Adam Equipment GBC GFC Manuel utilisateur

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AdamEquipment

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User Manual (EN)

GBC/GFC Series

(P.N. 3056610587, Revision B4, Apr 2014)

Notice Utilisation (FR)

Séries GBC/GFC

Bedienungsanleitung (DE)

GBC / GFC REIHEN

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SoftwareRev2.18andup

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EasyReference:

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Modelnameoftheindicator/scale:

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Serialnumberoftheunit:

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Softwarerevisionnumber

(Displayedwhenpowerisfirstturnedon):

DateofPurchase:

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Nameofthesupplierand place:

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1.0CONTENTS

1.0 CONTENTS ........................................................................................... 1

2.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 3

3.0 INSTALLATION .................................................................................... 6

3.1 UNPACKING ...................................................................................... 6

3.2 LOCATING ......................................................................................... 6

3.3 SETTING UP THE SCALES ............................................................... 7

4.0 KEY DESCRIPTIONS ........................................................................... 8

5.0 DISPLAYS ............................................................................................. 9

5.1 WEIGHT DISPLAY ............................................................................. 9

5.2 UNIT WEIGHT DISPLAY .................................................................. 10

5.3 COUNT DISPLAY ............................................................................. 10

5.4 OTHER SYMBOLS ........................................................................... 10

6.0 OPERATION ....................................................................................... 11

6.1 ZEROING THE DISPLAY ................................................................. 11

6.2 TARING ............................................................................................ 11

6.3 PARTS COUNTING .......................................................................... 12

7.0 USER PARAMETERS ......................................................................... 15

8.0 CALIBRATION .................................................................................... 17

9.0 RS-232 INTERFACE ........................................................................... 18

9.1 INPUT COMMANDS FORMAT ........................................................ 21

9.2 RS-232 SETUP ................................................................................. 22

9.3 REAL TIME CLOCK SETUP ............................................................ 24

9.4 AUTO SLEEP FUNCTION ................................................................ 25

10.0 BATTERY AND BACKLIGHT OPERATION ................................... 25

10.1 BATTERY ...................................................................................... 25

10.2 BACKLIGHT FOR LCD ................................................................. 26

11.0 ERROR CODES ............................................................................... 27

12.0 SERVICE PARAMETERS ................................................................ 28

12.1 USING “0000” TO ENTER THE CALIBRATION PARAMETER .... 28

13.0 REPLACEMENT PARTS AND ACCESSORIES ............................. 30

14.0 SERVICE INFORMATION ................................................................ 31

15.0 WARRANTY INFORMATION .......................................................... 32

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2.0 INTRODUCTION

 TheGBC/GFCseriesprovidesaccurate,fastandversatilepartscountingscales.

 There are 2 types of scales within the GBC/GFCseries:GBC/GFCscalesare

kilogram/gramscalesandtheGBC/GFC‐ascalesarechangeablefrompoundsto

kilogramsiftheuserrequiresit.Thescaleshavethesamefunctionsexceptthat

GBC/GFC‐ascaleshavetheabilitytotogglebetweentheweighingunits.

 AllscalesaresuppliedwithaRS‐232bi‐directionalinterfaceandrealtimeclock

(RTC).

 The GBC/GFC has a sealed keypad with colour coded membrane switches and

thereisalarge,easytoreadliquidcrystaltypedisplay(LCD).TheLCDissupplied

withabacklight.

 TheGBC/GFCincludeautomaticzerotracking,audiblealarmforpre‐setcounts,

automatictare,pre‐settare,anaccumulationfacilitythatallowsthecounttobe

storedandrecalledasanaccumulatedtotal.

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SPECIFICATIONS

GBCModels

Model#

GBC16 GBC32 GBC60 GBC35a GBC70a GBC130a

MaximumCapacity

16kg 32kg 60kg 16kg/35lb 32kg/70lb 60kg/130lb

Readability

0.5g 1g 2g 0.5g/0.001lb 1g/0.002lb 2g/0.005lb

Repeatability(StdDev)

0.5g 1g 2g 0.5g/0.001lb 1g/0.002lb 2g/0.005lb

Linearity+

1g 2g 4g 1g/0.002lb 2g/0.004lb 4g/0.01lb

UnitsofMeasure KilogramsandGrams.PoundsforGBCXXaunits

StabilizationTime 2‐3Secs

OperatingTemperature ‐10°Cto+40°C/+14°Fto+104°F

PowerSupply 230VAC50/60Hz.inEurope,AsiaandSouthAfrica.

