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1. Here you can adjust the display update rate and also scale the displayed data This may be used for example to convert the data from a T24 SA calibrated in Kgs so that the handheld display shows Lbs Items you can change Display Update Rate Enter the interval in milliseconds between display updates The default is 300 milliseconds i e 3 updates per second Custom Display Scaling This can be used to change the displayed value to a different unit or to otherwise scale it You simply enter the original and required values at a low and high point Example If a T24 SA was supplying data in Kgs and you wanted to show tonnes You would keep both the low points at zero Enter At High Input Value of 1000 and Display Should Read Value of 1 19 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk BWSHK Information 124 Toolkit Information A dir S A738 a Oem ID FFCOFO Model 174 54 Firmware Version 1 03 Radio Module Firmware Version 1 7 IEY T dll Strain Acquisition Modos Once successfully paired to a device this page is displayed This page shows you information about the connected device Items you can change Name You can enter a short description which may help you recognise this device in the future BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 20 BWSHK Battery and Radio Levels T24 Toolkit LOI amp Battery signal Strength LOCal oga rezeve at fre Bare Scene LOI 100 F ime Cry ER d AP cc ee paiT c E2. BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Broad Weigh 1 introduction 7 OVeEVIOW dod eh a A AA esq edt dat dts 2 Pack COM EN oces as e SR E A O a 2 QUICK Sa dee AS o 3 Connec Na POW si SAA os aie ds seein 3 Handheld DISplay asarin T Tee 3 BWSAK Broad Welsh Shackle vs oe pacers A A A A 3 Openine die C dse Noia 3 COMMECUING POWO Pati ld tup setate io uode a nada 3 LED MadCat Or ROM IE A E 3 Shackle Orientation Iderntficabtloris ld deb eke 3 Basic Hand Held Operation seeen ern ninen Su eer sec neice ta vend de obo Deu ued Tac oo Re DUI UE UK RU D RR STR NE 4 Basic PC Eogging Software ice castes lec ga sews a a nue bet iu 4 Broad Welsh Resource CDi c M mt 4 NAIA WNAWN star ia 4 Configure Workspace WINDOW dissitis E Ads 6 E24 HR BW ODeratioli eiiesa vo eati a SS To SOLUS MEE uc A A 8 Sita VY 8 MACIO ez PEE EC P 8 EOS een cro 8 Installation Consideraciones 9 ON CIV Emu 9 M erer NCE natalia 9 Antenna OHMENtAUON asda a Is A 10 PIELEA E E A L AEA EA A A E A AE E AEE T E E OE E SS 10 124 TOO ME E N TEANA 11 INSTA Oia EAE A E EE AEO AE E A EEA 11 Setup Base Station COMMUNICAON Sion ue Ive dece Fxuvr toos a vire pU En V xen DATA 11 HOME ii EET 12 A D DU IT 13 Data Provider MONILO atar 14 Advanced Users Onda E AOO AR 15 Common Configuration Pages for Both T24 HR and BWSHK ss
3. Acquire 1 9 Start Again System Zero By Cert Advanced Enter the number of points you wish to calibrate over In its simplest form you could select two for a linear calibration For more complex calibrations which include linearization select three to nine points For each point enter the engineering unit value that you want the acquisition module to report at the applied input i e 1 67 Click this button when the input has been applied and the reading has been allowed to settle This will acquire the reading and allow you to move to the next points You will be able to click the button again to re acquire Click here to restart the calibration Once calibrated you may want to remove a fixed system value In the case of a strain gauge input this may be the weight of a sling shackle load bed etc Apply the required input and click here to set the system zero The current input will be removed from subsequent readings so that the reading will be zero To edit this value manually click the Advanced button System Zero is stored in non volatile memory in the acquisition module You can click the By Cert button to calibrate against a sensor calibration sheet You just need to enter the input values and associated engineering unit required output value of at least 2 points This will take you to a different screen Clicking the advanced button will allow you to edit the gains and offsets for each available calibration poi
4. TET 34 OEM Reseller Marking and Documentation Requirements cccccccccccccccecccccccccecccsecccescceeccses 34 pna pP P cT RS 34 le oce pnm MEM M MM duc M MI MM A ML m rr ee 34 gl NS 34 Declaration Of CONTO MUY o 36 Worldwide Regional ADDI OVals ii ce ork et uu teris uPEDRU e arenes E eee 37 IMPoOrtant NOUS ag sortir A a 37 WAN Va TT AA AA 38 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Introduction Overview The BroadWeigh is a portable wireless weighing system offering real time load monitoring for a wide variety of rigging applications without the need for time consuming and costly cabling Designed to aid riggers on a daily basis the BroadWeigh enables users to know precise loads on any given point thereby ensuring structures and rigging points are balanced and within safe working loads A user friendly wireless handheld provides load monitoring at your finger tips up to 200 metres of any shackle In addition a PC interface can be used to view multiple inputs on a single screen via the use of the T24Log24 Software and USB base station The BroadWeigh Shackle BWSHK is a 4 Ton Crosby safety bow shackle with integrated electronics which features the following Up to 200m Line of site wireless transmission range Fully weatherised IP66 Maintains 5 1 safety factor Low rigging profile of 130mm 1200 hr battery life at transmission 1 per second Automatic sleep function after 300 seconds to preserve ba
