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DM-180 SERIES 

 

DIGITAL WEIGHING SCALE 

 
 

OPERATION MANUAL 

 

 

 

PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE ATTEMPT 

TO OPERATE THIS SCALE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V100  Feb  2013 

 

Specifications subject to change without prior notice 

Summary of Contents for DM-180 SERIES

Page 1: ...1 DM 180 SERIES DIGITAL WEIGHING SCALE OPERATION MANUAL PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE ATTEMPT TO OPERATE THIS SCALE V100 Feb 2013 Specifications subject to change without prior notice ...

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Page 3: ...er And Select Internal Function 13 5 3 Key Function During Internal Function Mode 14 5 4 Internal Function Table 14 6 Instruction for Use 19 6 1 Power On 19 6 2 Start Weighing 19 6 3 About Weigh Unit Conversion 19 6 4 Tare off the Weight of a Container 20 6 5 Memory Accumulation Function 21 6 6 Piece Count Function 22 6 7 Sampling Process 23 6 8 Shift among Quantity Average Piece Weight and Weight...

Page 4: ... Label File Names 29 9 2 Label Programming 30 10 Battery Power Recharging 33 10 1 Symbols And Remaining Power 33 10 2 Battery Operation Time 33 10 3 Recharge Battery 33 11 Error Codes 34 12 Daily Care Maintenance 35 Appendix A Bi Directional Communication Commands 36 ...

Page 5: ...ormation and after sales service 1 3 Warm Up Time a Allow warm up period of not less than 60 seconds before calibration The higher the setup resolution of the scale the longer the warm up period is required In most cases 120 seconds is a safe warm up period for all applications b This warm up period is needed to energy all components to reach a stable status c The internal count value is deemed st...

Page 6: ...its kg g lb Weight Unit Conversation Supports Single Range Models only Max Tare Range Max Subtractive Tare Platter Cover 220 x 290mm all Stainless Steel Dual Power Source Built in Rechargeable Battery 6V 4AH External Power Adaptor DC 12V 1A with Universal Plugs Operation Environment 10 40oC Non condensed R H 85 Specifications subject to change prior to notice ...

Page 7: ...eys Display Connections 0 Spare Spare key no assignment 1 Spare Spare key no assignment 2 Zero Key Press this key to set weight displayed to zero when an empty scale has drifted away from a true zero reading ...

Page 8: ...accumulate current weight to memory manually 9 Battery Power Level Indicator Visible to show Scale is being powered by the built in rechargeable battery Remaining battery level 10 W1 Indicator3 When under dual weighing range mode4 Visible when scale is in the first weighing range W1 1 When F11 ON 2 This key is also used to accumulate the current weight value to memory when internal function F17 is...

Page 9: ...wn is net value 15 Stable Indicator Visible when weight reading is stable 16 Zero Indicator Visible when instrument is at true zero weight status 17 M Indicator Visible when memory contains of accumulated data 18 MR Indicator Visible when the total accumulated weight value is displayed 19 Weight Units and Functions kg kilogram PCS Pieces Piece Count Mode in function kg PCS and g PCS Weight per pie...

Page 10: ...or Charging completed BOTTOM VIEW A On Off Key Press this key to turn this scale on or off B DC Jack Input External power adaptor is plugged in here Output requirements of the power adaptor DC9 12V 800mA Polarity Any kind C RS232 Comport DB9 RS232 communication comport ...

Page 11: ...vibration or extremes of temperature before or after installation 4 1 Built In Rechargeable Battery This scale is equipped with a built in rechargeable battery Before first time use recharge it for at least 8 hours to ensure the best battery performance 4 2 Power Adaptor One universal voltage power adaptor with 4 power plugs are supplied with scale Select the suitable power plug and slide it into ...

Page 12: ...eferred Operation Parameters Set all preferred operation parameters according to 5 4 INTERNAL FUNCTION TABLE Note 1 F1 F29 are accessible without restriction 2 F60 F66 are restricted functions which may request a password or hardware key to access 3 F80 F99 are restricted functions which may request a password or hardware key to access These functions are usually for dealer and authorized personne...

Page 13: ... function Follow the below steps to enter and select desired parameter of an internal function For F60 F99 If Setup Calibration Control Jumper is set to enable position B C instrument will enter internal function automatically after power on Should password mode be used to bypass this jumper follow the below steps to enter and select desired parameter of an internal function a Power scale off and ...

Page 14: ...countdown or set F1 value being shown to zero and to display the net span gain by applying additional load applied Func Goto next page Move cursor to one place right Unit Goto previous page Move cursor to one place left Print Enter save and return MR Clear M Increase numeric number by 1 5 4 Internal Function Table Refer to the below table for internal function number parameter and setting notes ...

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Page 19: ...ds from platform after weighing It will prolong the life of the weight sensor 6 3 About Weigh Unit Conversion The default weight unit is kg Depends on the internal settings scale supports also g and lb 6 3 1 Conversion between Metric Weight Units kg and g When 3 or 4 decimal places 0 000 or 0 0000 is selected in F80 reading in g is possible during normal operation by pressing Unit disregarding to ...

Page 20: ...r appears to indicator tare is in effect and weight displayed display is net weight f To cancel tare effect remove all loads from platform and press Tare g Net Indicator disappears Gross Indicator appears to indicator tare effect has been removed and weight displayed display is gross weight 6 4 2 Auto Tare8 F12 If this function is enabled scale will assume the first stable weight applied is a cont...

Page 21: ...l preset tare effect remove all loads from platform then press Tare Note 1 The pre determined tare weight entered will be rounded to the nearest division of the instrument This does not affect the accuracy of the subsequent weighing and operation 2 Manual tare is possible when preset tare is in function 3 Preset Tare is also governed by Repeated Tare F13 6 5 Memory Accumulation Function 6 5 1 To A...

