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SECTIONAL TRUCK SCALE INSTALLATION GUIDE
GETTING STARTED
The most common Sectional Truck Scale installations have 4 sections with a
total of 8 loadcells. Due to manufacturing preferences and loadcell cable
lengths, 2 DLC Smart Box modules, each wired to 4 loadcells (2 sections) are
typically used. This type of installation will be the default example for this
guide.
• It is good practice to think of the green Cell/Section label on the DLC
Smart Box as a miniature diagram of the scale. Where a loadcell is
physically wired becomes its “Electronic Address”, used to identify the
scale elements during calibration.
• The loadcell pair comprising the 1
st
Section of the scale MUST ALWAYS
be wired into the connectors labeled CELL1 & CELL2. This DLC Smart
Box will be the “Primary” DLC.
• Wire the rest of the sections the same way, with odd numbered cells on
one side, even numbered cells on the other. In the case of two DLC
modules, loadcell numbering will restart at 1 on the Secondary DLC
module. (See Navigating the M2000)
Section
Cell
Section
Cell
Section
Cell
Section
Cell
Section
Cell
Section
Cell
Section
Cell
Section
Cell
4 SECTION SCALE
(Fig. 2)
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