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Thank you for choosing the Dillon Advanced Force

Gauge (AFG) or Advanced Force/Torque Indicator

(AFTI II) instrument. With correct use and regular

recalibration it will give many years of accurate and

reliable service.

The Dillon AFG is the latest in a series of highly

adaptable display units. By using the latest inte-

grated circuit technology it has been possible to

produce a truly universal display which can be used

to measure force, torque or weight when com-

bined with suitable transducers.

Upon receiving the unit please check for obvious

physical damage to the packaging material and the

instrument itself. If any damage is evident please

notify your Dillon distributor immediately.

We strongly recommend you keep all packaging for

future shipping requirements.

The most commonly used features such as force or

torque display, peak detection and the changing of

displayed units, can all be done with just one key

press per function on the front panel.

Operation

Introduction

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Page 1: ...ersal display which can be used to measure force torque or weight when com bined with suitable transducers Upon receiving the unit please check for obvious physical damage to the packaging material and the instrument itself If any damage is evident please notify your Dillon distributor immediately We strongly recommend you keep all packaging for future shipping requirements The most commonly used ...

Page 2: ...lay will show all zeroes This is because the unit rezeroes itself during the self test routine Please note that an instrument with an integral transducer AFG measuring very low forces may not show zero if it is moved during the self test routine Once the unit is properly mounted and zeroed the reading will be stable Powering Up the Unit The Nicad battery in the AFG has been charged prior to delive...

Page 3: ...eparable damage In this display mode forces or torques greater than 120 of full scale will produce a constant sound warning coupled with an OL symbol on the display The instrument keeps a record of all overloads that are applied This can only be cleared by trained Dillon staff or represen tatives Tensile forces on the AFG are displayed as positive numbers and compressive forces as negative numbers...

Page 4: ...3 Clockwise torques are displayed as positive numbers and counter clockwise torques as negative numbers The arrows directly relate to the sign just like the tension and compression symbols described above Figure 3 Torque display During the operation of the unit it is often neces sary to zero the display Do this by pressing the ZERO key When the instrument is actually zeroing itself the top and bot...

Page 5: ...e instrument The most suitable set of units is automatically selected within the instrument s operating program accord ing to its range and type To change the display units press the UNITS key The newly selected units will be shown at the bottom of the display as shown in Figure 5 Each successive key press will select the next available units until the instrument returns to the original Figure 5 C...

Page 6: ...e counterclockwise load detected along with the appropriate symbol for compression or torque See Figure 7 Figure 7 Max Peak compression Press the RESET key to clear both maximum registers and prepare for detecting the next maximum readings or for maximum accuracy rezero the instrument by pressing the ZERO key This zeroes the instrument as well as resets it Max Peak Readings The instrument deals wi...

Page 7: ...re the internal storage of readings and their transmission in this mode EXTRA The EXTRA mode allows all other instrument characteristics not previously covered to be configured Follow these steps to select one of the operation modes 1 With the instrument in the display mode press and hold the MODE key for two seconds The current mode symbol in this case DISPLAY will flash Other Modes of Operation ...

Page 8: ...seconds The descriptions of the modes in the following sections assume that the instrument is in its factory default state see APPENDIX A If the mode has been previously viewed the display will show the last parameter viewed Press the MORE key to scroll through the list of parameters until you see the one you want The MODE FLOW CHARTS in APPENDIX B are very helpful when moving around the modes Onc...

Page 9: ...yed shown by a 1 at the top of the display next to the ALARM symbol 2 To change the value press the UP or DOWN arrow keys Single key presses increment or decre ment the displayed value by one display count i e 1 5000th of the full scale range in whichever units are currently being dis played Hold the key down for 0 5 seconds to activate an auto repeat feature The value will incre ment or decrement...

Page 10: ...o scroll through the options for alarm output Choose from the following OFF No alarm output Audio The buzzer only LEd The LED output only both The buzzer and LED outputs will operate simultaneously You can change the unit of measure while in the ALARM mode Press the UNITS key to change the unit of measure The newly selected unit of measure will be in effect when you return to the display mode You ...

Page 11: ...ling outside the lower and upper band points will activate the alarm as you have configured it If the LED output is selected the red LED will illuminate if the displayed force falls outside the band When the displayed force falls inside the band the green LED will illuminate If you choose inbd any displayed force now falling inside the selected lower and upper band points will activate the alarm a...

Page 12: ...p whenever an alarm band point is crossed from either direction Press the MORE key when your choice is displayed The display shows the first alarm point 10 You can review all your choices by pressing the MORE key repeatedly or enter another mode or return to the main display mode 11 Press the MODE key twice to return to the main display mode or press the MODE key then COM key to enter the communic...

