Flintec II IPC - Manual (Page 2)

FlintWeigh II IPC Technical Manual, Rev. 1.06 November 2011 Page 2 of 36
Table of Contents:
1. Safety Instructions ........................................................................................................................................ 4
2. Declaration of Conformity ............................................................................................................................ 5
3. Introduction and Block Diagrams ................................................................................................................ 6
3.1. Application Range .................................................................................................................................... 6
3.2. Block Diagrams ........................................................................................................................................ 6
3.3. Scope of Delivery ..................................................................................................................................... 7
4. Weighing System Controller and Technical Characteristics .................................................................... 8
4.1. Connectors of the Weighing System Controller ....................................................................................... 8
4.1.1. Connector for Standard Load Cells .................................................................................................................. 9
4.1.2. Connector for Digital Load Cells and Digital I/O ............................................................................................... 9
4.2. Important Information about the Operation of Digital Load Cells ........................................................... 10
4.3. Information about the Digital Inputs / Outputs ........................................................................................ 10
4.4. Weighing Modules for the Operation of Standard Load Cells ................................................................ 11
4.5. Weighing Module Upgrade ..................................................................................................................... 11
4.6. Sealing Details with Sticker .................................................................................................................... 12
4.7. Descriptive Plate .................................................................................................................................... 12
5. Installing the Device Driver ........................................................................................................................ 13
5.1. Installing the PCI Card Driver ................................................................................................................. 13
5.2. Installing the Port Driver ......................................................................................................................... 15
5.3. Used COM Port ...................................................................................................................................... 16
6. FlintWeigh II Software Installation ............................................................................................................. 17
6.1. Software Version .................................................................................................................................... 17
6.2. Installation of FlintWeigh II ..................................................................................................................... 17
6.3. FlintWeigh II Files ................................................................................................................................... 17
7. Weight Display and Control Buttons ......................................................................................................... 18
8. FlintWeigh II Configuration ........................................................................................................................ 19
8.1. Basic Setup during the Commissioning ................................................................................................. 19
8.1.1. Configure the Alibi Memory ............................................................................................................................ 20
8.2. Language and other Settings ................................................................................................................. 21
8.3. Scale with Standard Load Cells ............................................................................................................. 22
8.3.1. Define the Scale Parameters ......................................................................................................................... 22
8.4. Scale with Type RC3D Digital Load Cells .............................................................................................. 23
8.4.1. Preliminary Note ............................................................................................................................................. 23
8.4.2. Define the Scale Parameters ......................................................................................................................... 23
8.4.3. Digital Corner Correction ................................................................................................................................ 24
8.5. Calibrate the Scale ................................................................................................................................. 25
8.6. Optional Linearisation of the Scale Curve .............................................................................................. 26
8.7. Optional Use of Digital Outputs .............................................................................................................. 27
8.7.1. Setpoints and Limit Monitoring ....................................................................................................................... 27
8.7.2. Traffic Light Control ........................................................................................................................................ 28
9. Legal for Trade Operation .......................................................................................................................... 29
9.1. EC Type-approval and Test Certificate .................................................................................................. 29
9.2. Digital Descriptive Plate ......................................................................................................................... 29
9.3. Recording of Weight Values in the Alibi Memory ................................................................................... 29
9.4. Show Alibi Memory ................................................................................................................................ 30
9.5. Logbook .................................................................................................................................................. 30
9.6. Obligations with Legal for Trade Scales ................................................................................................ 31