Maguire Products WEIGH SCALE BLENDER WSBMB Series, Installation Operation & Maintenance

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Star Functions
Star Functions are available in PROGRAM mode:
CLEAR ALL DATA
Press (*,0,0) to CLEAR ALL DATA fields. These are the material usage totals that are viewed
with the VIEW key. If you are tracking material usage, you should record these numbers
periodically but clearing these totals is entirely optional and not necessary.
After VIEWING the data or printing of data using the VIEW,* key sequence, a display of
(00=CLEAR) will appear for 5 seconds. During this 5 seconds you may reset all data fields to
zero by pressing 00. Pressing any other key or waiting 5 seconds will exit this sequence without
clearing data.
EXTRUDER MODE - Extrusion and Yield Control, and Rate display .
Press (*,0,2) to turn on Extrusion or Yield control.
The default display is
DISABLED.
Press * to toggle this flag to RATE DISPLAY , EXTRUSION CONTROL , or YIELD CONTROL .
If you are using our EXTRUSION or YIELD control software to control your extruder, refer to our
EXTRUSION CONTROL instruction booklet for complete information.
If you simply want to view throughput continuously on the blender display, set this option to RATE
DISPLAY . This will alter the display only. In all other respects, the blender will operate normally.
YLD-X
– Extruder Control
YLD-T
– Takeoff
YLD-D
– Dual
INPUT FORMAT
– 3-Digit (x.xx) or 4-Digit (xx.xx) Entry of Settings
Press (*,0,3) to change between 3-digit (xx.x) or 4-digit (xx.xx) entry of settings. This does not
make the blender more accurate. It does allow easier setup for customers that have a mixture
of setting requirements that is x.xx entry requirements as well as the standard xx.x
requirements. Normally the XT parameter would be manually adjusted to allow the decimal shift.
If this four-digit entry option is turned on, then all entries are in the format xx.xx. The software
uses only the first three digits unless the first digit is a zero, in which case the last three digits
are selected and the related XT parameter is set to 00010. See XT parameter for more
information. Display will say (INPUT FORMAT 3 Digit (XX.X) or 4 Digit (XX.XX). Use key to
toggle.
CLEAR DATA PROMPT - Prevent Totals being Cleared
Press ( ,0,5) to inhibit the (00=CLEAR) display at the end of the VIEW sequence.
Customers using communications MLAN or Modbus TCP for retrieval of material usage information may
wish to restrict an operators ability to clear the material usage data at the controller. This option restricts
the ability to clear totals data to program mode only. Press to toggle between
CLEAR DATA PROMPT
ENABLED and CLEAR DATA PROMPT DISABLED .
Settings Mode
– Percent of Total or Percent of Natural (4088 Standard Controller Only)
Press ( ,0,8) to set the blend mode of operation to Percent of Natural or Percent of Total. Press to
toggle between
Percent of NAT (Natural) and Percent of Total . Under the mode Percent of Natural,
regrind components are a percent of the total and additives are a percent of the natural. Under the mode
Percent of Total, all components must add up to 99.9 or 100.0%.
SELECT DATE FORMAT - Sets System Date and Time
Press (
,1,1) to set the date format and to enter the correct date and time into the real-time clock. Correct
date and time is helpful if you are retrieving information using a printer or are collecting data by computer.
The first display will indicate USA or EUROPE date format.
Use the CE key to toggle from one to the other.