5. normally be needed unless you plan to change channels and want to find the best channel to select or to diagnose poor communications issues This page shows the radio signal levels detected across all the channels available to the T24 series of devices Using this tool may help in detecting noisy areas and allow you to decide on which channels you may want to use The above charts show the traffic from a Wi Fi network and it can be seen to be operating over channels 6 to 9 and it would be best though not essential to avoid using these channels 13 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Data Provider Monitor T24 Toolkit Data Provider Monitor Total Persec LOI Value MEN 100 0 0160147 58 0 0129487 18 0 021867 1 18 0 0152698 17 0 0172869 17 7 0 0130830 Manet tie devices you with kp log from Uii above 151 be checking teem Pressing Ue Sart oggi bution wll allow you io select a Tlename to log the data 10 Mart Logie _ _ _ __ _ T24 acquisition devices normally operate in low power mode and periodically transmit Data Provider packets This page shows all detected Data Provider packets which may be useful for checking that a device is operational NOTE When the toolkit connects to a device to enable configuration it will usually inhibit the transmission of Data Provider packets The Start Logging button will ask for a filename and proceed to log
6. screenshots may vary slightly This will generally be in naming of units and device descriptions The screenshots shown are those shown when a T24 SA strain gauge acquisition module is connected Setup Base Station Communications T24 Toolkit Settings Select the connection type between the base station and the Interface me khap iria Bebe m 5e coor anf bee Ease ro Port 3 seca che Clee port Enab fee Dar RIOS ji CEHEC te Baudrate 2560000 sec tha Gade ete Phal mabzhet thr need seg m dfe bae cation DIP wit Base Station Address Gach Same ios has an miep imt ate Dry DEP rich the atm yeusc ted bere must mateh be conseciod ba a Station pou adit Lo connect hae Select USB as the interface and select 1 as the Base Station Address In the toolkit all items that can be changed by the user are coloured orange To change a value just click on the relevant orange item You will then be presented with a new dialog window allowing you to change the value This may use a slider text box or list to allow your new value to be entered Click the Home button to attempt communications with the base station If no communications can be established the toolkit will remain on this page You will need to check that the base station is powered and that it is connected to the converter correctly 11 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Home T24 Toolkit Home De 25 NR e Ready to connect to your device now To connect
7. should be orientated as shown The sensitivity to the radio transmission will be reduced if the BroadWeigh device is oriented in a vertical or portrait position Guidelines for installation When planning installations ensure that line of sight between nodes is maintained and that objects or structures are kept at least one metre away from antennae wherever possible To avoid poor link quality between a BWSHK and handheld device ensure that the BWSHK is mounted so that the Mantracourt logo faces the handheld Improvement may also be obtained by altering the height above ground of the BWSHK a small increase or reduction in antenna elevation will often improve reception Battery Use a pair of alkaline AA batteries Due to the higher voltage requirements of this device NiMh and NiCad batteries are not recommended BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk T24 Toolkit Installation To configure the devices we must use the T24 Toolkit software application This can be downloaded from our web site or may be shipped with your products Install this on a PC or laptop Run T24 TK setup exe and follow the prompts to install the software The T24 Toolkit provides a means of simple configuration of the T24 HR BW handheld and BWSHK along with useful tools to aid integration Calibration of the acquisition module is also provided Run the T24 Toolkit software application PLEASE NOTE Depending on which acquisition module is selected the
