Communication 
  11.11 DR 8 date and time 
SIWAREX WT241 
Manual, 05/2015, A5E36046748Aa  133 
11.11  DR 8 date and time 
The weighing module has its own hardware clock. The current date and time are specified by 
or read from data record DR 8. The clock is buffered with a capacitor and can continue 
operating for up to approximately 70 hours without a supply voltage. If you are using the 
Modbus protocol, data record DR 48 must be used for the date and time. 
Procedure 
●  Set the date and time 
●  Transfer the data record to the scale 
Table 11- 11  Assignment of data record 8 
Contains no. of data record 
Data record length information 
Information about which appli-
cation the DR belongs to 
Information about current data 
record version 
DTL#197
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