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New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc.

User’s Guide

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ........................................................................53

13.1

LEANING

ROCEDURES

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13.2

ATTERY

EPLACEMENT

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TROUBLESHOOTING ......................................................................................55

14.1

ROUBLESHOOTING

UIDE

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PARTS & ACCESSORIES................................................................................57

15.1

OUTINE

EPLACEMENT

ARTS

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15.2

ERVICE

ARTS

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15.3

CCESSORIES

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DRAWINGS.......................................................................................................59

16.1

ABLING

IAGRAMS

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16.2

RAWING

IST

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INDEX ...............................................................................................................61

Summary of Contents for Scale Interface Box

Page 1: ...050 Revision A October 15 2003 NEW BRUNSWICK SCIENTIFIC CO INC BOX 4005 44 TALMADGE ROAD EDISON NJ 08818 4005 Telephone 1 732 287 1200 1 800 631 5417 Fax 732 287 4222 Telex 4753012 NBSCO Internet http...

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Page 3: ...ane 1265 Zhongshan Road W Shanghai 200051 P R China Tel 86 21 3223 0203 Fax 86 21 6278 7182 E mail nbschc online sh cn THE NETHERLANDS New Brunswick Scientific BV Kerkenbos 1101 6546 BC Nijmegen P O B...

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Page 5: ...d personal injury can occur Please read the entire User s Guide before attempting to use this unit Do not use this equipment in a hazardous atmosphere or with hazardous materials for which the equipme...

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Page 7: ...s the right to change information in this document without notice Updates to information in this document reflect our commitment to continuing product development and improvement Manual Conventions NO...

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Page 9: ...bly and our obligation under this warranty is limited to repairing or replacing the instrument or part thereof which shall with in 1 year after date of shipment prove to be defective after our examina...

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Page 11: ...OF BOXES 19 2 2 PACKING LIST VERIFICATION 19 2 3 UNPACKING OF EQUIPMENT 19 3 PREPARING THE LOCATION 21 3 1 PHYSICAL LOCATION 21 3 2 ENVIRONMENT 21 3 3 INSPECTION OF EQUIPMENT 21 4 CONTROLLER FEATURES...

Page 12: ...35 8 2 CONFIGURING CONTROL LOOPS 35 8 3 DISPLAY GAUGE 38 8 4 DELETING LOOPS 38 9 SAVING LOADING THE CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION 41 9 1 SAVING A CONFIGURATION 41 9 2 LOADING A CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION 42...

Page 13: ...1 CLEANING PROCEDURES 53 13 2 BATTERY REPLACEMENT 53 14 TROUBLESHOOTING 55 14 1 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE 55 15 PARTS ACCESSORIES 57 15 1 ROUTINE REPLACEMENT PARTS 57 15 2 SERVICE PARTS 57 15 3 ACCESSORI...

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Page 15: ...unctionality further enhanced by an onboard algorithm is used to determine the flowrate of any addition pump mounted on a scale based upon the rate at which the mass of the addition vessel changes NOT...

Page 16: ...200 baud Power Requirements 12 VAC 2 AMP Weight 10 5 lb 4 73 kg Plug in transformer Dimensions 2 5 inches Wide x 2 0 inches Deep x 3 inches High 64mm Wide x 50mm Deep x 76mm High Weight 2 lb 0 9 kg El...

Page 17: ...onnections between the interface box the scales and the computer NOTE The cables used to connect the Scale Interface Box to the individual scales are not provided by NBS Figure 1 Making Connections Lo...

Page 18: ...ler does not need to be calibrated because the Scale Interface reads the calibrated digital information from the scale Use the Controller The controller is a passive device It has no external switches...

Page 19: ...Verification Verify against your NBS packing list that you have received the correct materials 2 3 Unpacking of Equipment Save all packing materials and this User s Guide If any part of your order wa...

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Page 21: ...ronment The CONTROLLER operates properly under the following conditions ambient temperature range 15 C 40 C relative humidity up to 80 non condensing voltage fluctuation 10 3 3 Inspection of Equipment...

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Page 23: ...he CONTROLLER AFS PORT 25 pin communications port used to connect the CONTROLLER to BioCommand supervisory software LOCAL PORT 9 pin communications port Connects the CONTROLLER to the computer running...

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Page 25: ...mate with the connection on the interface box rear panel a gender changer adapter is available from most computer stores 5 2 Computer Connections There are two computer connectors on the rear panel o...

Page 26: ...G IN TRANSFORMER is connected properly to the controller and to the power supply the pilot light on the rear panel will illuminate To connect the TRANSFORMER to the CONTROLLER with reference to Figure...

Page 27: ...d 3 In the Command Line box indicate the letter of the drive where the installation disk has been inserted if you inserted the disk in Drive A type A SETUP or if you inserted the disk in drive B type...

Page 28: ...ll your instruments and the CONTROLLER are powered on 2 Enter the Windows environment 3 Double click the Bclocal icon The Start Up screen appears The message Please wait while communicates with the co...

Page 29: ...ontroller click on the CONFIG BUTTON in the upper left hand corner of the screen in the MAIN DISPLAY SCREEN Figure 3 Main Display Screen detail The CONFIGURATION SCREEN will appear Figure 4 Configurat...

Page 30: ...display the LOCAL CONTROL SETUP WINDOW 2 The default value for the CONTROL NAME is BioCommand If you wish to change it click in the text box and proceed with Step 3 If you do not wish to change it sk...

Page 31: ...selections are not selected see Step 7 7 If the either the Enable Network Control or the Network all Loops selection is selected click on it to deselect it 8 Click on OK to return to the CONFIGURATION...

