Rinstrum 400 Series Instruction manual

400 Series
(K481)
Summing Indicator
Quick StartManual
RI00-619-100

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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 2
1.1. Manuals ............................................................................ 2
1.2. Shipping Contents ............................................................ 2
2. SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................... 3
3. WARNINGS............................................................................... 4
3.1. General............................................................................. 4
3.2. Configuration Issues......................................................... 4
4. INSTALLATION ........................................................................ 5
4.1. Electrical Safety................................................................ 5
4.2. Panel Mount Template...................................................... 5
4.3. Function Keys................................................................... 5
4.4. Optical Communications................................................... 6
5. CONNECTIONS ........................................................................ 7
5.1. Cable Connections ........................................................... 7
5.2. DC Power (DC PWR +, DC PWR –)................................. 7
5.3. Summing Slave Serial Connection ................................... 7
5.4. Auxiliary Connections ....................................................... 8
5.5. Connecting Shields......................................................... 10
5.6. Regulatory Sealing Requirements .................................. 11
6. INSTRUMENT SETUP ............................................................ 12
6.1. Calibration Counter......................................................... 12
6.2. Access Full Setup........................................................... 12
6.3. Access Safe Setup ......................................................... 12
6.4. Exit Full or Safe Setup .................................................... 13
6.5. Slave Indicator Configuration.......................................... 13
6.6. K481 Summing Indicator Configuration .......................... 14
6.7. Using Menus................................................................... 16
6.8. Settings........................................................................... 17
7. ACCESSORY MODULES ....................................................... 26
7.1. General........................................................................... 26
7.2. Inputs.............................................................................. 27
7.3. Outputs ........................................................................... 28
7.4. Analog Output................................................................. 29
7.5. Communications............................................................. 29
7.6. Ethernet Module ............................................................. 30
8. ERROR MESSAGES .............................................................. 32
8.1. Weighing Errors.............................................................. 32
8.2. Setup Errors ................................................................... 34
8.3. Diagnostic Errors ............................................................ 34

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1.Introduction
This manual contains information on the installation and setup of
the Indicator.
1.1. Manuals
For more information on the indicator refer to the Reference
Manual and Operator Manual.
1.2. Shipping Contents
The following table identifies the items shipped with indicators.
Please check that your packing box contains the specified items.
Standard Indicator Stainless Steel Indicator
•Digital Weighing Indicator
•Operator Manual
•Quick Start Manual
•Trade Label (plastic)
•Panel Mount Template
•Function Key Overlay Stickers
•Digital weighing Indicator
•Operator Manual
•Quick Start Manual
•Trade Label (plastic)
•Function Key Overlay Stickers
•Trade Label (metal foil)
•M16 Cable Gland Sealing Plug
Other Items (Optional)
There are many optional accessories for this indicator. These include:
•Mounting options
•Power supply options
•Expansion modules (which supply additional comms ports, I/O,
analog output, etc).
•Opto-link temporary connection
•PC based configuration tool

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2. Specifications
Performance
Operating
Environment
Temperature: –10 to +50°C ambient
Humidity: <90% non-condensing
Storage: –20 to +50°C ambient
IP55 when panel mounted or with rear boot (otherwise IP40)
Case Materials ABS, Silicon Rubber, Nylon, Acrylic (no halogen used)
Packing Weights Basic Indicator: 0.6kg
Digital
Display LCD with 4 alpha-numeric displays and LED backlighting:
•Primary display: 6 x 28.4mm high digits with units and
annunciators
•2
nd display: 9 x 17.6 mm digits with units
•3
rd display: 8 x 6. 1mm digits
•4
th display: 4 x 7.6 mm digits
Setup Full digital with visual prompting in plain messages
Power Input
Standard Power 12 to 24VDC (15 VA max) - ON/OFF key with memory feature
AC
M4101
Input: 110/240VAC 50/60Hz
Output: 12VDC 15VA
Variants
Battery
M4102
Rechargeable NiMH battery, 12V, 2.5Ah
Features
Optical Data
Communications
Magnetically attached optical communications support. Optional
conversion cable connects directly to a standard RS-232 or USB port.
Serial
Communications
RS-232 serial port for remote display, network or printer supports.
RS-485 transmit only for remote display
Transmission rate: 2400, 4800, 9600 or 19200 baud
3 assignable
function keys
Printing, slave weights, and totalising
Battery Backed
Clock Calendar
Battery life 10 years minimum
Approvals FCC, CE, C-tick
Check trade approvals

