Rinstrum 400 Series User manual

400
Series
(K481)
Summing Indicator
Reference Manual
R400-623-140

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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................5
1.1. Overview....................................................................................................................5
1.2. Document Conventions..............................................................................................6
2. SPECIFICATIONS.................................................................................................................7
3. INSTALLATION ....................................................................................................................9
3.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................9
3.2. General Warnings ......................................................................................................9
3.3. Electrical Safety..........................................................................................................9
3.4. Cleaning.....................................................................................................................9
3.5. Panel Mount Template ...............................................................................................9
3.6. Cable Connections...................................................................................................10
3.7. DC Power (DC PWR +, DC PWR –).........................................................................10
3.8. Summing Slave Serial Connection ...........................................................................10
3.9. Load Cell Connection...............................................................................................11
3.10. Auxiliary Connections...............................................................................................11
3.10.1. RS-232 Serial........................................................................................... 11
3.10.2. RS-485 Serial........................................................................................... 12
3.11. Optical Communications...........................................................................................12
3.12. Connecting Shields...................................................................................................14
3.12.1. Cable Shield Connection and Earthing.....................................................15
3.13. Regulatory Sealing Requirements............................................................................15
3.14. Accessory Module connection..................................................................................15
4. USING SETUP MENUS....................................................................................................... 17
4.1. Accessing Setup Menus...........................................................................................17
4.1.1. Setup Display Prompts.............................................................................18
4.2. Exiting Full or Safe Setup.........................................................................................18
4.3. Menu Navigation ......................................................................................................18
4.4. Changing Data .........................................................................................................19
4.5. Numeric Entry........................................................................................................... 19
4.6. Selections and Options.............................................................................................19
4.7. Strings......................................................................................................................20
4.7.1. Normal String Editing................................................................................ 20
4.7.2. Numerical String Editing...........................................................................21
4.7.3. ASCII String Editing..................................................................................21
5. BASIC OPERATION ........................................................................................................... 22
5.1. User Interface Display and Controls.........................................................................22
5.1.1. Overview ..................................................................................................22
5.1.2. Display .....................................................................................................23
5.1.3. Primary Annunciators ...............................................................................23
5.1.4. Keypad.....................................................................................................24
5.2. Operation Keys.........................................................................................................25
5.2.1. Power Key................................................................................................25
5.2.2. Zero Key...................................................................................................26
5.2.3. Tare Key...................................................................................................26
5.2.4. Gross/Net Key..........................................................................................27
5.2.5. Function Keys...........................................................................................27
5.2.6. Up, Down, OK keys: Products ..................................................................28
5.2.7. Clock........................................................................................................30
5.2.8. View .........................................................................................................31
5.2.9. Report ......................................................................................................31
5.2.10. Total......................................................................................................... 32
5.2.11. User ID.....................................................................................................32
5.2.12. Target.......................................................................................................33
5.2.13. Lock..........................................................................................................33
5.2.14. Alibi ..........................................................................................................34
5.2.15. Acc...........................................................................................................34
5.2.16. Stability Considerations............................................................................ 34