Page 13: ...baud rates 1200 9600 19200 57600 With the baud rate you want displayed press the MORE key The baud rate is entered into memory and the current format choice is displayed 2 Press the UP or DOWN key to display one of the following formats in which values can be transmitted PLAIN The value is transmitted as a numeric string with no units Communica tions Mode Format Baud Rate The baud rate only applie...

Page 14: ...splayed 3 Press the UP or DOWN arrow keys to display one of the following options for the termination character NULL No characters are transmitted at the end of a reading Cr A carriage return character is transmitted after each reading LF A line feed character is transmitted after each reading Certain printers need to receive a carriage return Cr or line feed LF character or both in order to print...

Page 15: ...isecond s delay When the delay you want is displayed press the MORE key The delay is entered into memory and the line delay value is displayed 5 Press the UP or DOWN key to display one of following delays in seconds 0 No delay 1 5 10 50 indicated second s delay Byte Delay Certain peripherals may need a delay between each byte of the string in order to operate Some printers that have small or no da...

Page 16: ...r later transmission In the main display mode when readings are transmitted using the TXD key both RS 232 and MITUTOYO readings are sent to their respective ports consecutively This line delay is executed after the whole transmission sequence The delay is usually only needed when the instrument is sending multiple readings to a peripheral e g when transmitting all stored memory readings Transmit M...

Page 17: ...display mode when the FILE option is selected the TXD and RESET keys both have second functions Press and hold the TXD key for two seconds All internal memory readings stored so far will be sent to both the RS 232 and MITUTOYO ports as described above The display shows t ALL during this transmission Once running the process can be aborted by pressing any key Press and hold the RESET key for two se...

Page 18: ...e reading over time freeze reading input first peak detection and test stand control Enter the EXTRA mode as described in the section entitled Selecting a Mode of Operation Follow the steps below to set the EXTRA mode parameters 1 Set this parameter to enable or disable the automatic power down of the instrument after ten minutes without a key press Upon entering the EXTRA mode the left side of th...

Page 19: ... showing the instrument will not power off automatically YES Provided the LOW BATTERY symbol is not showing the instrument will power off after ten minutes of no key activity With the choice you want displayed press the MORE key The choice is entered into memory and the next parameter is displayed ...

Page 20: ...ain keys 2 After step 1 the display shows the following Ft1 stands for Foot 1 The 4 is the current value for this parameter Press the UP or DOWN key to display the following choices 1 The TXD key 2 The UNITS key 3 The MAX key 4 The RESET key 5 The ZERO key When the value you want is displayed press the MORE key The choice is entered into memory and the following is displayed This is the display fo...

Page 21: ...a sample of what the display will look like The SP stands for the speed of the update rate 4 Press the UP or DOWN key to display one of these choices HI Normal display is updated at approximately 40 readings per second LO Normal display is updated at approximately 2 readings per second At Special AVERAGE OVER TIME display is updated at approximately 2 readings per Display Update Rate Average Over ...

Page 22: ...e the force exceeded 2 5 of full scale The average is stored in memory and can be cleared for the next test by pressing the RESET key The maximum values are also stored and may be accessed by using the MAX key When the choice you want is displayed press the MORE key The choice is entered in memory and the current effective resolution setting is displayed as shown in the example below Er stands for...

Page 23: ... choice you want is displayed press the MORE key The choice is entered in memory and the current polarity sign setting is displayed as shown in the example below Sn stands for sign 6 Press the UP or DOWN key to display one of these choices OFF Choose this to disable the force polarity sign on the display and in transmissions through RS 232 and MITUTOYO ports ON Choose this to enable the force pola...

Page 24: ...en by an external event via a pin on the instrument s communication connector e g a switch contact Only the normal display mode value is frozen MAX values are captured and displayed in the normal way The reading is still frozen even if a MAX value is being displayed when the external event occurs If this is the case the frozen reading can be viewed and or transmit ted by returning to the normal di...

Page 25: ...evel appears on the input pin OP Choose this and the reading will freeze when a high level appears on the input pin When the choice you want is displayed press the MORE key The choice is entered in memory and the current first peak setting is displayed as shown in the example below P1 stands for peak 1st 8 A first peak reading is useful in some force or ...

Page 26: ...next test by pressing the RESET key The thresholds that these peaks are detected and controlled by are set in a later mode To capture a first peak the current force value has to fall back below the latest ultimate peak by a selectable percentage of full scale The ultimate peak is simply the normal highest peak since the RESET key was pressed A graph showing a typical first peak test is shown in Ap...