8. the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CAUTION If the device is changed or modified without permission from Mantracourt Electronics Ltd the user may void his or her authority to operate the equipment 33 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Industry Canada ll indusiry indugirie y Canada Canada Models i and e for internal and external antenna variants For antenna T24 ANTA and T24 ANTB IC 7224A RAD24 This apparatus complies with RSS 210 Low power Licence exempt Radiocommunication Devices All Frequency Bands Category Equipment RSS OEM Reseller Marking and Documentation Requirements FCC The Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM must ensure that FCC labelling requirements are met This includes a clearly visible label on the outside of the final product enclosure that displays the contents as shown Contains FCC ID VHARAD24 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation The acquisition modules have been tested with T24 ANTA and T24 ANTB When integrated in OEM products fixed antennas r
9. the displayed peak to the current module value Trough Capture The channel will only display the trough value min from the designated module The button for this channel has a Reset caption and clicking this will reset the displayed peak to the current module value Filter Light A light filter will be applied to the designated module value This will smooth sharp transients Filter Medium A medium filter will be applied to the designated module value This will smooth sharp transients but slow down changes Filter Heavy A heavy filter will be applied to the designated module value This will smooth out the display at the expense of slow signal changes Press the OK button when finished Please note that the changes will only affect the current session and will be lost when you close the program unless you choose to Save Workspace from the File menu on the main window 7 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk T24 HR BW Operation Keys gt Indicators SIG LOW BATT LOW REMOTE ERROR REMOTE BATT LOW Errors Displayed on handheld LCD Error 1 Error 2 Overload Press and hold the power key for approximately 2 seconds then release the key This will toggle between turning the handheld on and off Can also be used by giving a quick press to reset the Auto Sleep delay Selects the next module to view Pressing and holding will display the currently viewed module Data Tag without moving to the ne
10. the specified input value Calibrate Click this button to calculate and update the device calibration 27 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk BWSHK Calibration Advanced 124 Toolkit Calibration Advanced Calibrate by manual entry Number of Calibration Points FE ri Ee Purser ijf pei qmi il Sii ui Calibration Points mwvj v Ta ystem Zero TEN hr Pm RR eet eee AN mam EPA arabe Proa pee mmt v ein 8 hi rier To cn prey clum Tham sue prb uet iP dos pao ee Te Bats Fem mid fe pee car ito fuck bn factor detal CUA bine In some circumstances it may not be possible to apply inputs in which case the calibration can be entered manually For example if a strain gauge manufacturer provides a calibration table for a cell it may be possible to calculate gains and offsets and enter these values into the Advanced Calibration page without having to connect the strain gauge or apply weights Items you can change Number of Calibration Enter the number of points you wish to calibrate over In its simplest form you Points could select two for a linear calibration For more complex calibrations which include linearization select three to nine points Input Points 1 9 Enter the input point to which the associated interpolated gain and offset mV V shown in this values will be applied Note between points the gain and offset values are screenshot linearly interpolated Inputs are extrapolated below point 1 and above
11. to your device we need t piir to Ir Palring means you do not need to now anything about channmas DO or amy other information about your device To pair you munt Remove the power tram your device initiate the pair by clicking the button below Re apply the power to the device When apolying power be careful to do this cleanty because 11 the device Is powered up with an intermittent connection It may reset during palring md resit in poor or no communications Pair We now have successful communications with the base station so we can now pair with our device or we can select the Spectrum Analyser mode or Data Provider Monitor mode To connect to our device we will pair This is achieved by power cycling the device Pairing removes the need to know the radio settings of the device you are connecting to and also ensures that it is in a suitable state for configuration Pairing Procedure e Remove at least one battery from the handheld module or BWSHK e Click the Pair button on the toolkit e You now have 10 seconds to replace the handheld batteries If you connect successfully the toolkit will change to the Information page If the pairing fails try again NOTE Pairing with the toolkit will not change the radio configuration settings of the connected device BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 12 Analyser T24 Toolkit Spectrum Analyser Planar The analyser page is provided as a tool and will not
