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Page 3: ... highly adaptable display units By using the 1 est integrated circuit technology it has been possible to produce a truly universal display 1 licll can be used to measure force torquc or weight when combined with sUitable transducers BEFORE USE Upon receiving the unit pk ilSC cllCck that no pll sical damage has occurred to the packaging l11iltcj ial plastic C I C or the instnonent itselF If any dam...

Page 4: ...TEHS BYTE DELAY LINE DELAY THANSMIT MODE EXTRA MODE AUTO OFF 1 00 1 SWITCH I FOOT SWITCH 2 DISPLAY UPDATE HATE AVERAGE OVEH TIME POLARn Y SIGN FREEZE READING FIRST PEAl STAND HEVERSE STAND REVERSE DIRECTION CAVI l RE PERCENTAGE OVEHLOAD COUNTER EXTEHNAL OVF I LOAD COUNTER FACTOI Y DEFAUlT ACCESSORIES EXTERNAL LOAD CELLS CABLES APPENDICES A QUICK REFERENCE CHARI B MODE FLOW CHAHTS C FlHST PEAK EXAM...

Page 5: ...1c This is because 011 light ranges of instrumcnt the mass of the transducer inside is itself being weighed This effect is eJltirely normal once the unit is properly mounted and zeroed till reading will Jl totally stable DISPLAY MODE Provided no other kl YS have been pressed the instrument will be in tile display mode This is Ilw most commonly used mode The dlspl ly IS showing the actual rorce tha...

Page 6: ... of the display vvill be se n to alternately blink once thh is to shovv you that the key press has been successful and tile re zero has been carried out MEASUREMENT UNITS The instrument is capable of displaying many differl nt units of measurement some of which include kilogrammes grmllmes pounds and Newtons Torque based instruments can also l1hplay mallY units including kilogramme centillll lTl S...

Page 7: ...he instrument must first be fe sct so that it is rCildy to detect the next maximum peak Pressing the RESEl key vhich is found on the top rmv of keys on the right 1 ill dear both maximum registers and prepare for detecting the next maximum readings For maximum accuracy it is good practice to re zero the instrument as well as just re setting before cach ncw test is carried out As previously mentione...

Page 8: ... is 1 ailing for yOlI to press one of the mode selection keys One of the following mode keys may now be pressed their names are printed above or below the keys in red ALARl 1 COt vj or EXTRA The selected mode will now be entered Note that the MODE key itself has the word DISPLAY above it ThiS is for selecting the main display mode and can be pressed after the MODE key in just the ame manner as the...

Page 9: ...nner as described above for the first point The points need not necessarily be entered in order as point lov r point 2 upper Note that in these two point setting modes the displayed units may be changed and the current value converted by pressing the UNITS key These arc actually the same units as used by the main display mode so if changed here the neWly selected units vill appear upon return to t...

Page 10: ...hort beep whenever an alarm band point is crossed from either direction This is the final ALARM setting mode Pressing the ivl0RE key at this point vill return the instrument to tlw first ALAIUvf POINT mode and the cycle repeats To return to the main display mode al any time press the j vl0DE key t I ice once to tell the instrument to change to a different mode and again 10 select DISPLAY as shovvn...

Page 11: ...o insert a delay between each line or reading This is especially true of most small MITUTOYO printers In the main display mode vhen f adings are transmitted using the TXD key both R5 232 and T llTUTOYO readings are senl to their respective ports consecutively This line delay is executed after the whole transmission sequence The delay is usually only needed vhen the instrument is sending multiple r...

Page 12: ...ission Once running the process can be aborted by pressing any key Press and hold the RESET key for two seconds and the internal memory will be clearect the display shows StNNN as this clearing function executesj where NNN is the number of memory locations now available for storage An RS 232 remote control feature is also implemented for computer control of the instrument This is achieved by sendi...

Page 13: ...e instrument vill povver ofF arter tell minutc s of no key lCtivity If tile LOW IlArrEl Y symbol is shOl ving the instrument vviH pm vcr off unconditionally at intNvals of one minull regardless of the above setting and also regardless of any l y presses The insLrument m l be IT PO 1 CI j but will power off everyone minute as long as the LOitV I A TI gy symbol remains SllOWll Tilis feature has IK c...