12vDC800mAUL/CSAadapterforUSA

Calibration External

CalibrationMass UserSelectable

Display BacklitGreendisplay25mmwithcapacitytracker

BalanceHousing Castaluminiumbase,Pantonecoolgreypaintedbase,stainlesssteelgrade304Toppan,ABSCoolgreyindicatorhousing

PanSize

300mmx400mmx50mm/12”x15.7”x2”

Overall Dimensions

(wxdxh)

300mmx520mmx660mm/11.8”x20.5”x26”

NetWeight 7.6kg/16.8Lb

Features Weighing/Counting/CheckweighingwithLEDlights/Percentage/Holdfunction/RS232

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GFCModels

Model#

GFC75 GFC150 GFC300 GFC165a GFC330a GFC660a

MaximumCapacity 75kg 150kg 300kg 75kg/165lb 150kg/330lb 300kg/660lb

Readability 5g 10g 20g 5g/0.01lb 10g/0.02lb 20g/0.05lb

Repeatability(StdDev) 5g 10g 20g 5g/0.01lb 10g/0.02lb 20g/0.05lb

Linearity+ 10g 20g 40g 10g/0.02lb 20g/0.04lb 40g/0.1lb

UnitsofMeasure KilogramsandGrams.PoundsforGFCXXaunits

StabilizationTime 2‐3Secs

OperatingTemperature ‐10°Cto+40°C/+14°Fto+104°F

PowerSupply 230VAC50/60Hz.inEurope,AsiaandSouthAfrica.

12vDC800mAUL/CSAadapterforUSA

Calibration External

CalibrationMass UserSelectable

Display BacklitGreendisplay25mmwithcapacitytracker

BalanceHousing Castaluminiumbase,Pantonecoolgreypaintedbase,stainlesssteelgrade304Toppan,ABSCoolgreyindicatorhousing

PanSize

400mmx500mmx65mm/15.7”x19.7”x2.6”

OverallDimensions

(wxdxh)

400mmx620mmx860mm/15.7”x24.4”x33.9”

NetWeight 12.5kg/27.6 Lb

Features Weighing/Counting/CheckweighingwithLEDlights/Percentage/Holdfunction/RS232

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3.0 INSTALLATION

3.1 UNPACKING

Theuser’sapplicationandthetechnicalspecificationsoftheplatformorloadcellwill

determinethenecessaryconfiguration.

3.2 LOCATING

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 Thescalesshouldnotbeplacedinalocationthat

willreducetheaccuracy.

 Avoidextremesoftemperature.Donotplacein

directsunlightornearairconditioningvents.

 Avoidunsuitabletables.Thetableorfloormust

berigidandnotvibrate.

 Avoidunstablepowersources.Donotusenear

large users of electricity such as welding

equipmentorlargemotors.

 Donotplacenearvibratingmachinery.

 Avoid high humidity that might cause

condensation. Avoid direct contact with water.

Donotsprayorimmersethescalesinwater.

 Avoidairmovementsuchasfromfansoropening

doors. Do not place near open windows or air‐

conditioningvents.

 Keepthescalesclean.Donotstackmaterialon

thescaleswhentheyarenotinuse.

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3.3 SETTINGUPTHESCALES

 Thepillarisattachedtothebaseusingabracketthatmustbeattached

tothebaseframefirstusingthe4boltssupplied.Thepillarissecuredto

thebracketusing2setsofscrews.Thecablefromthebasetothe

indicator module is run through the tube and taken out through the

plasticsupportatthetop.Excesscablecanbestoredwithinthetube.

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 The GBC/GFC Series comes with a stainless steel platform packed

separately.Placetheplatforminthebase.

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 Levelthescalebyadjustingthefourfeet.Ifthescalerocksre‐adjustthe

feet.

