Operation Manual
BinTrac Breeder Control Operation Manual
Ver. 1.01 Rev 1.04
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Part # MAN-000008
Options in Setup Mode
Setup (Version 1.0 and higher)
The LEDs indicate various configuration options as being enabled (solid on) or disabled (flashing). When
SETUP is displayed on the screen, the following LED’s are used to configure the functionality as noted below.
Gross Weight
– Configures BinTrac Indicator as a Remote Display.
A Remote Display is hardwired to a BinTrac Indicator for remotely viewing weight data.
Batch Amount
– Enable ASCII Serial Communications Command Set. (See Below)
BinTrac Monitor or BinTrac Remote Display will transmit weight data based on received commands.
Enable this feature when interfacing unit to a PC or serial type device.
Flashing Light
– Enable Weight Broadcast
ASCII weight data will be serially broadcast approximately once ever second.
RUN
– Enable communications to peripheral devices.
Must be enabled when BinTrac Monitor is connected to BinTrac Remote Display
or HouseLink Interface.
1. Press the SELECT key to select the desired configuration option.
2. Use the
or
keys to enable or disable options.
Segmented display:
Serial Data Command Set
Poll
Command
Description and
Data Record Format ( fixed length )
P
Current weight of first enabled bin
+/-wwwwwcrlf
PP
Current weight of all four bins
+/-wwwww,+/-wwwww,+/-wwwww,+/-wwwwwcrlf
SnnP
Current weight of first enabled bin with matching BinTrac Station ID
+/-wwwwwcrlf
SnnPP crlf
Current weight of all four bins with matching BinTrac Station ID
+/-wwwww,+/-wwwww,+/-wwwww,+/-wwwwwcrlf
Note: All commands must be terminated by CR. Latency between characters within a multiple
character command (including CR), cannot exceed 200msec.
w
– Bin Weight
n
– Station ID Number
CR
– Carriage Return (Hx0D).
LF
– Line Feed (Hx0A).
SEtup