Page 14: ...of 5 readings per second j t Special AVERAGE OVER TllvlE display updated at l rate of 5 readings per second VV l n set press the l IORE key POLARITY SIGN The force polarity sign can be disabled if reqUired When disabled the sign will not appear on the display nor will it be transmitted to eitllcr the I S 232 or lvllTUTOYO ports hovvever the tension compression or torque arrows will ah vays be disp...

Page 15: ...arrow keys OFF TIl firsl peak fe ttwe is disabled ON rlll firsllwilk feilture is cllilblccl When SCi press tlw l IORE key STAND REVERSE I ll instrument is able to send a signal via the correel cable to reverse an attached lllotorised est stand and send it back to its slart posilion as sci by tile stand s limit Svvltc les The stand can be reversed by an alarm poinl crossing or by a special sample b...

Page 16: ...onnected to til instrument via tile external transducer connector The left side of the elisplay will sho v EOL this stands for External owrload tile value of the counter will be shown to the right of the display hen ready press the MORE key FACTORY DEFAULT The instrUlllent can be totilJly reset to its leave the factory state using this final mode This can be useful iryou get into trouble dUring in...

Page 17: ...ff by simply connecting it to the input socket see APPENDIX D and then entering or re entering either the ALARM mode or the DISPLAY mode as described above in the section entitled SETl ING AND USE If this method is used the range of the external cell will be shown on the display for one second before operation continues nonnally CABLES A full range of cables and accessories is available including ...

Page 18: ... I C 10 20 ICp 50 Ol 3 Ol 4 OL 5 EOl 3 EO l 4 EO L 5 1 0 Ao i Ao NO IAo Ftl liFt1 2 FI1 3 Ft2 1j Ft2 2j Ft2 3 SP HIS P LOS PAt SnOFF i 5n ON FrOFF IFr ON I P10FF P1 ON I SrOFF ISr AL ISr br Sd UP Sd ON I II EOL 0 EOL 1 EOL 2 F dEF i I EXTRA Auto off Fool switch l Foot switch 2 Speed Average over time Display and output sign Freeze reading 151 peak Stand reverse Stand direcl lon Capture percentage ...

Page 19: ...APPENDIX B ALARM MODE FLOW CHART r I l J J lJ1 J 1 0 i J 0 u 1__ l l 0 t t c 0 0 S 0 0 e a r iBJ i I 0 C IB _ i I l J J I I 1 f C U _ g 1 00 g r 00 E I 00 u i 1 i i ii I __ l _J 1__ 1 1 _ _ ...

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Page 21: ...APPENDIX B COM MODE FLOW CHART PART 2 _ 0 z ill _ 0 f o N i e 0 f 0 r 1 f 0 r I t m U 1 t r I I w I I 35 E E J u t I O Ih c I E I _ I O J __ J m _ _ _ _ _ E E J i E J U 1 u 0 ...

Page 22: ...APPENDIX B EXTRA MODE FLOW CHART PART 1 c lJ1 a ITl c is c g f e o I 1I I a 1 I Cl g I g 1 J r cg z r I 8 0 lJ1 1 ...

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Page 24: ...APPENDIX B EXTRA MODE FLOW CHART PART 3 1io I _ I rtJ r I i BJ 1 11 1 1 i r U 1 0 W 4 ...

Page 25: ...r I I I I 100 I I CAPTURE PERCENTAGE ep SET TO 20 l E s E z CO X 1 80 ULTIMATE PEAK By Date MOd notes 101 349 IJ G 1ST PEAK SRAPH Date Title I Drg No FIRST PEAK i r i 20 40 I DROP 60 20 I I co wm FA I ...

Page 26: ... 9 19 I 20 WAY COMMUNICATION PERIPHERAL CONNECTOR AFG 2500N 42mm 165 34mm 113 lin Adaptor Charge Socket o I 20 Way Communication oi and Peripheral Connector O 10 Way External Mecmesin Proprietary o Transducer Connector I I I 000 000 D 00 210mm 8 27i T I 1 ...

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