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INDEX
1. REQUIREMENTS FOR AN OPTIMAL INSTALLATION .......................................................................................... 4
1.1 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ................................................................................................. 5
1.1.1 CABLE CLASSIFICATION ........................................................................................................................... 5
1.1.2 RECOMMENDED DISTANCES AMONG CABLES ..................................................................................... 6
1.1.3 MAXIMUM CABLE LENGTH ........................................................................................................................ 6
1.2 EARTHING SYSTEM .......................................................................................................................................... 7
2. MAIN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................... 9
3. CONNECTION TO THE LOAD RECEIVER ............................................................................................................10
3.1 DGT1/DGT1S model ..........................................................................................................................................10
3.2 DGT4, DGT20, DGT60 and DGT100 models ....................................................................................................11
3.3 DGTQ model ......................................................................................................................................................12
3.4 DGTP/DGTPK models .......................................................................................................................................13
4. SETUP ENVIRONMENT .........................................................................................................................................14
4.1 SET-UP ENVIRONMENT BLOCK DIAGRAM ....................................................................................................15
4.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE STEPS ........................................................................................................................18
5. CALIBRATION ........................................................................................................................................................36
5.1 Calibration procedure for the INDEPENDENT CHANNELS and "TRANSM" modes .........................................36
5.2 Calibration procedure for DEPENDENT CHANNELS MODE (could eventually be digitally equalized) .............38
5.3 IN CASE THE ZONE OF USE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE CALIBRATION ZONE ONE SHOULD: .................40
5.4 QUICK CALIBRATION OF ZERO ......................................................................................................................40
5.5 THEORETICAL CALIBRATION .........................................................................................................................40
5.6 MANUAL CALIBRATION OF A DEFINED WEIGHT ..........................................................................................41
6. DISPLAY OF THE GRAVITY ACCELERATION AND CORRECTION OF THE WEIGHING ERROR due to the
different gravity acceleration between the calibration and the utilization zone. .................................................41
7. SERIAL OUTPUTS .................................................................................................................................................42
7.1 RS485 (DGT4 / DGT60 / DGT4AN / DGT20 / DGT20AN) or COM1 (DGT1/DGTQ / DGTQAN/ DGTP /
DGTPAN / DGTPK / DGTPKAN) SERIAL PORT .....................................................................................................42
7.2 RS232 or COM2 SERIAL PORT ........................................................................................................................45
7.3 PROFIBUS PORT (DGT4PB, DGTQPB, DGT20PB, DGTPPB and DGTPKPB versions) .................................46
7.4 SERIAL PORT TRANSMISSION MODES .........................................................................................................46
7.4.1 PC PORT SELECTION ...............................................................................................................................46
7.4.2 PC PORT ....................................................................................................................................................47
7.4.3 PRN PORT ..................................................................................................................................................49
7.5 SERIAL COMMANDS FORMAT ........................................................................................................................50
7.6 TRANSMISSION PROTOCOLS ........................................................................................................................61
7.6.1 STANDARD STRING ..................................................................................................................................61
7.6.2 EXTENDED STRING ..................................................................................................................................62
7.6.3 MULTISCALE STRING ...............................................................................................................................63
7.6.4 MASTER MODE STRINGS .........................................................................................................................64
8. REMOTE SCALE CONFIGURATION .....................................................................................................................65
9. MASTER/SLAVE AND REPEATER MODES CONFIGURATIONS ........................................................................66
9.1 REPEATERS .....................................................................................................................................................66
9.1.1 ....................................................................................................................................................66
9.1.2 ......................................................................................................................................................66
9.1.3 ....................................................................................................................................................67
9.1.4 ......................................................................................................................................................68
9.2 MASTER/SLAVE ...............................................................................................................................................69
10. ANALOGUE OUTPUT (OPTIONAL, AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON THE MODEL) ............................................70
11. PROGRAMMING THE PRINTOUTS .....................................................................................................................72
11.2 SAVING THE LABEL IN THE LABELLER’S PERMANENT MEMORY ............................................................84
12. PRINTING THE HEADING ....................................................................................................................................84
13. ERROR MESSAGES ............................................................................................................................................85