12. wm rad mese Remote grs racer bE Ehe korr ud yia Battery Voltage EV Here you can see the voltage of the battery and the radio signal levels at the base station and the remote acquisition module This simple view gives an LQI value which stands for Link Quality Indicator This value will range from 0 to 100 and within this band you should still achieve communications As the level drops towards zero communications may become intermittent but still achievable You can set the level at which the acquisition module reports a low battery If the battery voltage is below the Low Battery Level the bar will be coloured orange Items you can change Low Battery Level Click this item to set the battery low level Clicking the Advanced button will give more detailed information on the RSSI and CV levels of the received radio packets 21 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk BWSHK Battery and Radio Levels Advanced Settings T24 Toolkit LQ amp Battery Ew F HO 9 4 A SU SEEN zl 2325839 A signal Strength Local orm reevei at Tre Bare Sree Li 100 RSSI ims mir lec d ep da Hreagi Inga The Corrente vae Eire tre mc ad ee 1 el gg c E Lara c1 iwisgsh 5n cH ct the qual gc Lee rae remet fl Cacho mec hee GI Remote ugue reserved we the gantan natis RSSI 055 Battery Voltage EL Wii Low Battery Level 2 20 LQI value which stands for Link Quality Indicator This value will range from 0 to 1
13. 00 and within this band you should still achieve communications As the level drops towards zero communications may become intermittent but still achievable RSSI is effectively the received dB level which will range from about 30 which is a good signal to 90 which is a weak signal CV is the correlation value and indicates how well the signal can be decoded This ranges from 55 which is a poor quality signal and 110 which is an excellent signal BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 22 BWSHK Data Rates and Quality 124 Toolkit Data Rate Adr 5 ANT 38 Iz 0 e Transmit Interval m5 333 Cay due inter between Leberg a teamumement anz ib rre Pee Dafi ET Sample Time m5 3 The ieget 199 amd Li e ade radio td 1E anii pe le ea Pron De allar Deed Low Power Mode Yes V Twer gres Bem uat odes Ela que deri e eee Dae amanti TiS BD Derlery fe jr emrila creme betel eve Battery Life Guide Usable men Doe eect a commun battery type nr enter a cxt capar it Capacity Ah DL Ser sor Ohms x e Per 24 Hour Period Hours Molise Free Resolution 15 5 bits of 1 50 000 Battery Life 5 months and 23 days This page allows you to select the rate at which data is transmitted from the acquisition module and the quality By selecting low power mode and entering some other information the toolkit will also give guides on achievable battery life Note that the battery life calculator is assuming the best case scenari
14. If you enter the format as 000 0005 the display will only change in steps of 0 0005 which can be used to mask noisy digits at high resolutions Leading Zero This can be turned on or off and will suppress leading zeroes when on Suppression Example If the display reads 000 123 with leading zero suppression turned off it will display 0 123 when turned on Overload Limit You can enter a limit here above which Overload will be shown on the display instead of the actual value Enter zero to disable this feature Timeout Enter the timeout in seconds This sets the time allowed without any data arriving from the viewed module before all dashes are displayed on the LCD Should be at least 3 times the interval between the data being transmitted by the acquisition module Advanced This opens the advanced page where you can scale the displayed data BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 18 T24 HR Display Format Advanced Settings 124 Toolkit Display Format Advanced m por 181 e Display Update Rate iM cam mant y the apar rata at the fumegy e mirad he arial 6 106 ta aria A lucckbez ce PEO Custam Display Scaling At Low i Value of Display Should Read At po Value of Y a Should Read fn camjat cord one ai var pal reir a uem aedi eg opas p ee ee og vehat adi ee Pir Sipe dd wig e ee uum TB TuD f pot same Sie jag 0003 Sere Input Reading Displayed Reading 0 001447 0 00141 iram AP E saam maid efl then a pug cdam
