Adam Equipment GBK 16 - Manuals

5 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 GFK Models Model # GFK 75 / GFK 165a GFK 150 / GFK 330a GFK 300 / GFK 660a GFK 600 / GFK 1320a GFK 75H / GFK165aH GFK 150H / GFK330aH Maximum Capacity 75kg / 165lb 150kg / 330lb 300kg / 660lb 600kg / 1320lb 75kg / 165lb 150kg / 330lb Readability 5g / 0.01lb ...

6 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 GBK-M Models Model # GBK 6M GBK 15M GBK 30M GBK 60M GBK 150M Maximum Capacity 6kg 15kg 30kg 60kg 150kg Readability 0.002kg 0.005kg 0.01kg 0.02kg 0.05kg Units of Measure Kilograms only Stabilization Time 2-3 Secs Operating Temperature -10°C to +40°C / +14°F t...

9 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 3. INSTALLATION 3.1. UNPACKING The GBK/GFK scales have already been adjusted to work with a platform and have been configured for this application. The platform and indicator have been calibrated as a pair and must be used together . 3.2. LOCATING • The scal...

10 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 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 mo...

11 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 4. KEYPAD KEYS PRIMARY FUNCTION SECONDARY FUNCTION [Zero] Sets the zero point for all subsequent weighing. The display shows zero. Escape from any setting menus [Tare] It tares the scale and stores the current weight in memory as a tare value, subtracts the...

13 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 5. DISPLAY 5.1. SYMBOLS AND INDICATORS The LCD has unique symbols to indicate the following: 0  The display is at Zero The scale is Stable Net Net weight- The scale has been tared kg / lb Symbols shown for the units Capacity Tracker- A bar graph indicating...

14 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 Next to the LCD are a number of LED’s that show when the weight is below, within or over the limits during check weighing. Weight LED LCD below the low limit Amber LO Within the limits Green OK Above the high limit Red HI NOTE: The LED’s can be set by the u...

16 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 7. BATTERY • The scales can be operated from the rechargeable battery, if desired. The GBK/GFK scales have up to 70 hours battery life before needing to be recharged if the backlight is disabled and the battery is fully charged. • When the battery needs cha...

17 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 10. OPERATION 10.1. ZEROING • 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 when the platform is empty. When the zero point is obtained the display will ...

18 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 added to the first one. Again only the weight that is added after taring will be displayed. NOTE: 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 ...

19 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 10.3. WEIGHING To determine the weight of a sample, first tare an empty container if used, then place the sample in the container. The display will show the weight and the unit of weight currently in use. To change the weighing unit press the [Unit] key. Th...

21 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 • To count a different sample quantity, press the [Count] key. The display will show the last used sample size. Either use this sample size with a different part or enter a new sample size as above. • To return to weighing, press [Unit] when “XX pcs” is dis...

22 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 10.5. CHECK-WEIGHING Check-weighing is a procedure to display an indicator or sound an alarm when the weight on the platform meets or exceeds the values stored in the memory. The memory holds values for a high limit and a low limit. Either or both the limit...

23 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 10.5.1 SETTING UP WHILE WEIGHING • Press the [Low Limit] key. It will show the current low limit. The “LO” symbol will appear on the display. • Press the [CE] key to clear the old value and then enter the new low limit using the numeric keys. The decimal po...

24 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 10.5.2 SETTING UP WHILE PARTS COUNTING OR % WEIGHING During parts counting and percent weighing the limits are set in the same way as above. The limits are displayed in pcs or %. See Section 10.4 for the description of parts counting and Section 10.7 for pe...

26 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 NOTE: 1. If the recalled limit is for parts counting, the display will show the last sample value used, ready for a new sample to be counted. 2. If the recalled unit is a percent weighing limit, the display will show the last sample value used, ready for a ...

27 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 • Press [Tare] again to enter percent weighing. The scale will set the sample mass on the platform as 100% reference weight. NOTE: If there is no reference weight on the platform and percent weighing function is entered, pressing [Tare] again will return th...

30 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 10.8.1 ANIMAL WEIGHING PROCEDURE • With the platform empty the display will show zero weight.. Place containers or blankets onto the platform and press the [Tare] key to zero the display. The scale may go into the animal weighing procedure when the items ar...

31 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 10.9. ACCUMULATED TOTAL The scale can be set to accumulate when a weight is added to the scale automatically or manually by pressing [Print]. See Section 13.2. NOTE: 1. The accumulation function is available only during weighing. It is disabled during parts...

33 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 10.9.2 AUTOMATIC ACCUMULATION When the scale has been set to Automatic Accumulation the value is stored in memory automatically. • Place a weight on the platform. The beeper will sound when the scale is stable indicating the value is accepted. Remove the we...

34 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 11. RS-232 SPECIFICATION The GBK/GFK indicator is supplied with bi-directional RS-232 interface as standard. The scale when connected to a printer or computer outputs the weight with the selected weighing unit through the RS-232 interface. Default Specifica...