Page 22: ...f transactions accumulated follow by the total accumulated weight stored in memory b At this point Press Zero to quit or Press MR again to clear memory then press Zero to quit to operation mode After that both MR and M Indicator disappear to indicate no data is stored in memory 6 6 Piece Count Function16 This instrument is equipped piece count function Follow the below steps to enter Piece Count F...

Page 23: ... and 6 7 6 8 Shift among Quantity Average Piece Weight and Weight Info a Press Unit to shift among quantity average piece weight and weight info b Quantity Display format numeric numbers PCS e g1000 PCS c Average piece weight display format numeric numbers weight unit slash PCS e g 499 960g PCS d Weight display format when Piece Count Function is in effect numeric numbers weight unit PCS e g 500 k...

Page 24: ...ransmitted in ASCII code Data format is listed on below table DATA BIT DESCRIPTION 1 2 MOTION STATUS US UNSTABLE ST STABLE 3 COMMA SEPARATION 4 5 NET GROSS NT NET WEIGHT GS GROSS WEIGHT 6 SIGN Sign of weight reading Positive space Negative minus 7 13 WEIGHT VALUE 7 digits weight value including location of decimal point If there is no decimal point then the first character space 14 COMMA SEPARATIO...

Page 25: ...mat 8 1 1 1 Weighing function 7 lines will be transmitted as below 1 Time of print 2 Date of printing 3 Transaction sequent number if this transaction is accumulated to memory 4 Net weight 5 Tare Weight 6 Gross Weight 7 Total accumulated net weight if accumulation function is in effect Sample 1 TIME 15 21 00 DATE 14 04 2009 NO 1 First transaction added to memory NET 500 0kg TARE 0 0kg GROSS 500 0k...

Page 26: ...09 NO 3 Third transaction added to memory NET 500 0kg TARE 200 0kg GROSS 700 0kg TOTAL 1200 0kg Total accumulated net weight 8 1 1 2 Piece count function 5 lines will be transmitted as below 1 Time of print 2 Date of printing 3 Net weight 4 Unit weight average piece weight 5 Count quantity in terms of number of pieces Sample 1 TIME 15 30 44 DATE 14 04 2009 NET 300 0kg UNIT W 599 949 g COUNT 500PCS...

Page 27: ...d the last variant or command see 8 2 2 for details stored d Press M to confirm or select other variant or command by press FUNC or UNIT Then press M to confirm and save e Scale displays Line 2 and the last variant or command stored f Repeat steps d and e for other lines g In case number of lines to be printed is less than 15 lines To finish editing select command End then pres M to confirm h Scal...

Page 28: ...xt line dAtE Date of printing tiME Time of print nEt Net weight tArE Tare weight GroSS Gross weight Unit Average piece weight cOuNT Number of piece ACC Total accumulated weight when accumulation function is in effect SiGn Signature 8 2 3 Edit Sample for Custom Print Output Format PRINT CONTENT Line No Select TIME 17 39 05 1 tiME DATE 14 04 2009 2 dAtE NET 200 0kg 3 nEt TARE 0 0kg 4 tArE GROSS 200 ...

Page 29: ...wrong data of non current working mode 9 1 Label Format Groups Label File Names 2 label format groups are available these are for 2 label format group 1 and For 2 label format group 1 9 1 1 For 1 Label Format Group 1 For 1 format group 1 is for current transaction data printing during normal working status In order to trigger the right label to be printed label files stored in printer for this for...

Page 30: ... label file BB1 dlb stored in printer For 2 2 Select this to print label file BB2 dlb stored in printer For 2 3 Select this to print label file BB3 dlb stored in printer For 2 4 Select this to print label file BB4 dlb stored in printer For 2 5 Select this to print label file BB5 dlb stored in printer 9 2 Label Programming Prompt commands information description working mode and suggested length on...

Page 31: ...d transaction Weighing 7 N Total accumulated weight Weighing 9 O Net weight All 10 P Tare weight All 10 Q Gross weight All 10 U Number of piece Piece Count 10 V Average piece weight Piece Count 9 9 2 2 Label Programming Sample 9 2 2 1 Sample Label of Current Transaction For 1 28 Commands must be in capital letter 29 All means the information is good for all working modes ...

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Page 33: ...echargeable battery is at low voltage status It is recommended to recharge as soon as possible To protect the built in rechargeable battery scale will be powered off automatically when battery is at extremely low level If this is the case do not attempt to power scale on Recharge scale immediately Fail to do so may cause unrecoverable damages to the built in rechargeable battery Battery charging s...

Page 34: ...r on Err 5 No load cell signal detected Err 6 Tare operation error Err 7 Reserved no definition Err 8 Reserved no definition Err 9 Reserved no definition Err 10 Reserved no definition Err 11 Reserved no definition Err 12 Reserved no definition oL Overload Gross weight is more than Max plus 9d UndEr Negative Weight values exceeds display range Negative Tare value exceeds display range ...

Page 35: ... material acetone volatile solvent thinner or alcohol for cleaning Verify the accuracy of scale periodically Re calibrate if necessary In some countries calibration requires authorized qualified agent Contact your dealer for more information Store scale in a dry and clean place Recharge battery before and every 2 months during long time storage ...

Page 36: ...h any standard communication programs like Hyper Terminal which comes with most of the Windows operating system in computer A Direct Control Commands31 F18 Mode 1 or 2 Equivalent direct control commands for each of the key on panel from computer are shown below 31 Direct Control Commands to be transmitted to scale are not case sensitive ...

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