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 Attachtheindicatormoduletothepillarbyslidingitoverthebracket

withtheflangesengagedinthegrovesonthebase.Attachthecable

fromthebasetotheconnectorontherearoftheindicator.

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 Attachthepowertotheindicator.Pressthe[On/Off]keywhichisatthe

rear of the indicator. The software revision number will be displayed

followedbyaself‐testshowingalldigitsbeforethezeroisdisplayed

alongwiththeunitofweightthatwasselectedlast.

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4.0 KEY

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DESCRIPTIONS

Keys

Functions

[0‐9,.] Numericentrykeys,usedtomanuallyenteravaluefortareweights,unit

weight,andsamplesize.

[CE] Usedtocleartheunitweightoranerroneousentry.

[M+] Addthecurrentcounttotheaccumulator.Upto99valuesorfullcapacityof

theweightdisplaycanbeadded.AlsoprintsthedisplayedvalueswhenAuto

printisswitchedoff.

[MR] Torecalltheaccumulatedmemory.

[Pst]

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Tosettheupperlimitforthenumberofitemscounted.Whenthisupperlimit

isexceededthescalewillsoundthebeeper.

[Print] Toprinttheweight/unitweightandcounttoaPCorprinterusingtheRS‐232

interface.Printthetotalsfrommemorywhen[MR]ispressedfirst.

[Smpl] Usedtoinputthenumberofitemsinasample.

[U.Wt./Units] Usedtoentertheweightofasamplemanually.

Selecttheweighingunitwhenthe“UnitWeight”displayisatzeroifenabled.

[Tare] Taresthescale.Storesthecurrentweightinmemoryasatarevalue,subtracts

thetarevaluefromtheweightandshowstheresults.Thisisthenetweight.

Enteringavalueusingthekeypadwillstorethatasthetarevalue.

[Zero] Setsthezeropointforallsubsequentweighingtoshowzero.

5.0 DISPLAYS

Thescaleshavethreesections.Theseare“Weight”,“UnitWeight”and“Count”.

TheLCDdesignis:

WEIGHT UNIT WEIGHT

COUNT

5.1 WEIGHT

DISPLAY

Ithas6‐digitdisplaytoindicatetheweightonthescale.

NetWeightDisplay,"Net"

Stabilityindicator, symbol

Zeroindicator,0symbol

Theweighingunit: kg, lb

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5.2 UNITWEIGHTDISPLAY

Thisdisplaywillshowtheunitweightofasample.Thisvalueiseitherinputbythe

user or computed by the scale. The unit of measurement is gramsifgramsif

kilogramsisselectedfortheweighingunit,orpoundsifpoundsisselected.

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5.3 COUNT

DISPLAY

This display will show the number of items on the scale or the value of the

accumulatedcount.SeethenextsectiononOPERATION.

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5.4 OTHER

SYMBOLS

 The symbol, when there is insufficient number of samples to

accuratelydeterminethecount.

 Whentheunitweightisnotlargeenoughtodetermineanaccuratecount,

the symbolwillbeon.

 Inbothcasesthescalecontinuestooperateandtheindicationsaretoalert

theuserforapotentialproblem.

 Ifapresetcounthasbeenstoredthe symbolwillbeon.

 Alowbatterysymbolwillturnonifthebatteryshouldberecharged.

 The Lo, OK, Hisymbolswillbeusedwhenthepresetcounthasbeenset.

 Thesymbol“Mem”willbeseenwhentheinternalmemoryhasarecordof

previousweighingsstoredinit.

6.0 OPERATION

NOTE:GBC/GFC‐aScalesonly

SETTINGTHEWEIGHINGUNIT,lborkg

Thescalewillturnondisplayingthelastweighingunitselected,eitherkilogramsor

pounds.Tochangetheweighingunitpressthe[U.Wt./Units]keywhenthe“Unit

Weight”displayshowszero.Ifnecessarypressthe[CE]keytocleartheunitweight

beforechanging.

