Intelligent Intell-Count QHD 15, User'S Operation Manual

Page 1: ...Intell Count Dual Channel Counting Scale QHD Series User Operation Manual A Higher Level of Precision A Higher Level of Performance ...

Page 2: ... 2 January 2009 ...

Page 3: ...2 3 Remote scale connection 4 3 2 4 Remote scale setup 4 SECTION4 KEY DESCRIPTIONS 6 SECTION5 DISPLAYS 7 5 1 WEIGHT WINDOW 7 5 2 UNIT WEIGHT WINDOW 7 5 3 COUNT WINDOW 7 SECTION6 OPERATION 8 6 1 ZEROING AND TARING THE DISPLAY 8 6 1 1 Zeroing 8 6 1 2 Taring 9 6 1 3 Taring the remote scale 9 6 2 MEMORY FUNCTIONS 10 6 2 1 Manual accumulation 10 6 2 2 Automatic accumulated total 10 6 3 PARTS COUNTING 1...

Page 4: ... Recalling PLU s manually 15 SECTION7 PARAMETERS 16 7 1 USER PARAMETERS 16 7 2 USER PARAMETERS SETTING TABLE 16 SECTION8 BATTERY OPERATION 18 SECTION9 RS 232 OUTPUT 19 9 1 INPUT COMMANDS FORMAT 19 9 2 STORING DATA VIA RS232 20 9 3 PLU ENTRY USING RS 232 INTERFACE 20 SECTION10 CALIBRATION 22 SECTION11 ERROR CODES 23 SECTION12 TECHNICAL PARAMETERS 24 ...

Page 5: ... only kilograms only or can be switched between pounds and kilograms All have stainless steel weighing pan All the keypads are sealed color coded membrane switches and the displays are large easy to read liquid crystal type displays LCD The LCD s are supplied with a backlight All units include automatic zero tracking audible alarm for pre set weights pre set tare and an accumulation facility that ...

Page 6: ...n 4 wire connection to load cells plus shield Maximum cable length 20 ft 6 meters Termination DB 9 subminiature plug on scale 2 3 COMMON SPECIFICATIONS Interface Bi directional RS 232 Interface Stabilization Time 2 Seconds Operating Temperature 0 C 40 C 32 F 104 F Power supply 9 VDC 800 mA from external power supply Calibration Automatic external Display 3 x 6 digits LCD digital display Housing In...

Page 7: ... contact with water Do not spray or immerse the scales in water Avoid air movement such as from fans or opening doors Do not place near open windows or air conditioning vents Keep the scales clean Do not stack material on the scales when they are not in use 3 2 SETTING UP THE SCALES 3 2 1 SETTING UP THE LOCAL SCALE The QHD Series comes with a stainless steel platform packed separately Place the pl...

Page 8: ...be adjusted such that the bubble is in the center Press Local Rem key and test weighing performance 3 2 3 REMOTE SCALE CONNECTION The cable for the load cell connects to a DB 9 pin d subminiature plug connector with the following connections Pin numbers Connection Pins 1 2 Excitation 5V Pins 4 5 Excitation 0v Pin 7 Signal Pin 8 Signal The sense wires connections of a six wire load cell are not use...

Page 9: ...le will be only 2 5mV In this situation the resolution should be reduced to give a good number of ADC counts per displayed division for example set to 1 5000 or 1000kg x 0 2kg Setting a high resolution without providing a good input to the remote scale ADC will not give better accuracy and may make the scale difficult to meet performance specification For best performance ensure a minimum of 0 1uV...

Page 10: ...t is switched off Smpl This is used to enter the number of items of a sample PLU To store and recall the Piece Look Up sample information U Wt Units This key is used to enter the weight of a sample manually It will also change the weighing units when other units are enabled PST To set the upper limit for the number of items counted When this upper limit is exceeded the scale will sound the beeper ...

Page 11: ...nt the arrow will show at U Wt When a value has been entered into the memory the arrow above M will be on In both the cases the scale continues to operate and the indicators are to alert the user of a potential problem 5 3 COUNT WINDOW This display will show the number of items on the scale or the value of the accumulated count See the OPERATION section An arrow above the symbols will indicate the...

Page 12: ...later The switch from local scale to remote scale should be possible at any time by pressing the Local Rem key or if the user enables the function it can happen anytime the weight on the remote scale changes from negative value or zero to a positive value greater than 50d NOTE For frequently used items counting is made easier by using PLU numbers Product Look Up Up to 100 PLU s can be stored and r...

Page 13: ... ON because the platform is back to the same condition as it was when the Zero key was last pressed Second method of entering a tare value This method allows you to enter a value for the tare weight from the keypad This is useful if all containers are the same or if the container is already full but the net weight is required and the weight of the container is known Remove all weights from the pla...

Page 14: ...matically accumulate total when a weight is placed on the scale This eliminates the need to press the M key to store values into the memory However the M key is still active and can be pressed to store the values immediately In this case the values will not be stored when the scale returns to zero See PARAMETERS Section on enabling Automatic Accumulation 6 3 PARTS COUNTING The basic function of pa...

Page 15: ...the new value that has been entered The sample is then added to the scale and the weight will be displayed as well as the quantity based upon the unit weight When weighing in kilograms the unit weight is shown in grams When weighing in pounds the unit weight is shown in pounds After the unit weight has been determined or entered the scale can be used for parts counting The scale may be tared to ac...

