down 3s ACCUMULATION function is enabled in configuration menu To display times and total of accumulation Input data mode the digit on flas...

Page 10: ...rcent press down 3s To input pre set tare weight at selected weight unit input data mode or Menu selection mode To confirm input data or current item selection and go to next item of current menu or next operation Display ADC code Set or clear tare code ZERO ON OFF Power off mode Power on Weighing Counting Percent press down 3s Zero function Weighing Counting Percent press down 3s Power off Input ...

Page 11: ...configure parameters to default setting YES REGULA NONE NONE select the standard that the scale will comply with USA CANADA EUROPE USA CANADA EUROPE PRIM N 100 100 000 3000 the division number under primary unit if REGULAR none the max is 10 000 PRIM D 0 0001 1 the division value under primary unit the division value under second unit is automatically determined by indicator according to the divis...

Page 12: ...m will not be shown YES UNITS KG YES YES Units that can be used by UNIT key select YES enable this unit to be used NO disable this unit to be used Refer to sectioon5 12 for some limitation In trade application lb oz should not be allowed NO LB YES YES NO OZ YES NO NO LBOZ YES NO NO G YES NO NO ZRO PNT IZSM 0 100 10 Initial zero power on zero point range 0 no limitation 1 100 calibration zero point...

Page 13: ...D function should be prohibited NO COUNT YES YES Yes No enable disable counting function Operations refer to section6 NO PERCNT NO NO Percent weighing function is enable or disable 1 NO disable 2 100 enable and display format is 100 3 100 0 enable and display format is 100 0 4 100 00 enable and display format is 100 00 Operations refer to section7 100 100 0 100 00 BMI YES NO Yes No enable disable ...

Page 14: ... after a request command is received 5 PRT CMD output after PRINT key pressed or request command received 6 STABLE output after scale is stable Note use PRINT or CMD to output data the scale must be stable CONT PRINT CMD PRTCMD STABLE LAYOUT MULTPL MULTPL com1 output content and format set 1 MULTPL the following selected item in OUT1 will be output using defined format 2 SINGLE only displayed cont...

Page 15: ...Prompt is A D CODE NO BAT VOL YES NO Yes No enable disable output voltage of battery Prompt is VOLTAGE NO STATUS YES NO Yes No enable disable output scale s status Prompt is STATUS NO B LINE NONE LINE1 How many blank lines after strings output NONE no blank line LINE1 2 3 4 there re 1 2 3 or 4 blank lines after strings used for paper feed forward 1 2 3 4 lines LINE1 LINE2 LINE3 LINE4 COM2 BAUD RT ...

Page 16: ...oss weight Prompt is GROSS NO TARE YES NO Yes No enable disable output tare weight Prompt is TARE NO NET YES YES Yes No enable disable output net weight Prompt is NET NO PERCNT YES NO Yes No enable disable output weight percentage Prompt is PERCENTAGE NO UPCTWT YES NO Yes No enable disable output weight of 1 percentage Prompt is 1 REF WT NO COUNT YES NO Yes No enable disable output counts Prompt i...

Page 17: ...a request command is received 5 PRT CMD output after PRINT key pressed or request command received 6 STABLE output after scale is stable Note use PRINT or CMD to output data the scale must be stable CONT PRINT CMD PRTCMD STABLE LAYOUT MULTPL MULTPL Com3 output content and format set 1 MULTPL the following selected item in OUT3 will be output use defined format 2 SINGLE only displayed content and c...

Page 18: ... 2 3 4 there re 1 2 3 or 4 blank lines after strings used for paper feed forward 1 2 3 4 lines LINE1 LINE2 LINE3 LINE4 BEEP KEY YES YES Yes No enable disable beep after a key pressed down NO COMPAR NONE IN LMT 1 NONE not beep 2 L Low beep when lower than low limitation 3 IN LMT beep when in range of low and high limitation 4 O HIGH beep when over high limitation 5 OUT LMT beep when lower than low ...

Page 19: ...ted command selection 1 NONE no any command will be executed 2 COM 1 2 3 command from COM1 2 3 will be executed 3 COM 1 2 1 3 2 3 command from COM1 COM2 COM1 COM3 or COM2 COM3 will be executed 4 COM 1 2 3 command from COM1 COM2 or COM3 will be executed NOTE if AD FROM COM3 then COM x x 3 will not be active COM 1 COM 2 COM 1 2 COM 3 COM 1 3 COM 2 3 COM 1 2 3 A OFF T 0 255 5 Auto off time 0 not auto...

Page 20: ...do next point calibration NO CAL P2 Linear calibration point2 do second weight point calibration standard weight must be over 10 FS and be larger than it in CAL P1 this point can be omitted END Y YES End calibration YES go to CAL END to end NO go to do next point calibration NO CAL P3 Linear calibration point3 do third weight point calibration standard weight must be over 10 FS and be larger than ...

