Kistler-Morse Weigh II, Installation And Operation Manual

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Chapter 5. Inputs and Outputs
To view the serial address for a channel,
press the Esc Key while vessel monitoring in
the Manual Mode.
Mode
The serial port mode of operation, Printer or
Slave , is set up in the Mode Menu. The
default is Slave . When Slave is selected, the
Weigh II can respond to serial commands
from a master device, such as a PC running a
Kistler-Morse ROPE system or another
signal processor configured as a master. The
Weigh II cannot initiate serial communica-
tions. When
Printer is selected, the Weigh II
can send data to a printer.
Prnt
The Prnt Menu is used to direct output data
to a printer. It has five submenus, described
below.
Tare
This menu allows the user to set up the
Weigh II to print out the current gross weight
and current net weight data for the selected
vessel every time the user performs a tare
operation on the vessel. The default is
No
(does not print upon tare operation). The
printout shows the factory-set ID, customer-
defined ID, gross weight, net weight, time,
and date.
GO1
This menu allows the user to print out the
current gross weight and net weight for the
selected vessel. The printout shows the
factory-set ID, customer-defined ID, gross
weight, net weight, time, and date.
GO ALL
This menu allows the user to print out the
current gross weight and net weight for
all
enabled vessels. The printout looks the same
as for
GO1 .
Timed
This menu allows the user to print out the
gross weight and net weight data for
all
enabled vessels at designated increments of
time. The time increment can range from 0 to
65,535 seconds (18.2 hours). The time is
entered using the keypad or the Up and Down
Arrow Keys. Pressing the Enter Key saves
the new value to memory.
Pdly
The Weigh II does not use hardware or
software handshaking to control data flow to
the printer. If the data overruns the print buffer,
you may see garbled or overwritten printouts.
Pdly allows the user to input a delay so that
the data being sent to the printer won’t
overrun the print buffer.
The default delay is 0 seconds. Values can
range from 0 to 25.5 seconds. The desired
value is entered using the keypad or with the
Up and Down Arrow Keys. Pressing the Enter
Key saves the new value to memory.
PLC
The Weigh II can provide communications
through the A-B RIO PCB (optional). Refer to
the
A-B Remote I/O Interface Manual for
ultra-wave/Sonologic II and Weigh II to
connect the Weigh II to a PLC.
The Weigh II can provide communications
through the Profibus DP-Slave PCB (op-
tional).
Refer to the Profibus Interface manual for
Ultrawave/Sonologic II/Weigh II to connect the
Weigh II to a PLC.