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6. CONFIGURATION...............................................................................................................35
6.1. General Setup Information........................................................................................35
6.2. Calibration Counter...................................................................................................35
6.3. Passcodes................................................................................................................35
6.3.1. Full Setup Passcode.................................................................................35
6.3.2. Safe Setup Passcode...............................................................................35
6.3.3. Operator Passcode...................................................................................35
6.3.4. Setup Lock-Out.........................................................................................36
7. SUMMING SETUP............................................................................................................... 37
7.1. Wiring Diagram.........................................................................................................37
7.2. Configuring the Slave R300 or R400 Indicators........................................................37
7.2.1. Slave Calibration ...................................................................................... 37
7.2.2. R320 Slave Configuration.........................................................................37
7.2.3. R420 Slave Configuration.........................................................................37
7.3. Basic Configuration of the K481 Summing Indicator................................................. 38
7.4. Slave Name Configuration of the K481 Summing Indicator ...................................... 38
7.5. Subtotal Configuration of the K481 Summing Indicator.............................................38
8. SETUP MENUS...................................................................................................................39
8.1. GEN.OPT (General options).....................................................................................39
8.1.1. LANG (Operator language).......................................................................39
8.1.2. DATE.F (Date format)...............................................................................39
8.1.3. PCODE (Security passcodes)...................................................................39
8.1.4. KEY.LOC (Key Function Access Control).................................................40
8.1.5. DISP (Display options).............................................................................. 40
8.1.6. ID.NAME (User Defined Strings) ..............................................................41
8.1.7. POWER (Power options)..........................................................................41
8.1.8. STR.EDT (String Edit Mode).....................................................................41
8.1.9. USR.DEF (Set all non-calibration settings to defaults).............................. 42
8.2. H.WARE (Hardware Configuration & Test)...............................................................42
8.2.1. SER1.HW, SER2.HW...............................................................................42
8.2.2. IO.HW ...................................................................................................... 43
8.2.3. ANL.HW ...................................................................................................43
8.2.4. ETH.HW...................................................................................................43
8.2.5. ETH.DEF (Set the M4221 Ethernet module to defaults)............................44
8.2.6. DSD.HW...................................................................................................45
8.3. SCALE (scale setup options).................................................................................... 45
8.3.1. OPTION (Scale options)...........................................................................45
8.3.2. SUB.NUM (Number of subtotals)..............................................................46
8.3.3. S.TOT.x (Subtotal settings).......................................................................46
8.4. FUNC (Special functions).........................................................................................46
8.4.1. NUM (Number of special functions).......................................................... 46
8.4.2. SFn: TYPE (Function Types)....................................................................47
8.4.3. SFn: KEY (Function Key / Remote Input ).................................................47
8.4.4. SFn: PRINT (Printing Functions) ..............................................................48
8.4.5. SFn: SINGLE (Single Serial Output Functions).........................................49
8.4.6. SFn: BLANK (Blanking Functions)............................................................ 49
8.4.7. SFn: PRD.SEL (Product Select) ...............................................................49
8.4.8. SFn: THUMB (Thumbwheel Product Selection)........................................50
8.4.9. SFn: REM.KEY (Remote Key Functions).................................................. 50
8.4.10. SFn: REPORT (Report Printing Functions)...............................................50
8.4.11. SFn: SC.EXIT (Scale Exit)........................................................................ 51
8.4.12. SFn: SLAVE (Display slave and subtotal weights)....................................51
8.4.1. SFn: A.TARE (Auto Tare).........................................................................51
8.5. SER.SUM (Serial summing configuration)................................................................52
8.5.1. SERIAL (Summing serial port).................................................................. 52
8.5.2. PROTO (Summing serial protocol) ...........................................................52
8.5.3. SLAVES (Number of slaves to sum).........................................................52
8.5.4. NAME (Naming for individual slaves)........................................................52
8.6. SER.NET (Network communications)....................................................................... 53
8.7. SER.AUT (Automatic transmit).................................................................................54
8.7.1. NUM (Number of Automatic Transmissions).............................................54