Page 21: ...ate details refer to section17 TIME display time and set time details refer to section16 VER display firmware version details refer to section18 4 6 TEST Submenu TEST SUBMENU1 REMARK DISP TST test LCD or LED details refer to section19 COM1 RD test COM1 receiving details refer to section21 COM1 TD test COM1 transmitting details refer to section22 COM2 RD test COM2 receiving details refer to section...

Page 22: ...d address LADD Go to display Local blue tooth address mode The address will shown in Li xxxx format i 1 2 3 xxxx is four hexadecimal digits RADD Go to display or input Remote blue tooth address mode The address will shown in Ri xxxx format i 1 2 3 xxxx is four hexadecimal digits BAUD Set or view serial communication baud rate 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 default is 9600 UARTMD Set or view seria...

Page 23: ...E limitations in 5 9 section 5 6 TARE When the gross weight is big than zero and the scale is stable press TARE key the indicator will show net weight of zero the NET annunciator will be lighted Please refer the ZERO and TARE limitations in 5 9 section 5 7 Preset tare weight long press PRESET key Pr Tare will show and the TARE annunciator flashes it means it is in preset TARE weight mode use to in...

Page 24: ...ght zero and clear the tared weight 0 No Tare zero yes zero and clear the tared weight NOTE 1 ZERO only be active when scale is stable and weight is in SAZSM setting range 2 TARE only be active when scale is stable 3 Clear TARE weight or ZERO scale make indicator to enter displaying GROSS mode 4 TARE weight make indicator to enter displaying NET mode 5 10 Output data When scale is stable press PRI...

Page 25: ...5kg Not available 10 lb Not available Not available 50kg 50kg Not available Not available Not available Not available Table5 3 use LB as primary unit Calibration division value Display division value in different weight unit that can be used kg g lb oz lb oz 0 0001lb Not available Not available 0 0001lb 0 002oz Not available 0 001 lb 0 0005 kg 0 5g 0 001 lb 0 02oz Not available 0 01 lb 0 005 kg 5g...

Page 26: ... 14 1 If need to set configuration parameters set user parameters calibrate the scale set current date or time test some hardware It s need to long press SETUP key to enter setup mode 5 14 2 After Entering Setup Mode the main menu item CONFIG will be shown first 5 14 3 In Setup mode use to select wanted submenu and wanted menu item select wanted choice set wanted number confirm and save data or ex...

Page 27: ...tep Press ZERO key to exit getting piece weight mode and back to counting mode 6 5 2 3 After INP PCS being shown 000000 will be displayed use PRINT ACC UNIT key to input the quantity of samples and Press TARE key to confirm If the calculated piece weight is less than 0 5d the indicator will display PWt Er and go back to counting mode otherwise after the reasonable piece weight being got the scale ...

Page 28: ...100 this percentage is corresponding to the weight you will input in following steps 7 5 1 2 When UNIT KG is shown use PRINT or ACC key to select the unit of input weight use TARE key to confirm and go to next Press ZERO key to exit and back to percent weighing mode 7 5 1 3 When last stored unit percentage weight data is shown use PRINT ACC UNIT key to input new unit percentage weight press HOLD k...

Page 29: ...tor HI OK LO will be lighted and the beeper will sound according to its setting in USER BEEP 8 BMI Working Mode 8 1 To make BMI working Mode be available CONFIG FUNC BMI menu item should be set to YES and factory setting should be also enable this function 8 2 To enter BMI Working mode 8 2 1 When CONFIG FUNC ACCUMU Yes If In normal weighing mode percent weighing mode or counting mode long press FU...

Page 30: ... H SPD menu item to YES To enter HOLD working mode press down HOLD key when scale works in normal weighing mode counting mode or percent weighing mode 9 3 There re several HOLD mode to freeze display data 1 Positive Peak Number HOLD mode 2 Negative Peak Number HOLD mode 3 Toggle HOLD mode 4 Average HOLD mode 5 Auto HOLD mode The following are details of these HOLD modes 9 3 1 Positive Peak HOLD Wh...

Page 31: ...e will automatically hold new number of load Scale will exit HOLD mode according to the setting of USER HOLD HLD TIM If the time of scale variation being over USER OTHER NLD RNG is more than USER HOLD STB TIM STB ER will be shown press TARE to start averaging again or press HOLD key to exit 9 4 In Positive or Negative Peak HOLD mode the red HOLD for LED version or PEAK and HOLD for LCD version ann...

Page 32: ...UMU is set to MANUAL the stable and positive displayed net weight must be larger than USER OTHER NLD RNG piece or percentage can be accumulated by long pressing TOTAL key and indicator will display accumulation times first and then display total of number To avoid repeating accumulation for same load one load only can be accumulated once So before a new load put onto the scale the original load sh...

