Rice Lake 720i Programmable Indicator/Controller - Installation Manual - Manual (Page 108)

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11.3 Serial Scale Interface
Serial port 4 or the expansion port can be configured
for serial scale input. The serial scale function allows
other scale indicators to send gross, net, or tare weight
data to the
720i . Once a serial port has been configured
to accept scale data, the data format can be customized
to match the data stream sent by that indicator.
To configure a serial scale, do the following:
1. Under the SERIAL menu, set the INPUT
parameter for the selected port to SCALE
(legal-for-trade serial scale) or IND SC
(industrial serial scale).
2. Return to the SCALES menu. Under CONFIG,
drop down and use the right or left navigation
key to select the serial port (PORT 4 or PORT
7).
3. Use Revolution III to edit the SFMT parameter
to match the format sent by the serial scale.
The default serial scale format is:
<2><P><W7.><U><M><S><CR><LF>
where:
<2> STX character
<P> Polarity
<W7.> Seven characters of net data with decimal point
<M> Mode
<U> Units
<S> Status
<CR> Carriage return
<LF> Line feed
Note
Industrial serial scales (INDUST) do not require
the <M>, <U>, and <S> identifiers. However, the
units and number of decimal places must be
specified. Units can be selected from the
FORMAT menu; decimal places should be
indicated on the w-spec identifier. For
example, a seven-digit weight requiring two
decimal places should be specified as <W7.2>
rather than <W7.>.
See Section 11.5 for more information about stream
formatting and format identifiers.
MOTWGH Allow weighment in motion NO NO NO NO NO
OVRBASE Zero base for overload calculation CALIB ZERO CALIB ZERO CALIB ZERO SCALE
ZERO
CALIB ZERO
REGULAT / INDUST Parameter REGULAT Mode
Parameter Name Text Prompt INDUST NTEP CANADA OIML NONE
Table 11-6. REGULAT / INDUST Mode Parameters, Comparison with Effective Values of Other Modes (Continued)