15. ach of up to 24 channels The window is resizable but the contents just arrange themselves to fit without resizing T24Logz4 Fe Edil Seevi Wake Loser Ala m mj ij ml m Chine 1 FI Chantel 2 Ob Wi rr Aa Iu Broad Weigh Each channel is displayed with a title the LCD mimic showing the value a link quality indicator and battery low indicator as well as Zero button BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 4 Channel 1 Pressing the Zero button will immediately tare the display so that the current value shows zero You can remove a zero by holding the Shift key and clicking the Zero button again or by editing the Workspace NOTE Some channels may show a button with Reset instead of Zero as a caption These channels are peak or trough capture channels See Configure Workspace section Menu Items File Open workspace Displays a file open dialog window to allow you to select a previously saved workspace file These files have a lws extension Once a workspace is opened it will overwrite all existing workspace settings Save Workspace Displays a file save dialog window to allow you to save the current workspace Exit Close the program Edit Configure Workspace Opens the Configure Workspace Window This is where you configure the logging software Sleep amp Wake Wake Wake ALL modules on the same channel Sleep Broadcast a sleep command to ALL modules on the same channel Logging Start Log
16. and Held Dimensions 90 x 152 x 34mm T24 SA Specification with 1000R bridge 2 5mV V at 3V supply at 25 C Measurement Min Typical Max Units Strain Gauge Excitation System Strain Gauge Excitation Voltage Strain Gauge Drive Capability Maximum Gauge Sensitivity FR Offset Temperature Stability Gain Temperature Stability Offset Stability with Time 80 ppmofFR X Gain Stability with Time Non Linearity before Linearization 3 2 Internal Resolution EE Resolution Bits Noise Free where Sample Time 10mS Resolution Bits 31 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 65 000 16 Resolution Bits Resolution Bits Resolution Bits 250 000 18 400 000 18 75 E i 150000 1725 Resoluion Bits EE ion B Bt 1 From original offset at any time 2 First year Units mV ac pk pk Physical PCB Dimensions 17 x 37 5 x 6 5mm BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 32 Approvals CE C Complies with EMC directive 2004 108 EC The Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment R amp TTE Directive 1999 5 EC European Community Switzerland Norway Iceland and Liechtenstein English This equipment is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999 5 EC Deutsch Dieses Gerat entspricht den grundlegenden Anforderungen und den weiteren entsprecheneden Vorgaben der Richtlinie 1999 5 EU Dansk Dette udstyr er i ove
17. base station only Select the baudrate that the base station is configured to This can have a big effect on the achievable log rates You may need to increase the baudrate for fast acquisition speeds Radio Channel Select the radio channel that matches the acquisition devices When you close this window the base station will be switched over to the selected channel All shackles are by default set to channel 1 Base Station Address serial base station only Select the number address of the connected base station This is only useful for cases where multiple base stations are connected The default of 1 should be suitable in most cases Channels Select the number of channels you want to connect to This can range from 1 to 24 As you change the number of channels you will see that the number of lines in the channel list change Log Interval Set the desired interval between logs in milliseconds Notes Any notes you enter here are for your reference and can be seen when you next open this dialog window BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 6 Channel List This list shows one line for each channel To edit the settings click on a line The fields below will be updated to show the settings of the selected channel Channel This indicates the channel number Description Enter a caption to appear on the main window and in the column header of the logged data Data Tag Enter the data tag of the data you want to be associated
18. co uk Save and Restore 124 Toolkit Save and Restore ST 0 PG 0 D Eh Help Carey the device Far iM parameters aed Lave These ta a configuration Me on yaa comipaler or rebrork location Load a prerlouriy saved configuracion file into che currently connected devices MOTE As all parameters are restored you will overnite Ehe existing device Lair aticm istecriatken Here you can save the device settings to a file on your PC so that they can be later loaded back into the same or different device Items you can change Save Click this button to open a file dialog window to allow you to select a filename and location to save the configuration file to All configuration information including calibration data will be saved to the file The file extension is tcf Restore Click this button to open a file dialog window to allow you to select a filename and location of a previously saved file to load into the connected device All configuration information including calibration data will be overwritten The file extension is tcf Advanced Settings Click this button to enter the Advanced Settings Page Here are settings which do not normally require changing BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 16 T24 HR Information _ T24 Toolkit SUELE Information EY 90 388 0D dh ID FFCH4D Model T24 HR Firmware Version 1 00 Radio Module Firmware Version 1 4 Once successfully paired to a device this page is displayed Thi
