Durham 9840 User instructions

Setting up the
9840 Load Cell Indicator
To turn on the 9840 Load Cell
Connector, reach behind in the back
corner and ip the switch up.
Before starting anything, be sure to rst
plug in the sensor(s) you will be using.
In starting out, you will see
“>User Data Entry” on the screen.
To enter setup mode, press the two end
buttons at the same time (◄and ►).
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As it starts up, you will see a series of
screens introducing you to the 9840 Load
Cell Connector and displays of the
settings from its last use.
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Enter the password “888” by pressing
+or —to select the numbers while
pressing ◄ to move to the next digit.
Then press ENTER.
After being brought to the next screen,
press ►‘till you get to the
“>Calibration” option and
then press ENTER.
Before you can enter the
calibration settings, you will be
required to enter a password.
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Press ►until you get to the
“>>Cal by mV/volt” option
and then press ENTER.
Using ►, select
“>>>2-Point mV/V Cal”
and then press ENTER.
Select the measurement cell type that you
are using. For this example, we are using a
load cell, so we select “Load”.
Then press ENTER.
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Enter the cell’s serial number by using the
+or —signs then ◄for the next digit.
ENTER.
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Enter the month using the +or —and
then ◄ for the next digit(s). Do the same
for the day and year, and press ENTER
after each one.
Select the necessary unit of measure
and press ENTER.
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Next, you will need to refer to the sensor’s Calibration Certicate. In it, identify the value
for the max capacity and enter it into the 9840 using the same buttons: + , — ,◄, and ►.
For this example, the max capacity of the 1210AF is 10K,
so we enter “10000” and then press ENTER.
*Or you can enter the appropriate SEB Output Value as your full-scale output value.
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Enter the voltage excitation
using buttons +, —, ◄, and ►.
T hen press ENTER.
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Check that there are no masses (no load)
calibration begins with a zero balance.
When ready, press ENTER.
While the screen is displaying “Reading...”,
the 9840 is calibrating. Wait for just a few
With that information from the calibration
buttons +, —, ◄, and ►.
Then press ENTER.
For the next display, you will be
required to enter the mV/V for the
full-scale output of the direction that
you are going to use. In this example,
we will pick “Tension”.
We see that the value of 4.07906 is the
full-scale mV/V, correlating with the max
capacity of 10K that we entered earlier.
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Calibration setup is now complete. To return to the main menu, press ESC.
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