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8.7.2. AUTO.n (Automatic Output Configuration)................................................54
8.8. PRINT (Printouts).....................................................................................................55
8.8.1. NUM (Number of printouts).......................................................................55
8.8.2. HEADER (Print header)............................................................................55
8.8.3. FOOTER (Print footer)..............................................................................55
8.8.4. PAGE (Print page options......................................................................... 55
8.8.5. SPACE (Print blank space options) ..........................................................56
8.8.6. PRINT.n … (Printout options) ...................................................................57
8.9. SETP (Setpoints)......................................................................................................58
8.9.1. NUM (Number of setpoints)......................................................................58
8.9.2. SETP1 … SETP16 (Setpoint options)....................................................... 58
8.10. ANL.OUT (Analogue Output)....................................................................................61
8.11. End (Save and exit)..................................................................................................61
9. NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS........................................................................................ 62
9.1. Introduction ..............................................................................................................62
9.2. Network rinCMD.......................................................................................................62
9.2.1. Basic Message Format............................................................................. 62
9.2.2. Termination ..............................................................................................63
9.2.3. Error Handling ..........................................................................................64
9.2.4. Ring Network Enhancement..................................................................... 64
9.3. Network Protocol SIMPLE........................................................................................65
9.4. Network Protocol BARCODE.................................................................................... 65
9.5. rinCMD Examples ....................................................................................................66
10. AUTOMATIC WEIGHT OUTPUT......................................................................................... 68
10.1. Overview..................................................................................................................68
10.2. Auto Weight Format String .......................................................................................68
11. PRINTING ........................................................................................................................... 70
11.1. Overview..................................................................................................................70
11.2. Print ID..................................................................................................................... 70
11.3. Record printouts.......................................................................................................70
11.4. Docket printouts .......................................................................................................70
11.5. Report printouts........................................................................................................ 71
11.6. Custom Printing........................................................................................................72
11.6.1. Page Tokens............................................................................................73
12. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................... 74
12.1. Introduction ..............................................................................................................74
12.2. Key Functions...........................................................................................................74
12.2.1. NONE.......................................................................................................74
12.2.2. PRINT ......................................................................................................74
12.2.3. SINGLE....................................................................................................75
12.2.4. TEST........................................................................................................75
12.2.5. PRD.SEL..................................................................................................76
12.2.6. SLAVE......................................................................................................77
12.2.7. SC.EXIT ...................................................................................................77
12.2.8. A.TARE.................................................................................................... 77
13. SETPOINTS ........................................................................................................................ 78
13.1. Overview..................................................................................................................78
13.2. Outputs.....................................................................................................................78
13.3. Common Settings.....................................................................................................78
13.4. Weigh in (OVER) Setpoints and Weigh Out (UNDER) Setpoints..............................79
13.4.1. Additional Settings.................................................................................... 81
13.5. Status Based Setpoint Types ...................................................................................81
13.6. Logic Setpoint Types................................................................................................82
13.7. Scale Entry/Exit Setpoint Types................................................................................85
14. ANALOGUE OUTPUT......................................................................................................... 86
14.1. Overview..................................................................................................................86
14.2. Configuration of Hardware........................................................................................ 86
14.2.1. Configuration............................................................................................86
14.2.2. Calibration................................................................................................86
14.2.3. Testing .....................................................................................................86

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14.3. Analogue Weight Transmission................................................................................86
15. APPENDIX 1: DIMENSIONS............................................................................................... 87
15.1. Dimensions ..............................................................................................................87
15.2. Legal Sealing Details................................................................................................89
15.2.1. Trade Label..............................................................................................89
15.2.2. Lead Seals ...............................................................................................90
15.2.3. Destructible Sticker Seals.........................................................................91
15.2.4. Electronic Seal..........................................................................................91
16. APPENDIX 2: PRINT AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TOKENS................................ 92
16.1. ASCII codes............................................................................................................. 92
16.2. Use of Characters in the Extended ASCII table........................................................ 92
16.3. Tokens .....................................................................................................................93
16.3.1. Non-paged generic tokens........................................................................93
16.3.2. Page tokens .............................................................................................93
16.3.3. Page 0, 1, 2, 3, 7 tokens: Weight Information...........................................94
16.3.4. Page 4, 5, 6 tokens: Product Information..................................................95
16.3.5. Page 8 tokens: Miscellaneous weight data...............................................95
16.3.6. Format tokens ..........................................................................................96
16.3.7. Page 9 Tokens: Summing Information......................................................97
17. APPENDIX 3: COMMUNICATIONS REGISTERS............................................................... 98
18. APPENDIX 4: SETUP MENU QUICK REFERENCE......................................................... 104
19. APPENDIX 5: ERROR MESSAGES ................................................................................. 106
19.1. Overview................................................................................................................106
19.2. Weighing Errors...................................................................................................... 106
19.3. Setup Errors...........................................................................................................107
19.4. Diagnostic Errors....................................................................................................108
20. GLOSSARY....................................................................................................................... 109
20.1. Glossary of Terms..................................................................................................109
20.2. List of Figures......................................................................................................... 110
20.3. List of Tables.......................................................................................................... 110
21. INDEX................................................................................................................................ 111