Page 32: ...a message will appear If the old password was blank leave the box blank 3 Move the cursor to the New Password text box Type the new password into the box 4 Move the cursor to the Confirm Password text...

Page 33: ...If an attempt is made to change a loop setpoint or control mode while the controller is locked the following message will appear Click on OK and perform the following steps to unlock the controller 1...

Page 34: ...running If you wish to have a screensaver while using the software you must enable the screensaver as follows 1 Click on the Config button in the MAIN DISPLAY SCREEN 2 In the CONFIGURATION SCREEN clic...

Page 35: ...how to configure a loop If you cancel LOOP CONFIGURATION SCREEN the loop will not be added To add the loop click on OK 7 To leave the CONFIGURATION SCREEN click on the Close button A DISPLAY GAUGE wil...

Page 36: ...ntroller the Input Type is the RS 232 The Connector IDs for the controller inputs are labeled as COMM1 through COMM8 7 Click on OK to accept your selections 8 The DEVICE SETUP SCREEN will appear From...

Page 37: ...ll be prompted to accept the changes to the loop configuration 11 The SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PASSWORD prompt will appear Enter the password and clock OK If the SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PASSWORD is set to bl...

Page 38: ...e display screen CURRENT VALUE Displays the current value of the loop as a numerical value and a bar graph MEASURED UNIT The unit of measurement of current output and setpoint 8 4 Deleting Loops 1 Cli...

Page 39: ...lete this loop If you want to delete it answer Yes the loop will be deleted Answer No if you wish to cancel the operation 6 Control will return to the CONFIGURATION SCREEN Click on Close to return to...

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Page 41: ...s are not saved When a configuration is loaded from the disk all current controller configurations will be overwritten effectively deleted 9 1 Saving a Configuration To save a controller configuration...

Page 42: ...onfiguration is loaded from disk it will replace the current configuration A Load Configuration message will appear after you enter the system configuration password If you wish to proceed with loadin...

Page 43: ...e Button The Cas cade button does not have a useful function with this Controller It should not be used 10 4 The Trend Button The TREND BUTTON allows you to graph current data Up to four plots can be...

Page 44: ...DOW will appear Select the control loop that you want to appear on the graph by clicking on it 5 To set the Low and High display Limits of the graph click on each text box and enter the values by clic...

Page 45: ...d more loops or to edit the data being viewed To remove a graph from the coordinate axis click on the color that represents the graph you want to remove then and select None as the control loop in the...

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Page 47: ...sh to exit this screen click on CANCEL If you want to continue select a loop from the process loop list by clicking on it 4 Once a loop is selected the ALARM STATUS SCREEN will appear The loop selecte...

Page 48: ...on 6 There are also two options for alarms that can be used with the control loop They are ENABLED This option allows a visual alarm to flash on screen when an alarm is triggered The visual alarm cons...

Page 49: ...will automatically return you to the ALARM STATUS SCREEN 11 3 Responding to Alarms When an alarm is triggered a thick red flashing outline appears around the DISPLAY GUAGE of the control loop for whic...

Page 50: ...an alarm 1 From the MAIN DISPLAY SCREEN press the Alarm button 2 The ALARMS SCREEN will appear 3 Click on the loop for which the alarm was triggered 4 The ALARM STATUS SCREEN will appear The alarm ty...

Page 51: ...k with NBS supervisory software BioCommand Plus or BioCommand Lite the Controller must Have a unique even number Node Number Multidrop Address or Unit ID between the value of 0 and 32 Be connected to...

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Page 53: ...oid the warranty Be careful not to spill liquids on or around the Scale Interface Box To clean the Controller 1 Disconnect the POWER CORD from the electrical outlet 2 Use a cloth dampened with mild de...

Page 54: ...e Interface Box Remove the old batteries 6 Observing the polarity markings on the BATTERY HOLDER replace the batteries with new size AA 1 5V alkaline batteries 7 Replace the cover by inserting the tab...

Page 55: ...software assignment The Controller is not receiving power Verify COM port on your computer is active and that the correct port was selected for the software Change cable or HKEY_Local Machine Softwar...

Page 56: ...050 Scale Interface Box User s Guide Symptom Possible Cause Solution BC Local does not start Windows 95 98 DCOM is not enabled Run regedit Go to HKEY_LocalMachine Software Microsoft Ole Change Enable...

Page 57: ...art Description NBS Part Number AA Batteries 1 5V quantity 4 P0480 9030 Battery Holders quantity 2 M1242 4000 15 2 Service Parts These parts are for the use of authorized service technicians only Part...

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Page 59: ...9 New Brunswick Scientific Co Inc User s Guide 1 16 6 D DR RA AW WI IN NG GS S 16 1 Cabling Diagrams Figure 9 Cable Scale Interface Box to Lynx Terminal Figure 10 Cable Scale Interface Box to PG Serie...

Page 60: ...age 1 Making Connections 17 26 2 Rear Panel 23 3 Main Display Screen detail 29 4 Configuration Screen 29 5 Slect Input Device Screen 36 6 Device Setup Screen 37 7 Display Gauge 38 8 Trend Graph 44 9 C...

Page 61: ...onfig Button 29 Configuration Screen 29 Configuring Control Loops 35 Configuring the Controller 29 Connector Blocks 23 Control Modes 16 Controller Features 23 Controller Interface Software 27 Copyrigh...

Page 62: ...ight 23 Plug In Transformer 26 Plug In Transformer Specifications 16 Power Jack 23 26 Power Management Screensavers 27 Power Requirements 16 Product Description Applications 15 R Relative Humidity 21...

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