Adam Equipment PGW Precision Balances PGWMrevB1 User Manual

 
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·  Remove the item from  the pan 
 
·  Press  [Mode]  to  go  back  to  “ANIMAL      rUN”  to  weigh  another  item   or 
[Esc]  to return to normal weighing  
  
9.4.1.1   Animal Weighing Setup Parameters    
·  Press  [Mode]  and  then  [Up]  or [Down]   to  select  Animal  Weighing.  
When “ANIMAL” is displayed press  [Enter] to enter the function 
 
·  Press the  [Up] or [Down]  key to select  “SEtUP”  
 
·  Press  [Enter]  to  select  “SEtUP”  to  set  up  the...

 
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·  The  XX  can  be  changed  to  between  10-99  seconds  usi ng  the  numeric 
entry method (see section 7.1) 
 
·  To confirm the desired value, press  [Enter] 
  Delay
 
 
·  Next,  the  display  will  show  “DELAY  XX”  where  XX  is   the  time  in 
seconds taken by the balance before the sampling st arts  
 
·  The  XX  can  be  changed  to  between  0-99  seconds  usin g  the  numeric 
entry method (see section 7.1) 
 
·  To confirm the desired value, press...

 
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·  When  finished  press  [Mode]  to  transfer  the  total  of  the  net  weights  to 
the main display 
 
·  Pressing  [Print]  will  print  a  report  containing  individual  net  weig hts 
followed by the final net weight total. 
9.4.6  Density Determination    
It is possible to determine the density of solids o r liquids using this mode. The 
user selects the type of density to be determined a nd then enters values to be 
used by the balance.    
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·  Press  [Enter] to continue 
 
·  The  balance  will  request  the  weight  of  the  sample  in  air  by  displaying 
“AIR  WEIGHT”.  Place  the  item  on  the  pan  or  receptac le,  if  the  density 
kit  is  used  and  press  [Enter].  The  weight  will  be  shown  in  the  last 
selected unit 
 
·  After completion of the air weighing, the balance  will request the weight 
in liquid by displaying “LIQUID WT”. Submerge the i tem in the liquid and 
press...

 
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·  The balance will request the weight in air by disp laying “AIR WEIGHT”. 
Place  the  glass  plumb  supplied  with  the  density  det ermination  kit  in  air 
on  the  weighing  pan  and  press  [Enter]  to  start  the  air  weighing.  The 
value will be shown in the last selected unit.  
 
·  After completion of the air weighing, the balance  will request the weight 
in liquid by displaying “LIQUID WT”. Submerge the i tem in the liquid and 
press  [Enter]   to...

 
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After  the  self-test  on  the  first  power  on,  the  bala nce  will  display  “WARM  UP” 
and  countdown  from  300  seconds  before  performing  th e  automatic 
calibration.  Subsequently,  it  will  calibrate  automa tically  whenever  there  is  a 
change  in  internal  temperature  by  2°C  or  after  ever y  4  hours.  The  balance 
should  be  at  a  stable  zero.  The  user  knows  a  calibr ation  is  asked  for  by  the 
flashing  of  the  “CAL”  symbol...

 
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If  output  on  demand  is  selected,  the  user  may  optio nally  configure  the  serial 
output  as  a  choice  of  3  styles  of  form,  either  in  a   default  format  or  in  one  of 
two  custom formats.  Each  of the  custom  formats  can  be configured  to  output 
up to 15 lines of data. The data types that can be  printed are: 
NAME  TEXT PRINTED 
ID number  ID no.:  xxxxxxxxxxxx 
Serial number  Serial no. xxxxxxxxxxxx 
Date  DATE  dd/mm/yyyy 
Time  TIME...

 
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This will result in a printout that looks like: 
 
 
 
   
     
 
 
*NOTE:
  The  format  of  the  results  line  will  change  dependin g  on  the  mode  in 
which the balance is operating, e.g. 
          Normal weighing, Check weighing, Animal wei ghing: 123.4[5] g 
                Parts counting: “1234 pcs”  
                Percent weighing: “12.34 %”  
INPUT COMMANDS USING REMOTE KEYS 
 
The  balance  can  be  controlled  with  the  following  co mmands  sent...

 
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Invalid Input Command: 
 
If an invalid command is received, then the command  is returned as follows- 
Invalid Command  Message returned  Remarks 
!NT  !EU  Command character is not ‘K’  
!KK  !EK  Key character is not ‘T’, ‘S’, ‘P’,  ‘M’, ‘C’ 
or ‘U’ 
!KT-  !EF  Command  format  error,    is  not  the fourth character 
 KT  or  
!KT -  No reply  Either  ‘!’  or    is  missing  in  the 
command string 
     
  

 
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12  ERROR CHECKING 
 
During  weighing  the  balance  is  constantly  checking  to  see  if  it  is  operating 
within the limited parameters.  The errors likely t o occur are: 
  
  A/D counts below lowest allowed value 
  A/D counts above highest allowed value 
  A/D not operating 
  Maximum capacity exceeded   
Other  errors  may  be  detected  during  special  functio ns  or  operations.    These 
will be described in the section that applies.   
Error messages...