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1. Introduction
1.1. Overview
This precision digital summing indicator can sum up to nine slave indicators from either the
R300 or R400 range. These can be connected together on a multi-drop serial RS485 bus or
RS232 ring network. The summing indicator polls each of the slave units summing all of the
weight readings and displays the resulting total weight. The setpointing, printing facilities, and
accessory modules are all driven from the total weight. The summing indicator will show an
error message (------) if any of the slave weights are negative or if there is a mix of gross and
net weights, as defined by Technical Schedule S1/0/A. If all slave units are showing net
weight, the summing indicator will show a net total. Facilities are provided to view and use
individual slave weights and sub totals of a subset of the slave weights.
The setup of the instrument is digital, with a non-volatile security store for all setup
parameters. It may be operated from either a DC power source (12VDC to 24VDC) or AC
power (optional 110 –240 VAC). There is a soft power on/off function that retains memory of
its state. Once an instrument is turned on it will automatically start up again if the external
power is interrupted.
Optical communications are fitted standard and allows for a temporary isolated
communications link to be established with a PC. Software upgrades and the use of
computerised setup can then be done using a PC. Refer to Optical Communications on page
12 for more information.
Figure 1:Weight Indicator
The instrument provides zero, tare and gross/net on the fixed function keys and supports
special functions (e.g. Toggle slave weights and blanking), via three (3) user definable
function keys and external inputs. Operator functions (clock, view, report etc) and editing
functions are provided on the alpha/numeric key pad. It is equipped with an NVRAM store to
ensure day-to-day operating settings (e.g. CLOCK) are retained when power is removed.
The RS-232 communications port is typically used for communicating with the slave
indicators. It can also be used for printer driving, connection to a remote display or PC when
an optional serial module is used for the slave communications. The transmit-only RS-485
communications port can be used for remote displays. There is a built-in clock for date-
stamping printed outputs.

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The instrument can support different software applications depending on the functionality
required. This manual covers the K481 summingindicator. Please refer to the relevantmanual
for the slave indicators.
1.2. Document Conventions
The following document conventions (typographical) are used throughout this Reference
Manual.
Bold Text
Bold text denotes words and phrases to note.
<Key>
<Key> denotes a Keypad key.
Note: In the Specifications section the < symbol means less than and the >
symbol means greater than.
^
This symbol denotes one space when describing serial output formats.

Items marked with indicate that the setting is available only in Full Setup and
is trade critical.When trade critical settingsare changed, the calibration counter
is incremented.
Table 1: Document Conventions

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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
•2nd display: 9 x 17.6 mm digits with units
•3rd display: 8 x 6. 1mm digits
•4th 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
Variants
AC
M4101
Input: 110/240VAC 50/60Hz
Output: 12VDC 15VA
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: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 or 57600 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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Software
V1
V2
Summing Slaves
9
9
Summing Subtotals
4
4
Input/Outputs
32
32
Setpoints
8
16
External Keys
8
8
Assignable Functions
8
8
Analogue Output
1
1
Communication 1xRS232 Duplex and 1xRS485 TX only
✓
✓
Additional Communications Modules
✓
✓
Products
10
250
Automatic Output
2
2
Automatic Output –Custom format
✓
✓
Single Automatic Output
✓
✓
Printouts
2
2
Custom Printouts
✓
✓
Report Printing
✓
✓
Table 2: Instrument specifications