MAGUIRE FLEXBUS Lite, Installation Operation & Maintenance

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Specialized Operations - Full Explanation
Clear View Totals
Enable this feature to enable the CLEAR totals button on the View Totals screen. Pressing
this button will: reset all component totals on-screen, reset all component totals in
communication registers, and reset the cycle count back to zero. A clear bit in the Get
Totals command will be set to 1. (MLAN Protocol, Get Totals Command - Clear bit is the
14th bit in bytes 9-10 of the Get Totals MLAN command. See the MLAN Protocol for more
information.)
FAST Mode (FAST CYCLES)
When enabled a button labeled FAST will display on the controller main screen. By default,
Fast Mode is OFF as indicated by the Fast button displayed in red. Pressing the red Fast
button toggles Fast Mode to ON, as indicated by the button displaying in green. FAST will
allow you to exceed the normal blending rate of your unit. Once your system has learned
correct flow rates of each material, the timing of each component dispense should be very
consistent cycle to cycle. The FAST key allows up to 3 FAST REPEAT cycles to follow a
normal weighed cycle. In a FAST cycle all components are dispensed simultaneously,
without any weights being taken. Errors in dispense amounts will not be detected. These
are volumetric dispenses not gravimetric requiring much less time to dispense. The series
of 3 dispenses is terminated as soon as the sensor is covered, which indicates the blender
has "caught up". The next cycle will then be a weighed cycle, followed by the required
series of fast cycles to catch up again.
BATCH Mode
When enabled a button labeled BATCH will display on the controller main screen. This
option allows you to enter a Batch Target Weight of material, dispense that weight and then
STOP running and sound the alarm.
Batch Target Weight - Target Batch Weight (pounds or kilograms). This target weight is
entered using the keypad.
Current Portion - The accumulated amount of the current batch. This value can be
cleared by touching the field and pressing CLEAR. Clearing this value during a batch cycle
will restart the batch.
Accumulated Total - The accumulated total amount (pounds or kilograms) of all batches
since last cleared. This value can be cleared by touching the field and pressing CLEAR.
Clearing this value reset the accumulated total of all batches back to zero.
Batch Count - The accumulated count of all batches since last cleared. This value can be
cleared by touching the field and pressing CLEAR. Clearing this value reset the batch
count total back to zero.
Resetting Batch Target Weight, Current Portion, Accumulated Total or Batch Count will also
reset data registers in the Get Batch Info MLAN command and related Modbus registers
back to zero. See the MLAN Protocol for more information.
Batch Alarm
– Located under Setup / Specialized Alarms / batch Complete Alarm (ON or
OFF) will cause the alarm to sound or not sound at the completion of a batch.