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3.Warnings
3.1. General
•Indicator not to be subject to shock, excessive vibration or
extremes of temperature (before or after installation).
•Inputs are protected against electrical interference, but excessive
levels of electro-magnetic radiation and RFI may affect the
accuracy and stability.
•For full EMC or for RFI immunity, termination of cable shields
and correct earthing of the instrument is essential.
•Indicator is sensitive to excessive electrical noise. Install well
away from any power or switching circuits.
3.2. Configuration Issues
•Configuration can be performed from the front panel, using
digital setup. When Full Setup is used, all menu items are
accessible and care must be taken to ensure no accidental
changes are made to calibration and trade settings.
•Enter a passcode to prevent unauthorised or accidental
tampering. If the passcode is lost, the manufacturer should be
contacted for further advice.

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4. Installation
The following steps are required to set up the indicator.
•Inspect indicator to ensure good condition.
•Use connection diagrams to wire up serial summing, power and
auxiliary cables as required.
•Use the drilling template provided for hole locations.
•Connect Power to indicator and press <POWER> key to turn the
instrument ON.
•Refer to the Instrument Setup section page 12 for information on
configuring the instrument.
•To turn instrument OFF press and hold <POWER> key for three
seconds (until display blanks).
4.1. Electrical Safety
•For your protection all mains electrical hardware must be rated
for environmental conditions of use.
•Pluggable equipment must be installed near an easily accessible
power socket outlet.
•To avoid the possibility of electric shock or damage to the
instrument, always switch off or isolate the instrument from the
power supply before maintenance is carried out.
4.2. Panel Mount Template
The panel mount template is supplied with the instrument. It
shows the location of the rectangular cut-out and the four
mounting screws.
4.3. Function Keys
•The Indicator has 3 user definable functions keys.
•If any of the special functions are to be used on the indicator it is
important that the matching function key overlay sticker
(supplied) is applied to the keypad.
•Ensure keypad is clean and dry before affixing sticker.

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4.4. Optical Communications
A temporary infrared
communications link can
be established between the
instrument and a PC using
an optional cable. This
connection can be used to
transfer setup and
calibration information from
a PC or to download
software upgrades.
The PC end of the cable is a standard female DB9 RS232
connector. The instrument end of the cable attaches to the left
side of the instrument display.
WARNING
The optical coupling head contains a strong magnet and
should not be placed near any magnetic storage media (e.g.
credit cards, floppy disks etc.)

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5. Connections
5.1. Cable Connections
All cable connections are made to the rear of the instrument using
pluggable screw terminals. It is not necessary to tin the ends of
the wires with solder or to add crimp ferrules to the wires,
however, these techniques are compatible with the terminals.
As this is a summing indicator, the loadcell connection is not
required and should not be connected.
5.2. DC Power (DC PWR +, DC PWR –)
The DC supply need not be regulated, provided that it is free of
excessive electrical noise and sudden transients. The instrument
can be operated from a high quality plug-pack as long as there is
sufficient capacity to drive it.
5.3. Summing Slave Serial Connection
5.3.1. Summing R400 Indicators using RS485
When summing using this configuration, a M4203 module is
required for the master and each slave.

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5.3.2. Summing R300 Indicators using RS232 Ring
Network
5.4. Auxiliary Connections
This section provides diagrams to illustrate the communication
connections.

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5.4.1. Direct Personal Computer Link (RX, TX GND)
5.4.2. Printer Connections (RXD/TXD, GND and DTR)
5.4.3. Remote Display using RS232 (TXD, GND)
Refer to documentation supplied with the Remote Display for
connection details. Connect RX on the Remote Display with TX
on the instrument and connect the RS232 GND signals together.
5.4.4. Remote Display using RS485 (TA, TB)
RS485 is recommended for communicating over distances longer
than a few metres. Refer to documentation supplied with the
Remote Display for connection details. Connect TA to RA and TB
to RB.