Page 27: ...bed above When you use the alarm point reversing is triggered whenever the buzzer would normally emit a tone or beep The actual audio output need not be enabled for this feature to work You must set the direction that the stand will be travelling before it reverses in the next parameter The stand will only reverse once per test You must press the RESET key twice before each test to re trigger the ...

Page 28: ...ayed as shown in the example below Sd stands for stand direction 10 The test direction of the attached test stand must be set for the stand reverse feature so that the instrument can send the correct reverse signal Press the UP or DOWN key to display one of the following choices UP The stand will be reversed from travelling up dN The stand will be reversed from traveling down Stand Reverse Directi...

Page 29: ...d detection of first peak and sample break It is expressed as the percentage of full scale drop from the current peak A trigger will not occur until the current peak has reached the set percentage of full scale See Appendix C Press the UP or DOWN key to display one of the following percentages 1 2 5 10 20 50 When the choice you want is displayed press the MORE key The choice is entered in memory a...

Page 30: ...ey The display shows the next parameter as shown below F dEF stands for factory defaults 13 Press the MORE key to leave the settings the way they are The current auto off setting is displayed and the Extra mode order repeats or press the UP or DOWN key to reset the instrument to factory defaults All settings set to factory defaults shown in Appendix A and Auto off parameter displayed Overload Coun...

Page 31: ...sories is available including RS 232 cables terminated by 9 or 25 pin female D TYPE connectors MITUTOYO printer cables foot switches analogue output cables external freeze reading trigger cables and TEST STAND reverse cables A multi way expansion cable is also available for when two or more of the above mentioned cables have to be connected at the same time A wide range of standard fixtures access...

Page 32: ...ot switch 1 Ft1 1 Ft1 2 Ft1 3 Ft1 4 Ft1 5 Foot switch 2 Ft2 1 Ft2 2 Ft2 3 Ft2 4 Ft2 5 Speed Average over time SP HI SP LO SP AT Effective resolution Er HI Er LO Display and output sign SnOFF Sn ON Freeze reading FrOFF Fr CL Fr OP 1st peak P1OFF P1 ON Stand reverse SrOFF Sr AL Sr br Stand direction Sd UP Sd DN Capture percentage CP 1 CP 2 CP 5 CP 10 CP 20 CP 50 Overload count OL 0 OL 1 OL 2 OL3 OL4...

Page 33: ...33 Appendix B Flow Charts Alarm Mode Flow Chart ...

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Page 36: ...36 EXTRA Mode Flow Chart ...

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Page 39: ...39 Appendix C First Peak Example ...

Page 40: ...40 Appendix D Dimensions Misc ...

Page 41: ...2 1 x 0 0002 AFG 25N 5 5 x 0 002 90 x 0 02 25 000 x 5 25 x 0 005 2500 x 0 5 2 5 x 0 0005 AFG 50N 11 x 0 003 180 x 0 04 50 000 x 10 50 x 0 01 5 000 x 1 5 x 0 001 AFG 100N 22 x 0 005 350 x 0 07 100 x 0 02 10 000 x 2 10 x 0 002 AFG 250N 55 x 0 02 900 x 0 2 250 x 0 05 25 000 x 5 25 x 0 005 AFG 500N 110 x 0 03 1800 x 0 4 500 x 0 1 50 000 x 10 50 x 0 01 AFG 1000N 220 x 0 05 3500 x 0 7 1 000 x 0 2 1 x 0 ...

Page 42: ...figurable RS 232 Mitutoyo and analog Calibration temperature 20 C 2 C Display weight 1 lb 5 oz 640g AFG 2500N 2 lb 1 oz 950g Test stand connection The AFG commands via correct cable a Dillon motorized test stand to reverse on sample break or preset alarm Accessories Wide range of fixtures cables and other accesso ries available Please ask for more details Units of measure ment and resolutions are ...

Page 43: ...rmat 13 Termination Characters 14 Byte Delay 15 Line Delay 15 Transmit Mode 16 Extra Mode 18 Auto Off 18 Foot Switch 1 2 20 Display Update Rate and Average Over Time 21 Effective Resolution 23 Polarity Sign 23 First Peak 26 Stand Reverse 27 Stand Reverse Direction 28 Capture Percentage 29 Overload Counter 30 Factory Default 30 Accessories 31 External Smart Load Cell 31 Cables 31 Fixtures 31 Append...

Page 44: ...Do not remove cover No user serviceable parts inside Refer servicing to qualified service personnel Weigh Tronix reserves the right to change specifications at any time CAUTION 11 14 97 AFGUSER PM6 PN 29649 0014B Printed in USA ...

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