Page 33: ...rm to calibrate the zero point the zero weight will flash in catching zero point state After getting the reasonable zero point data the zero weight will become steady and then go to next step 12 5 2 When first default standard weight is displayed after CAL P1 being shown It will be calibrated on standard weight for first point Put corresponding weight more than 10 FS weight onto scale The default ...

Page 34: ...rs value that were got before or view current calibration parameters value 12 7 1 All parameters about calibration are divided to 18 pages to be displayed on LCD by nn xxxx format nn is a decimal number of page xxxx is an hexadecimal value of parameter e g 02 85E2 01 02 pages zero code 03 04 pages standard weight of CAL P1 05 06 pages codes of CAL P1 07 08 pages standard weight of CAL P2 09 10 pag...

Page 35: ...CI 100A Indicator Operation Service Manual CAS USA Corporation www cas usa com 33 TABLE12 1 Location Code for different elevation and latitude ...

Page 36: ...ll be displayed suppose it s 1230 0lb but original number is 1234 5 Press down TARE and ZERO at same time until first digit flashes this means indicator has entered into weight fine tune mode Press key the displayed weight will be restored to 1234 5 and then press to confirm and exit to normal weighing mode 14 View ADC output Code 14 1 In this mode you can examine the stability of weighing system ...

Page 37: ...e to 5V press TARE key to confirm 5V calibration 15 3 3 When CAL 6V is shown adjust voltage to 6V press TARE key to confirm 6V calibration When CV End is shown that means the voltage calibration is completed and then exit to display voltage 15 4 Press SETUP key to return to last menu item press ON OFF key to prepare to exit this mode 16 View or Set Time 16 1 After entering SETUP mode by press down...

Page 38: ...ess SETUP key to return to last menu item press ON OFF key to prepare to exit this mode 21 Serial Port1 2 COM1 2 Receiving Test 21 1 Before test the receiving function of COM1 or COM2 a cable is need to connect a PC and this indicator and a software be similar with Super Terminal of Windows is also need to run on PC to send bytes to this indicator Please note baud rate is selected by USER COM1 2 B...

Page 39: ... of each item in a transition string 23 4 1 Reading data 6bytes Data polarity 1byte for negative and followed the first digit for positive Decimal point 1byte Measure unit 1 5bytes lb kg lb oz pcs Units are always lower case left aligned Current status 4bytes 23 4 2 If the weight is overcapacity the scale will return eight characters the field of polarity decimal point weight data is filled by 23 ...

Page 40: ...e 23 6 1 1 Command W CR 57h 0dh request current reading Response LF U1U2 U3U4U5 CR LF H1H2H3 H4 CR ETX over capacity LF _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ U1U2 U3 U4U5 CR LF H1H2H3 H4 CR ETX under capacity LF U1U2 U3 U4U5 CR LF H1H2H3 H4 CR ETX zero point error Note U1U2 U3 U4U5 is 1 2 3 or 5 bytes according to current unit kg lb pcs lb oz LF P W1W2W3W4W5 DP W6 U1U2 U3 U4U5 CR LF H1H2H3 H4 CR ETX normal data Note 1 ...

Page 41: ...FF key to turn off the scale 23 6 1 8 Command all others Response Unrecognized command LF CR ETX 23 6 2 Summary of Command and Response Command Response ASCII HEX W CR 57 0d Read scale weight LF U1U2 U3U4U5 CR LF H1H2H3 H4 CR ETX over capacity LF ________U1U2U3U4U5 CR LF H1H2H3 H4 CR ETX under capacity LF U1U2 U3 U4U5 CR LF H1H2H3 H4 CR ETX zero point error LF p W1W2W3W4W5 dp W6U1U2U3U4U5 CR LF H1...

Page 42: ...YOUT is set to MULTIPLE and many contents are selected to output the output contents from COM1 or COM2 may not catch up with the data processed in indicator So if you want to watch real time data you need to select fewer output contents and set higher baud rate for C CR USER OUT1 2 LINE is set to LINE1 2 3 4 The number of blank lines is determined by USER OUT1 2 LINE setting ETX Last byte of strin...

Page 43: ... percent weighing mode SCALE ID 123456 GROSS 12345lb TARE 10lb NET 12335lb PERCENTAGE 91 4 1 REF WT 135lb ACC N 3 TOTAL 271 6 DATE 2011 06 12 TIME 12 34 56 A D CODE 1231234 VOLTAGE 6 7V STATUS bpq2 23 7 2 4 In BMI mode SCALE ID 123456 GROSS 110 0kg TARE 10 0kg NET 100 0kg HEIGHT 170cm BMI 34 6 DATE 2011 06 12 TIME 12 34 56 A D CODE 1231234 VOLTAGE 6 7V STATUS bpq2 ...