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5.5. Connecting Shields
To obtain full EMC or for RFI immunity, cable shields MUST
be connected and the earth lug on the rear of the instrument
must be grounded.
This figure illustrates an example of possible connections. Also
shown are the connecting cables restrained using cable ties
fastened by screws into the rear of the unit.

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5.5.1. Cable Shield Connection and Earthing
•Care should be taken when connecting shields to maximise EMC
or RFI immunity and minimise earth loops and cross-talk
(interference) between instruments.
•For full EMC or for RFI immunity, termination of the cable shields
at the earth lug is very important. The earth lug of the instrument
must be separately connected to ground potential via a reliable
link.
•The AC power module directly connects the earth lug to the
Earth Pin on the power supply. In installations where earth is
available on the power cable, instrument earthing can be done
with this connection.
•The instrument should only be connected to earth via a single
reliable link to avoid earth loops.
•Where each instrument is separately earthed, interconnecting
cable shields should be connected at one end only.
5.6. Regulatory Sealing Requirements
To comply with regulatory sealing requirements for each
instrument, (i.e. to ensure instruments are not accidentally or
deliberately tampered with), it is important that proper sealing
procedures be adhered to.
Affix stickers in the locations indicated.

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6.Instrument Setup
6.1. Calibration Counter
Within Setup there are a number of critical steps that can affect
the legal for trade performance of the instrument. If any of these
steps are altered, the trade certification of the scale could be
voided.
The instrument provides a built-in calibration counter to monitor
the number of times the critical steps are altered. The value of a
counter is stored within the instrument and can only be reset at
the factory. Each time a critical step is altered, the counter will
increase. Whenever the instrument is powered up, or setup
mode is entered/exited, the current value in the counter is briefly
displayed (e.g. C00010).
The value of the counter is written on the tamperproof trade label
on the front of the indicator for trade-certified applications and
functions as an electronic seal. If any legal for trade settings are
changed on the instrument, the current value of the calibration
counter will be different from the recorded value and the seal is
broken.
6.1.1. Trade Critical Settings
Trade critical settings can affect legal for trade performance. Each
time a trade critical setting is altered, the calibration counter will
be incremented by one.
6.2. Access Full Setup
Full Setup provides access to configure and calibrate the
instrument. All items in all menus will be enabled in Full Setup.
Ensure the instrument is on.
•Press and hold the <POWER> and end <F3>
keys simultaneously for two seconds.
6.3. Access Safe Setup
Safe Setup restricts access to the trade critical settings (marked
with ⊗).

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Ensure the instrument is on.
•Press and hold the <POWER> and <ZERO>
keys simultaneously for two seconds.
6.4. Exit Full or Safe Setup
To save settings, exit setup and return to the normal weighing mode
using one of the following methods:
•Press the <POWER> key once.
•Press the <POWER> and <ZERO> keys together for two
seconds.
•Press <POWER> and <F3>key together for two seconds
Warning: If the power is interrupted while in setup, unsaved
settings will be lost.
6.5. Slave Indicator Configuration
The K481 can only sum one type of indicator, so all slaves must
be R300 or all R400 indicators, and not a mix. Each slave must
be given a unique address between 1 and the number of slaves
to be summed. The K481 can sum a maximum of 9 slaves.
6.5.1. Slave Calibration
Calibrate each slave as per the manuals for the indicator. Each
slave must have the same units (eg all Kg). The decimal point
position may vary among the slaves.
6.5.2. R320 Slave Configuration
R320 slaves must be running version 3.83 or greater. The
following items must be configured in each R300 slave:
•Set SERIAL:TYPE to NET
•Set SERIAL:BAUD to the same baud rate as the summing
indicator
•Set SERIAL:BITS to “N81-“
•Set SERIAL:ADDRESS to a unique address between 1
and the number of slaves configured in the summing
indicator

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6.5.3. R420 Slave Configuration
The slaves must be one of the following:
•K401 Version 1.41 or greater
•K402 Version 1.41 or greater
•K481 Version 1.10 or greater
•K491 Version 1.10 or greater
Summing of K411s is not supported.
The following items must be configured in each R420 slave:
•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:BAUD to the same baud rate as
the summing indicator for the appropriate serial port
•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:PARITY to NONE for the
appropriate serial port
•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:DATA to 8 for the appropriate
serial port
•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:STOP to 1 for the appropriate
serial port
•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:DTR to OFF for the appropriate
serial port
•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:TERM to ON for the last slave,
and off for all other slaves, for the appropriate serial port
•Set SER.NET:TYPE to PROTOCOL.B
•Set SER.NET:SERIAL to the serial port the slave will
communicate with the master on
•Set SER.NET:ADDRESS to a unique address between 1
and the number of slaves configured in the summing
indicator
6.6. K481 Summing Indicator Configuration
6.6.1. K481 Basic Configuration
The following items must be configured in the K481 summing
indicator:

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•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:BAUD to the same baud rate as
all the slaves for the appropriate serial port
•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:PARITY to NONE for the
appropriate serial port
•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:DATA to 8 for the appropriate
serial port
•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:STOP to 1 for the appropriate
serial port
•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:DTR to OFF for the appropriate
serial port
•Set H.WARE:SERx.HW:TERM to ON for the appropriate
serial port
•Set SER.SUM:SERIAL to the serial port the slave will
communicate with the master on
•Set SER.SUM:PROTO to RING when summing R300
indicators via the RS232 ring network, or NORMAL when
summing R400 indicators via the RS485 network.
•Set SER.SUM:SLAVES to the number of slaves to be
summed.
6.6.2. Slave Name Configuration of the K481 Summing
Indicator
Each slave can optionally be named. This name is used on the
display when displaying slave weights, and can be used in
printouts. The name can be set via the SER.SUM:SLAV.n:NAME
menu item. If left blank, the text “SLAVE n” will be used.
6.6.3. Subtotal Configuration of the K481 Summing
Indicator
The K481 provides the ability to calculate upto four subtotals from
the slave weights. The number of subtotals is set by the
SER.SUM:SUB.NUM menu item.
Each subtotal has a name, a list of slaves to add to it, and a list of
slaves to subtract from it. The name is configured via
SER.SUM:S.TOT.n:NAME menu item. If left blank, the text

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“S.TOT n” will be used. The SER.SUM:S.TOT.n:SLV.ADD menu
item configures the slaves that should be added to the sub total.
For example setting it to 12 will add slaves 1 and 2 to the
subtotal. The SER.SUM:S.TOT.n:SLV.SUB menu item configures
the slaves that should be subtracted from the sub total. For
example setting it to 34 will subtract slaves 3 and 4 to the
subtotal.
6.7. Using Menus
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Example:
GEN.OPT
└PCODE
└SAFE.PC

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6.8. Settings
MENU DESCRIPTION
GEN.OPT General Options Menu
└LANG ..................Operator language (ENGLISH, GERMAN, DUTCH, FRENCH,
POLISH, ITALIAN, SPANISH)
└DATE.F................
Date Format (DD.MM.YY, DD.MM.YYYY, MM.DD.YY,
MM.DD.YYYY, YY.MM.DD, YYYY.MM.DD)
└PCODE Pass Codes
└SAFE.PC ........Safe setup Passcode (0.. 999999)
└FULL.PC.........Full setup Passcode (0.. 999999)
└OP.PC.............
Operator Passcode (0.. 999999)
└KEY.LOC Key Lock Options
└P......................Power key lock (AVAIL, LOCKED)
└ZERO, .............Zero Key (AVAIL, OPER.PC, SAFE.PC, LOCKED)
TARE,
GR_NT,
F1, F2, F3,
CLOCK,
VIEW,
REPORT,
TOTAL,
ID,
TARGET,
ACC,

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MENU DESCRIPTION
PR.MOD,
PR.SEL,
NUM.PAD
ALIBI
└DISP Display Options
└B.LIGHT..........Backlight operation (ON, OFF)
└FREQ ..............Display update frequency (1Hz, 2Hz, 3.3Hz, 5Hz, 10Hz)
└VIEW...............
Default View (PRODUCT, TOP, DUAL)
└ID.NAME User String Names
└NAME 1 -
NAME 3...........
User ID string names (Maximum 6 characters)
└POWER Power options
└AUTO.OFF......Auto-off (NEVER, 1 min, 5 min, 10 min, 60 min)
└START ............ Pause on Start-Up (OFF, ON)
└USR.DEF............. User defaults of all items
H.WARE Hardware Menu
└ALLOC ................Check hardware allocation and use