6.1 ZEROINGTHEDISPLAY

 Youcanpressthe[Zero]keyatanytimetosetthezeropointfromwhich

allotherweighingandcountingismeasured.Thiswillusuallybenecessary

only when the platform is empty. When the zero point is obtained the

“Weight”displaywillshowtheindicatorforzero,“>Z<”.

 Thescalehasanautomaticre‐zeroingfunctiontoaccountforminordrifting

oraccumulationof materialon the platform.However youmayneedto

press[Zero]tore‐zerothescaleifsmallamountsofweightarestillshown

whentheplatformisempty.

6.2 TARING

 Zerothescalebypressingthe[Zero]keyifnecessary.Theindicator“>Z<”

willbeON.

 Placeacontainerontheplatformanditsweightwillbedisplayed.

 Press[Tare]totarethescale.Theweightthatwasdisplayedisstoredas

thetarevaluewhichissubtractedfromthedisplay,leavingzeroonthe

display.Theindicators“Net”and“>Z<”willbeON.

 Asaproductisaddedonlytheweightoftheproductwillbeshown.The

scalecouldbetaredasecondtimeifanothertypeofproductwastobe

addedtothefirstone.Againonlytheweightthatisaddedaftertaring

willbedisplayed.

 Whenthecontainerisremovedanegativevaluewillbeshown.Ifthe

scalewastaredjustbeforeremovingthecontainer,thisvalueisthegross

weight of the container plus all products those were removed. The

indicator “>Z<”willalsobeONbecausetheplatformisbacktothesame

conditionasitwaswhenthe[Zero]keywaspressedlast.

6.2.1 PresetTare

 Theusercanenterapresettarevalueifthedisplayisatzeroorgross

weight.Enterthevalueforpresettareusingthekeypad,thenpressthe

[Tare]keytosetthepresetzerovalue.

 Ifthedisplaywasatzerotheweightwillshowanegativevalueequalto

thepresettarevalueenteredandthe“Net”indicatorwillbeon.

6.3 PARTS

COUNTING

6.3.1 SettingUnitWeight

Inordertodopartscountingitisnecessarytoknowtheaverageweightoftheitems

tobecounted.Thiscanbedonebyweighingaknownnumberoftheitemsandletting

thescaledeterminetheaverageunitweightorbymanuallyinputtingaknownunit

weightusingthekeypad.

A.WeighingasampletodeterminetheUnitWeight

Todeterminetheaverageweightoftheitemstobecounted,youwillneedto

placeaknownquantityoftheitemsonthescaleandthentokeyinthenumber

of items being weighed. The scale will then divide the total weight by the

numberofitemsand display theaverageunitweight.Press[CE]anytimeto

cleartheunitweight.

 Zerothescalebypressingthe[Zero]keyifnecessary.Ifacontaineristo

beused,placethecontaineronthescaleandtarebypressing[Tare]as

discussedearlier.

 Placeaknownquantityofitemsonthescale.Aftertheweightdisplayis

stable,enterthequantityofitemsusingthenumerickeysandthenpress

the[Smpl]key.

 Thenumberofunitswillbedisplayedonthe"Count"displayandthe

computedaverageweightwillbeshownonthe"UnitWeight"display.

 Asmoreitemsareaddedtothescale,theweightandthequantitywill

increase.

 Ifaquantitywhichissmallerthanthesampleisplacedonthescale,then

thescalewillautomaticallyenhancetheUnitWeightbyre‐calculatingit.

TolocktheUnitWeightandavoidre‐sampling,press[U.Wt./Units].

 If the scale is not stable, the calculation will not be completed. If the

weightisbelowzero,the“Count”displaywillshownegativecount.

B.EnteringaknownUnitWeight

 Iftheunitweightisalreadyknownthenitispossibletoenterthatvalue

usingthekeypad. 

 Enter the value of the unit weight in grams, using the numeric keys

followedbypressingthe[U.Wt./Units]key.The"UnitWeight"display

willshowthevalueasitwasentered.

 Thesampleisthenaddedtothescaleandtheweightwillbedisplayedas

wellasthequantity,basedontheunitweight.

6.3.2 Countingmoreparts

 Aftertheunitweighthasbeendeterminedorentered,itispossibleto

usethescaleforpartscounting.Thescalecanbetaredtoaccountforthe

containerweightasdiscussedintheearliersection.