Page 44: ...n 1 0 Within weighing range 1 Over capacity 2 0 Within weighing range 1 Under zero 3 0 Within range 1 Outside zero capture range 4 0 Not at center of zero 1 Center of zero 5 always 1 6 always 1 7 parity 23 8 3 Summary of Command and Response Command Response ASCII HEX W 57 Read scale weight normal data STX W1 W2 dp W3W4W5 CR if current weight is invalid STX Status Byte CR Z 5a Simulate ZERO key ST...

Page 45: ... 03 hexadecimal LF Line Feed character 0A hex CR Carriage Return character 0D hex Xxxxxx Weight characters from display including minus sign and out of range characters p Polarity character ie for negative space for positive hh Two status bytes see 23 9 2 UU Units of measure LB KG or OZ all upper case 23 9 4 Summary of Command and Response Command Response ASCII HEX W CR 57 0D Returns decimal lb k...

Page 46: ...l Input 2 5 0 3 Vdc 7 Shield 24 3 ADP adapter power input connector PIN DEFINITION IN OUT POWER ELECTRICAL LEVEL 1 Adapter input voltage Power input 7 9Vdc I 0 5A 2 Adapter input voltage GND Power ground 0Vdc 24 4 BAT Battery power input Connector PIN DEFINITION IN OUT POWER ELECTRICAL LEVEL 1 Battery input voltage Power input 4 6 8Vdc 2 Battery input voltage GND Power ground 0Vdc 3 Temperature se...

Page 47: ...ower supply PIN DEFINITION IN OUT POWER ELECTRICAL LEVEL 1 VDD Power output 5 0 3 Vdc 2 RXD Receive on COM2 Input 0 5Vdc 3 TXD Transmit on COM2 Output 0 5Vdc 4 GND of VDD Power ground 0Vdc 5 GND1 of VUSBH Power ground 0Vdc 6 USB Power DC DC select Output 0 5Vdc 7 USB Power DC DC output output 6 0 3 Vdc 24 7 KCAK Jumper set CONNECTED PINS FUNCTION 1 2 Calibration Disabled 2 3 Calibration Enabled 24...

Page 48: ... is on ON position 25 1 15 CAL Er Calibration error maybe input data or loaded weight is incorrect unstable un linear 25 1 16 CAL End Calibration is end 25 1 17 OFF Power OFF the indicator 25 1 18 STB ER Unstable time is lager than setting of USER HOLD STB TIM 25 1 19 AC xxxx Accumulation times is xxxx 25 1 20 PR TARE To Preset TARE weight 25 1 21 COMP To go to input COMPARE data mode 25 1 22 HIGH...

Page 49: ...e appropriate unit of measure Re set some parameters of CONFIG or UAER Weight reading below Under load limit Install platform on scale Perform zero calibration EEP E1 CONFIG or CAL parameters are not correctly set Re set items in CONFIG do calibration EEP E2 USER parameter is not correctly set Re set items in USER CAP ER Capacity parameters are not correct Set PRIM N PRIM d SECND n to correct numb...

Page 50: ...g electricity Battery discharged Other failure Check power cord connections Make sure power cord is plugged into the power outlet Check power source Replace batteries Service required Cannot zero the display or will not zero when turned on Load on scale exceeds allowable limits Load on scale is not stable Load cell damage Remove load on scale Wait for load to become stable Service required Cannot ...

Page 51: ...or Operation Service Manual CAS USA Corporation www cas usa com 49 26 Display Character ASCII LCD LED Show ASCII LCD LED Show ASCII LCD LED Show 0 A N 1 B O 2 C P 3 D Q 4 E R 5 F S 6 G T 7 H U 8 I V 9 J W K X L Y M Z ...

Page 52: ...ww cas usa com 50 27 Packing List No CONTENT QTY 1 Indicator 1 2 User manual 1 3 Swivel bracket 1 4 1x CR2032 battery for RTC Optional 5 AC Adapter 1 6 RS232 cable Optional 7 USB cable Optional 8 Wireless Bluetooth Module Optional 9 4xAA Alkaline batteries Optional ...

Page 53: ...ceplate in 2 Faceplate 2 Delete BMI key in 3 Summary of key function 3 Delete 1 6 5 3 4 holes socket used 2012 3 14 V1 5 1 Modify the range of zero tracking and center of zero point 2 Add prompt for the prohibition of lb oz and HOLD for trade application 2012 05 15 V2 0 1 Add unit g and oz and modify CONFIG UNITS item and modify Table5 1 2 in section5 12 2 Add change weight unit in calibration in ...

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