Page 16: ...h the limits is allowed Both limits cleared will disable the Preset altogether If Preset Weight was selected the first display would show Hi net and lo net The beeper will work as described in the Beeper Parameter 6 4 PLU Product Look Up Product Look Up PLU numbers are used to store information about the commonly used items The Tare Weight Description of the product and Unit Weights for a particul...

Page 17: ...o input and then press U Wt key the unit weight window will show 0 015 and then press PLU key enter 27 press PST key enter product name description of the product M4 nUt unit weight windows display brASS count window display press tare key to sure then the PLU 27 is stored in the scale DISPLAYS ACTIONS Weight Unit weight Count REMARKS Press PLU PLU Press 2 7 PLU 27 Press Pst PLU 27 x x x x x x x x...

Page 18: ...hone Pressing a number briefly will show the number and holding it down will scroll through all the characters The numbers and characters are 1 2 A B C 3 D E F 4 G H I 5 J K L 6 M N O 7 P Q R S 8 T U V 9 W X Y Z 0 _ Where _ is a Space Not underscore The limitations of the 7 segment display sometimes make it difficult to display some letters The characters and the displayed symbols are A B C D E F ...

Page 19: ...ereas the tare value applies to the remote scale this would exceed the capacity of the local scale the Weight display would show zero tare weight If the tare value stored does not match the increment of the selected scale For example storing 1 446 for a scale with d 0 05 then round the tare weight depending on the scale resolution For example in this case 1 45 would be used as the tare value If a ...

Page 20: ...U Wt Units To choose the desired setting and thereby go back to the sub parameter press the Tare key To return to the parameter press the Zero key 7 2 PARAMETER SETTING TABLE PARAMETER SUB PARAMETER DISPLAYS AND SETTINGS bEEP oFF Beeper is set to off bEEP on I n Beeper is set to on between limits bEEP bEEP on oUt Beeper is set to on outside limits when weight less than min capacity checkweighing f...

Page 21: ...ts even parity 7 data bits odd parity ptype tpup lp50 Tpup TSCALE Tpup printer Lp50 TSCALE lp 50 printer U id U id Abc234 Shows the current user ID if any Enter a new User ID as described in the description under the PLU section The ID can be alphanumeric but is limited to 6 characters SC id Sc id Abc234 Shows the current scale ID if any Enter a new Scale ID as described in the Description under t...

Page 22: ... 10 hours after which it will automatically switch off to protect the battery To charge the battery simply plug into the mains power The scale need not to be turned on The battery should be charged for 12 hours for full capacity Just under the Count display is an LED to indicate the status of battery charging When the scale is plugged into the main power the internal battery will be charged If the...

Page 23: ...following commands Input Commands The scale has a number of commands to either cause an action or to enter data into memory The commands are all upper case and are summarised below All commands are terminated by a carriage return Enter button on PC keyboard with the line feed optional If an illegal command is received or a command cannot be carried out then send the command back with the addition ...

Page 24: ...cale L Scale Local or Remote I ID number same as PUID below S Scale number same as PSID below N Net weight G Gross Weight T Tare weight U Unit weight P Count C Total Count W Total Weight M Number of items stored in memory B A blank line printed 9 2 STORING DATA VIA RS232 To store data the commands are SUIDxxxxxx CR Store user ID data SSIDxxxxxx CR Store scale ID data SPLUxx xxxxxxxxxxxx CR Store t...

Page 25: ...ata unit weight and tare data can be sent from the PC to PLU00 This can then be used and over written each operation OPERATION Send tare data to set any tare value to be stored with PLU i e T0 150 CR If no tare is needed then you may send T0 to delete any present tare data Send the unit weight to be stored with PLU ie U12 3456 CR Send PLU text data to be stored with current TARE and U W values ie ...

Page 26: ...dow will indicate the unit selected Press the Tare key to continue tEch Uni t You will enter Calibration Display will ask you to unload any weight on the platform After STABLE indicator appears press the Tare key to continue Un L o Ad Enter the calibration value to be loaded E G for one lb press 1 for two lb press 2 and press Tare If a calibration value has already been selected press the CE butto...

Page 27: ...IBLE CAUSES Err 4 Initial Zero is greater than the permissible value typically 4 of maximum capacity when power is turned on or when the Zero key is pressed Weight on the pan when turning the scale on Excessive weight on the pan when zeroing the scale Improper calibration of the scale Damaged load cell Damaged Electronics Err 5 Keyboard error Improper operation of the scale Err 6 A D count is not ...

Page 28: ... will ask you to enter the password Pin Default Password is 0000 Enter 0 four times 9999 will override any other user password Press Tare Pin Select the scale to be set up by using the Local Rem key Press Tare to enter the technical section for that scale tEch LocAL tEch rEmotE Use the U Wt Units key to select the weighing unit to be used for setting up the parameters for the scale The arrow in th...

Page 29: ...t to go to the next menu use the Tare key to enter Use U Wt Unit to increment the values then press Tare Azt Autozero tracking range Select from 0 5d 0 5d 1d 2 4 d Azt Press the U Wt Unit to go to the next menu 0 Auto Zero auto range at power on Press the U Wt Unit key to go to the next menu Use the Tare key to enter 0 manl Zero manual range Press the U Wt Unit key to go to the next menu Use the T...

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