 Afterthescaleistaredtheitemstobecountedareaddedandthe

"Count"displaywillshowthenumberofitems,computedusingthetotal

weightandtheunitweight.

 It is possible to increase the accuracy of the unit weight at any time

duringthecountingprocessbyenteringthecountdisplayedandthen

pressingthe[Smpl]key.Youmustbecertainthatthequantitydisplayed

matchesthequantityontheplatformbeforepressingthekey.Theunit

weightcanbeadjustedbaseduponalargersamplequantity.Thiswill

givegreateraccuracywhencountinglargersamplesizes.

6.3.3 Check‐counting

 Check‐counting is a procedure to cause an alarm to sound when the

numberofitemscountedonthescalemeetsorexceedsanumberstored

inthememorybyusingthe[Pst]key.

 Thevaluetobestoredisenteredfromthekeyboard.Enterthenumeric

valuetobestoredusingthenumerickeys.Thenpressthe[Pst]keyto

storethevalue.

 Toclearthevaluefromthememoryandtherebyturnoffthecheck‐

countingfeature,enterthevalue"0"andpress[Pst].

 Duringcountingifthecountisbelowthesetpointthe“Lo”indicatorwill

beon,ifitisequaltothesetpointthe “OK” indicatorwillbeonandifitis

abovethelimitthe“Hi”indicatorwillbeon.

6.3.4 ManuallyAccumulatedTotals

 Thevalues(weightandcount)shownonthedisplaycanbeaddedtothe

valuesinthememorybypressingthe[M+]key.The"Weight"displaywill

showthetotalweight,the"Count" display will show the total

accumulatedcountandthe"UnitWeight"displayshowsthenumberof

times,theitemshavebeenaddedtothememoryforaccumulation.The

valueswillbedisplayedfor2secondsbeforereturningtonormal.Ifthe

accumulatednumberexceeds6digitsthedisplaywillshow“diSPEr”,the

countisstillbeingstoredcorrectlyandtheRS232printoutwillstillshow

thecorrectvalues.

 The “Mem” symbol will be on when there are values stored in the

accumulationmemory.

 The scale must return to zero or a negative number, before another

samplecanbeaddedtothememory.

 Moreproductscanthenbeaddedandthe[M+]keytobepressedagain.

Thiscancontinueforupto99entriesoruntilthecapacityofthe

“Weight” display is exceeded. When the weight exceeds 6 digits the

displaywillshow“diSPEr”.

 Toobservethetotalstoredvalue,pressthe[MR]key.Thetotalwillbe

displayedfor2seconds.

 Toclearthememory‐firstpress[MR]torecallthetotalsfrommemory

andthenpressthe[CE]keytoclearallvaluesfromthememory.

6.3.6AutomaticAccumulatedTotals

 Thescalecanbesettoautomaticallyaccumulatetotalswhenaweightis

placedonthescale.Thiseliminatestheneedtopressthe[M+]keyto

storevaluesintothememory.Howeverthe[M+]keyisstillactiveand

canbepressedtostorethevaluesimmediately.Inthiscasethevalues

willnotbestoredwhenthescalereturnstozero.

 See the Section 9.0 on RS‐232 Interface for details on how to enable

AutomaticAccumulation.

7.0 USERPARAMETERS

Theparametersaresettocustomisethescaletosuittheweighingapplications.You

needtoenterasecuremenubyenteringapasswordwhenrequested.

 Press[Tare] once, during the initial counting of the display after the

poweristurnedon.

 The “Weight” display will show "PIn " requesting for the password

number.

 Thedefaultpasswordis"0000"butothernumberscanbesetusingthe

parametermenus.Pressthe[0]keyfourtimes.

 Pressthe[Tare]key.

 Thereare3functionsthatcanbecycledthroughusingthe[U.Wt./Units]

key.TheWeightwindowwillshowtheparameternumberandtheUnit

Pricewindowwillshowtheworddescribingthefunction.

 Thefirstparameteris “F1” “CAL”.(Seesection8.0fordetails)

 ToenterintoCalibrationfunction,pressthe[Tare]key.