19. d from the back using the holes on the back of the black case or by applying pressure in either off set corner fixing as shown below o o er E i f L Ne Connecting Power Power is supplied by fitting 2 X AA Alkaline 1 5 Volt batteries LED Indicator The BWSHK is fitted with an LED to provide a visual indication of data transmission from the acquisition module inside The LED flashes whenever a data transmission occurs Modules are pre configured to provide readings once per second Shackle Orientation amp Identification P am The shackle pin and bow are calibrated together each bow is different and each pin and bow has a unique calibration To maintain accuracy each pin and bow must be kept as a pair and not interchanged The bow is marked with the ID of the pin it is associated with as shown The pin must be aligned in the same orientation with the bow as it was when calibrated to ensure optimum performance The BroadWeigh shackle is designed to only fit together in one orientation the anti rotational bracket will only fit around the bow shackle on the side with CE marking This is the opposite side to the ID marking 3 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Basic Hand Held Operation Turn the handheld on by pressing and holding the D symbol on the right until the display is active This will wake the radio and measurement system in the shackle The displayed value is in Kg and the shackle can measu
20. duct to the European harmonized EMC and low voltage safety standards A Declaration of Conformity must be issued for each of these standards and kept on file as described in Annex II of the R amp TTE Directive Furthermore the manufacturer must maintain a copy of the T24 device user manual documentation and ensure the final product does not exceed the specified power ratings antenna specifications and or installation requirements as specified in the user manual If any of these specifications are exceeded in the final product a submission must be made to a notified body for compliance testing to all required standards OEM Labelling Requirements The CE marking must be affixed to a visible location on the OEM product BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 34 CE The CE mark shall consist of the initials CE taking the following form B f the CE marking is reduced or enlarged the proportions given in the above graduated drawing must be respected B The CE marking must have a height of at least 5mm except where this is not possible on account of the nature of the apparatus B The CE marking must be affixed visibly legibly and indelibly 35 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Declaration Of Conformity We Mantracourt Electronics Limited The Drive Farringdon Exeter Devon EX5 2JB declare under our sole responsibility that our products in the T24 Radio Telemetry Product Range to which this declaration re
21. equire installation preventing end users from replacing them with non approved antennas Antennas other than T24 ANTA and T24 ANTB must be tested to comply with FCC Section 15 203 unique antenna connectors and Section 15 247 emissions Acquisition modules have been certified by the FCC for use with other products without any further certification as per FCC section 2 1091 Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Mantracourt could void the user s authority to operate the equipment In order to fulfil the certification requirements the OEM must comply with FCC regulations 1 The system integrator must ensure that the text on the external label provided with this device is placed on the outside of the final product 2 The acquisition modules with external antennas may be used only with Approved Antennas that have been tested by mantracourt IC Labelling requirements for Industry Canada are similar to those of the FCC A clearly visible label on the outside of the final product enclosure must display the following text Contains Model RAD24 Radio 2 4 GHz 1C 7224A RAD24 Integrator is responsible for its product to comply with RSS 210 Low power Licence exempt Radiocommunication Devices All Frequency Bands Category Equipment RSS CE The T24 series has been certified for several European countries If the acquisition module is incorporated into a product the manufacturer must ensure compliance of the final pro
