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Onboard Weighing |
FT-30M
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Essential Terms
Terms
Meaning
GROSS
Or GVW (gross vehicle weight) or GMW (gross mass weight) is the total truck weight (NET + TARE).
NET
Or Net Load or Payload is load weight in the truck body.
TARE
Is the unladen weight of the empty vehicle.
LOAD
Is a part load collected or delivered. LOAD weights collected are added to NET. Means part load collected or
delivered, press PRINT to print and zero the load, weight collected is stored as an accumulation to NET.
SITE LOAD
Is the Total weight of material collected or delivered from a customers site. E.g. The accumulated weight of
wastes collected from several loaded wheeled bins.
ALARM
An alarm sounder or flashing beacon will activate when alarm set-point is reached (where fitted).
ON SITE
When ‘load’ is turned on in options (Pickup or Delivery Mode), ‘on site’ allows logging onto site and OFF-SITE
for weighing loads collected from a site with multiple bins.
MODE
Weighing modes are Gross, Net, Tare, Load, Percent, Split weights. These are different ways of showing loaded
vehicle weights.
PAYLOAD
Is the NET weight.
TRIGGER
A time delay before the alarm is activated.
CALIBRATION
Is necessary on all new installations. Allows the display to compare known weights to measured values.
FILTER
Filters the raw counts of the analogue to digital converter to achieve stable readings.
DIAGNOSTICS
Gives the technician information with which to troubleshoot.
DRIVER ZERO
The home weighing driver zero screen is used to remove ‘zero drift’ under service conditions and will only zero
the display where the drift is /- 500kg.
CALIBRATION ZERO
Calibration zero should be carried out every time the on-board weighing system is calibrated.
OUTPUT
This is the signal from the load cells.
RS485, RS232
Digital signals to transfer data, including weight data to be communicated from one device to another.
LOAD MODE
A feature allowing individual containers to be weighed in Pickup or Delivery Mode.
PRINT TICKET
A printed weight receipt.
COUNT BY
Displayed resolution, e.g. 1, 10, 20, 50 100, 200 kg or lbs.
PPCO
Packer (compaction) Plate Cut Off. A compaction plate operating in the rear hopper of a waste truck compacts
wastes.
When the alarm is triggered a 24v (supply volts) feed from the FT-30M connected to a PLC or a controller on
the compaction unit switches it off and prevents the RCV crew from loading any more wastes.
The compaction unit will reactivate after the all the waste has been ejected into a tip or waste transfer station.
The compaction unit will reactivate when load is tipped off.
SMASH BUTTON
A button on the back of the truck to allow each load to be weighed, printed and transaction stored.
mV / V
The signal from the load cell or group of load cells is measured in mV (millivolts), 1mV = 0.001 Volt. These are
very small voltages the indicator uses to measure weights.
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