 Toexitaparameter,pressthe[Zero]key.

 Toselectthesecondparameterpressthe[U.Wt./Units]key.

SETTINGOFPIN

 Display will show “F2” “Pin”.Thisparameterallowssettingofanew

passwordnumber.Thedefaultpasswordis “0000”.

 Press[Tare].The“Weight”displaywillshow"Pin 1".

 Enterthenewpasswordnumber.The“UnitWeight”displaywillshow

dashes.Press[Tare].

 The“Weight”displaywillchangeto"Pin 2 ",Enterthepasswordagain

andpress[Tare].

 The display will show "donE" to show the new password has been

acceptedand willreturn to the menu. Record the new passwordin a

securedplace.

 Toexitaparameter,pressthe[Zero]key.



ENABLEWEIGHINGUNITS

 Displaywillshow“F3” “Unit”.Thisparameterallowsweighingunitstobe

enabledordisabled.Ifenabledtheweighingunitswillchangewhenthe

[U.Wt./Unit]keyispressed.Seesection6.0.

 Toenterthisfunctionpressthe[Tare]key.

 ThedisplaywillshowthefirstweighingunitandifitiscurrentlyOnor

Off.Pressthe[U.Wt./Unit]keytochangethesettingandthenpressthe

[Tare]keytogotothenextweighingunit.Theweighingunitsselected

willdependuponthemodelandthecapacityofthescales.SeeSection

12.2,ServiceParameters.

 Pressthe[Zero]keytoreturntotheweighingmode.

8.0 CALIBRATION

 TheGBC/GFCscalesarecalibratedusingmetricweightsandGBC/GFC‐a

scalesarecalibratedusingmetricorpoundweightsdepending onthe

unitinuse before calibration.SeetheServiceparameters section for

moreinformation.

 Thescalewilldisplayavalueoftheweighttobeusedforcalibration,this

valueisthelastweightusedforcalibration.Youcanenteradifferent

value,ifdesired.

 ForenteringCalibration,seesection7.0Parameters

 When“F1” “CAL”isdisplayed,press[Tare].

 Thedisplaywillthenshow"unLoAd"torequestallweightberemoved

fromtheplatform.

 Pressthe[Tare]keytosetthezeropoint.

 Thedisplayswillthenshowthecalibrationweightsuggested,thevalue

isshownasanintegernumber,itisnotpossibletohavefractionsofa

kilogramorpound.Forexample:

LoAd 00004

KiLoS

 Placethecalibrationweightontheplatform.Ifthecalibrationweightis

differentfromthevalueshown,Press[CE]toclearthecurrentvaluethen

enterthecorrectvalue.

 Press[Tare]tocalibrate.

 Whencalibrationisdonethedisplaywillshow“SPAn” “PASS”.

 Removetheweight.Thescalewillreturntonormalweighing.

 Ifanerrormessage“SPAn” “FAIL”isdisplayed,thenrepeattheprocess.

 Aftercalibration,thescaleshouldbecheckedwhetherthecalibrationis

correct.Ifnecessary,repeatcalibration.

NOTE:GBC/GFC‐ascaleswillhavethelborkgindicatoron,toshowtheunitofthe

weightrequested.Ifthescalewasinpoundsbeforestartingthe calibration, the

weightsrequestedwillbeinpoundvaluesorifthescalewasweighinginkilograms

thenmetricweightswillberequested.

9.0 RS‐232INTERFACE

The GBC/GFC Series are supplied with a RS‐232 bi‐directional interface. The scale

whenconnectedtoaprinterorcomputerthroughtheRS‐232interface,outputsthe

weight,unitweightandcount.

Specifications:

Connector:

ThescalecanbesettoprinttextinEnglish,French,GermanorSpanish.SeetheRS‐

232parameterssectionfordetails.

Alllinesendwithlinefeed<lf>,andcarriagereturn<cr>characters.

RS‐232outputofweighingdata

ASCIIcode

AdjustableBaudrate,600,1200,2400,4800,9600and19200baud

8databits

NoParity

9pinD‐subminiaturesocket

Pin3Output

Pin2Input

Pin5SignalGround

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