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4. Preparation
4-1. Battery and Charge
Please charge before your first use of this product.
Charging completes in approximately 2 hours when using the included AC adaptor.
The battery icon shows the 3 remaining levels. It appears after the power is turned on.
Please recharge when it shows .
It shows an animation of charging while connected with the AC adaptor.
appears once the battery is full and it automatically stops recharging.
• Make sure to use the included AC adapter only. The accuracy is not
guaranteed and break down and fire may occur when use other AC
adapters.
• Do not bend or apply unnecessary force on the connecting part of the
gauge and the AC adaptor. It may cause damages otherwise.
• The battery may be dying when charged power is low or not charged at
all. Replacement of battery is recommended. Please refer to the page
41.
• Please note the date and time setting is reset when battery dies and
replaced.
• When AC adaptor remains connected, it automatically starts recharging
again.
• The product may temporarily get warm while recharging.
• When the product is connected to PC with the USB cable,
it shows and start recharging regardless of the remaining level of
battery. Recharging this way takes longer and the required period of
time varies depending of the PC.
• It shows flashing and the power goes off automatically when the
battery is empty.
• When connecting a USB memory stick, a liner scale, or a test stand, the
power is supplied from this product. Please use it with AC adaptor
connected for such measurement as the battery runs out quicker.
4-2. Connecting to eZ Connect load cell (eZT Only)
eZT can be used with various eZ Connect load cells of your choice.
Please connect a load cell with the power off.
Turn it on to show connecting status on the amplifier as below.
Once connected properly, the model of the eZ Connect load cell appears following the
[Connected] image above. It will soon show the measurement-ready display. The rest
of operation is the same as that of ZTA series.
When connection is unsuccessful, the
image on the right appears.
Please check whether the connector
is plugged properly.
Connected
Disconnected
unsuccessful
• Please refer to page 42 [13-3. Overall Accuracy of eZT and eZ Connect
load cell (eZT only)] for overall accuracy
• When the eZ Connect load cell is not connected properly, the following
functions are disabled:
- Any button operations except for power OFF.
- Showing initial setting menu
- Comparator LED lights
- Any outer input signals except for turning power OFF.
- All outer output signals
- Analog output (unstable)
- Gaining measurement data with transmission command (unstable)