22. ging Start logging to a file This will open a file save dialog window to allow you to select the name and destination of the log file For log file formats and other information see Logging Stop Logging Stops a previously started log View Last Log This will try and open the last logged file with the application that is associated with the csv extension On most computers this is Microsoft Excel About Opens an about window which gives information on software and driver versions 5 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Configure Workspace Window This is where you configure the entire display and logging experience Once configured the workspaces can be saved and later loaded so that everything you need to repeat a previous log setup can be recalled instantly Configure Workspace iraj gip m THe T wu Pod Laake Maio Chere s DaperisecedkRern hl Log Interv al irre rt Ken MM S Che htt Lima lag Fatal ene lar Eris burederi Land EFI IE EC a bs os fon Tm f Ss Chancel J Hire d Fl DIME ZIEHME THERN Chara 5 Lin 3 dr am m El la arya Chira E arra Tis Panem a PET LIT SIT dT feat Interface Select either USB or Serial depending on the type of base station connected Title Enter a title for this workspace this will appear in the title caption of the main window COM Port serial base station only Select the COM port that the base station is connected to Baudrate serial
23. in resolving the problem If it is necessary to return the product to Mantracourt please include a note stating name company address phone number and a detailed description of the problem Also please indicate if it is a warranty repair The sender is responsible for shipping charges freight insurance and proper packaging to prevent breakage in transit Mantracourt warranty does not apply to defects resulting from action of the buyer such as mishandling improper interfacing operation outside of design limits improper repair or unauthorised modification No other warranties are expressed or implied Mantracourt specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a specific purpose The remedies outlined above are the buyer s only remedies Mantracourt will not be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages whether based on the contract tort or other legal theory Any corrective maintenance required after the warranty period should be performed by Mantracourt approved personnel only ISO 9001 REGISTERED FIRM la CE In the interests of continued product development Mantracourt Electronics Limited reserves the right to alter product specifications without prior notice DESIGNED amp MANUFACTURED IN THE UK Code No 517 927 Issue 1 0 11 10 11 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 38
24. lates are in conformity with the appropriate standard EN 300 328 following the provisions of the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive 1999 5 EC FCC CFR Title 47 part 15c BS EN 61000 4 2 and BS EN 61000 4 3 following the provisions of the EMC Directive 2004 108 EC and Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC December 2007 7 Pp d Brett James FCC ID VHARAD24 Development Manager C Mantracourt Electronics Limited BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 36 Worldwide Regional Approvals Product Conforms To To Be Determined To Be Determined To Be Determined Important Note Mantracourt does not list the entire set of standards that must be met for each country Mantracourt customers assume full responsibility for learning and meeting the required guidelines for each country in their distribution market For more information relating to European compliance of an OEM product incorporating the T24 range of modules contact Mantracourt or refer to the following web site www ero dk 37 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Warranty All Telemetry products from Mantracourt Electronics Ltd Mantracourt are warranted against defective material and workmanship for a period of 1 one year from the date of dispatch If the Mantracourt product you purchase appears to have a defect in material or workmanship or fails during normal use within the period please contact your Distributor who will assist you
25. life guide You can choose from some preset batteries or choose custom to allow you to select your own battery capacity See below This will also offer to change the Battery Low Level if the level suitable for the chosen battery is not the level currently set This is not a parameter of the device but information used by the battery life guide This is the capacity of the battery in Amp Hours and has a profound effect on battery life calculations This capacity needs to be calculated from battery manufacturer s data sheets to take into account that we can only use batteries down to 2 1 Volts so in the case of twin AA cells this would be 1 05 Volts Generally the usable capacity will not be as high as that advertised by the battery manufacturer Temperature and internal resistance of the battery are not taken into account in the guide This is only available for certain acquisition modules This is not a parameter of the device but information used by the battery life guide Enter the resistance of the connected strain gauge in Ohms Enter the number of hours per 24 hour period that the T24 HS handheld will be turned on and communicating with an acquisition module BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 24 BWSHK Calibration T24 Toolkit Calibration EM Ewa IDO ga ET Calibrate by applying known inputs al UM E n L Her J Number of Calibration Pomts et Siew fete Gf pants pas mit da cake cere 10 ca de bebee
