Dillon Quantrol AFG 10, User Manual

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Advanced Force Gauge User’s Manual 14
‘Smart’ Sensors
Warning! The AFG must
be powered down when
connecting or discon-
necting smart load
sensors.
Loadcell Diagnostic
Test
Advanced Menu
Options
Navigating the menus
All Advanced Loadcell Cartridges have a 15-pin
‘Smart’ connector port on the right hand side for
interface with Quantrol external ‘Smart’ force and
torque sensors. This allows you to use your existing
AFG console to perform additional tests without the
need for a dedicated instrument.
To connect a ‘Smart’ sensor, power down the gauge
and plug in the ‘Smart’ force or torque sensor to the
15-pin ‘Smart’ port. Power on the AFG. The ‘Smart’
load sensor will be automatically recognized and the
capacity displayed.
If you suspect that your ALC loadcell or ‘Smart’
sensor has sustained an overload it is possible to
check the status of the sensor immediately.
Symptoms of overload may be (a) OL in display (b)
buzzer sound (c) probe not aligned perpendicularly to
gauge (d) load indicator bar present even under zero
load.
See Calibration section of Advanced Menu Options to
check load cell status.
All the features and advanced menu options of the
AFG are also applicable while using the ‘Smart’ range
of peripheral devices.
The AFG Advanced Menus are accessed using the
red text on the keys.
Press and hold the MENU key for approximately 2
seconds to access page 1 of the main menu. To move
between the options listed on the 2 main menu pages,
press
UP and DOWN to move the cursor. Press
ENTER to select sub-menus, activate features and
enter values. Within sub-menus UP and DOWN will
also change numerical values. Press ESC to return to
page 1 of the main menu page.
If ALARM is selected in page 1, by pressing ENTER
the status of all the other functions can be seen by
consecutively pressing the
MENU key to scroll
through the functions one at a time. Press ESC once
to return to the main menu page and twice to return to
the main display.
An instrument showing
an overload condition
cannot be relied upon to
provide accurate,
repeatable measurement
–consult your Quantrol
distributor.
See the Appendix in the
back of this manual for
flowcharts of all the
menus.