35 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 Data Format-Normal Output: Only weight value along with the weighing unit is printed. If Percent weighing is used then % is shown in place of weighing units. Data Format-Parts Counting Output: Weight, Unit weight and number of parts are printed. <cr>&...

38 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 Description ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN SPANISH Net weight Net Wt. Pds Net Net-Gew Pso Net Weight per unit counted Unit Wt. Pds unit Gew/Einh Pso/Unid Number of items counted Pcs Pcs Stck. Piezas Number of weighing added to subtotals No. Nb. Anzhl Num. Total weig...

39 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 11.1. INPUT COMMANDS FORMAT The scale can be controlled with the following commands. Press the [Enter] key of the PC after each command. T<cr><lf> Tares the scale to display the net weight. This is the same as pressing [Tare] . Z<cr><lf...

40 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 12. CALIBRATION • The GBK/GFK scales can be calibrated using kilogram weights or using pounds weights, depending on the weighing unit selected at the time of calibration. • To start the calibration, either get into the calibration section through the Scale ...

41 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 13. PARAMETER SETTINGS Pressing the [Func] key allows the user to access the parameters for customising the scale. The parameters are split into 3 groups- 1. Check weighing parameters, 2. RS-232 parameters and 3. Scale parameters 4. Percent and Animal Weigh...

42 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 • Press [Func] to view the options for setting. • Press [Tare] to confirm the change and then advance to the next parameter by pressing the [Func] key. This group of parameters- - enables or disables the percent weighing - sets the lock for re-setting the c...

46 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 13.3. Scale Parameters • Shortcut to enter this group is to press and hold the [Count] Key for 4 seconds. The display will go directly to “S1 Un ”. • Press [Func] to view the list of parameters. • Press [Tare] to enter a parameter. Press [Func] to view the ...

48 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 13.4. PERCENT WEIGHING AND ANIMAL WEIGHING See section 10.7 and 10.8 for details of these special weighing modes. Parameter Description Options Default setting F4 PCt This parameter allows the user to enter the Percent weighing Function. See Section 10.7. N...

49 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 14. ERROR MESSAGES During the initial power-on testing or during operation, the scale may show an error message. The meaning of the error messages is described below. If an error message is shown, repeat the step that caused the message. If the error messag...

50 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 Err 9 Low limit input error High limit is set first, then the low limit is set higher than the high limit and low limit not equal to zero. FAIL H or FAIL L Calibration error Improper calibration (should be within +10% of the factory calibration). The old ca...

51 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 15. SERVICE PARAMETERS 15.1. ACCESS TO PARAMETERS APPROVED SCALES Access to the scale parameters and calibration is controlled in all approved scales either by limiting access to be after the Calibration Jumper is put on the PCB, location J1, pins 1 & 2...

52 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 displayed. Remove the calibration weight. Or, “SPAn” “FAiLEd ” This means calibration has failed. Remove the calibration weight and repeat the process. “JP On” Remove the jumper or shorting of the pins whichever is used. The scale will return to normal weig...

54 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 F4 –INITIAL ZERO RANGE To enter this parameter, press the [Tare] key when “F4 int” is shown. The display will show the current initial zero range. Press the [Func] key to change the value and press [Tare] to accept the value. Press [Zero] to return to weigh...

55 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 F8 –ZERO MODE To enter this parameter, press the [Tare] key when “ F8 ZEm ” is shown. Select the Zero mode desired. In all but special cases Zero Mode 1 is used. The other 2 zero modes are for unique locations in the world and effect the +/- range of the ze...

57 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 16. REPLACEMENT PARTS AND ACCESSORIES If you need to order any spare parts and accessories, contact your supplier or Adam Equipment. A partial list of such items is as follows- • Main Power cord or adaptor for USA versions. • Replacement Battery • Stainless...

58 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 17. SERVICE INFORMATION This manual covers the details of operation. If you have a problem with the scale that is not directly addressed by this manual then contact your supplier for assistance. In order to provide further assistance, the supplier will need...

59 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 18. WARRANTY INFORMATION Adam Equipment offers Limited Warranty (Parts and Labour) for the components failed due to defects in materials or workmanship. Warranty starts from the date of delivery. During the warranty period, should any repairs be necessary, ...

60 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 19. APPENDIX PARAMETER LAYOUT for GK / GBK / GFK SCALES Press the [Func] key to enter Functions mode. Key functions while in this section [Tare] enter a parameter or accept the changes [Func ] move to next parameter or option [Zero] return to previous param...

63 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2011 Adam Equipment ADAM EQUIPMENT, BOND AVENUE, DENBIGH EAST INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MILTON KEYNES, MK1 1SW, U.K. Tel: (01908) 274545 Fax: (01908) 641339 Intl Tel: -44 1908 -274545 Intl Fax: -44 1908 641339 E-Mail Address: [email protected] Declaration of Con...

© Adam Equipment Company 2010 Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity This product has been manufactured in accordance with the harmonised European standards, following the provisions of the below stated directives: Electro Magnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/...