26. nam Gee Lhd n nme al Pis lee Transmit Power 3 Liter e trae poet gem percal dema ip 3009 You should not normally need to Items you can change Sleep Delay Data Tag Startup Time LED Mirror to Digital Output Transmit power PORE A Re LE el De tered ae 5e tla eA Sume air et Exf Pe ee AA O DUE ev eT fion mihi 10 pion gg Seti ghe mia 3 arte 253m pepe npuli rte change these settings Here you can enter a delay in seconds after which the acquisition module will return to deep sleep if no Keep Awake message is heard from the T24 HS handheld The default is 60 seconds The data transmitted by the acquisition module is marked with a Data Tag which is a 2 byte hexadecimal code By default this is set to the last 2 bytes of the device ID or to put it another way the last 4 characters of the device ID If by some chance you had two acquisition module devices that would be working on the same channel and had the same last 4 characters in their ID 1 in 65 535 chances you may want to change the data Tag of one of the devices and perform pairing again with the T24 HS handheld Some acquisition modules power a sensor from their excitation voltage When coupled to a sensor with a slow startup time this setting is used to delay the measurement after wakeup from sleep between readings This gives the sensor time to settle at the expense of battery life For strain gauge inputs this settings should be zero When set t
27. nt This will take you to a different screen BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 26 BWSHK Calibration By Certificate 124 Toolkit Calibration My F o E E Ty Calibrate by entering certificate info zl E amp a ni Help Humber of Calibration Points a rano RS Calibration Points mV V Engineering Units mV N Engineering Units Po TEN 60 0 00 amo o0 700 0 0 1600 80 800 000 40 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 Se et PP cm n Once viui hire entered The Said hamir i paths ck Ihe Cabina tution Pes Cahil ala sole Pal ber peng munt Eo Ha page Mee ruda mary ral De ogh pty dal erit gt Tra simi et R M afia bl ULT de viu ST TN Cr abe Bagh ton ang eis ral e E A FE CTE AENA AA Te reel Cron pack En factor defi Click Hara In some circumstances it may not be possible to apply inputs in which case the calibration can be entered manually from the calibration table or certificate for a loadcell without ever having to connect the loadcell Items you can change Number of Calibration Enter the number of points you wish to calibrate over In its simplest form you Points could select two for a linear calibration For more complex calibrations which include linearization select three to nine points Input Points 1 9 Enter the input point for which you will specify a required engineering output mV V shown in this value screenshot Engineering Units 1 9 Enter the required engineering unit output for
28. o Yes each time the LED is active the digital output is active This can be useful if the module is to be encapsulated or enclosed and enables a second LED to be externally mounted This is very useful when using a T24 HR roaming handheld as the acquisition module LED will activate while the handheld is in communications with the module Set the transmit power level from 0 100 Default is 100 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 30 Specifications General Radio Min Typical Max license License Exempt Modulation method Ss MS QPSK A Radio type Transceiver 2 way Data rate O Kbs sc Radio Frequency 20 2485 GHz Power 7 1 mw Range RAD24i Integrated antenna 120 40 Metres feet Range RAD24e External antenna 200 650 Mets Feet chames ss l 4 S S S Maximum range achieved in open field site with T24 SA at a height of 3 metres above ground and T24 HS held at chest height pointing towards the T24 SA T24 HR Electrical Min Typical Max Units Power Supply voltage Power Supply Min Typical Max Units Active 9 235 mA Low power mode 0A Estimated Battery life using 2Ahr batteries Jo o To Standby mode Powered off EE VS VEN 5 Continuous operation o 4J ors Environmental Min Typical Max Units P ratings E IP oo Operating temperature range 40 9 S Storage temperature SAB Humdty O Physical H
29. o which is at 20 C and that the battery has a suitable low internal resistance or that a suitable capacitor is fitted across the battery See battery details in the Installation section Items you can change Transmit Interval Enter the transmission rate in milliseconds The default is 300 giving approximately 3 per second which is ideally suited to reading on a handheld You may want to slow this down to achieve longer battery life Sample Time This is the length of time in milliseconds that the input is sampled before the value is transmitted This can vary between 5 milliseconds and close to the Transmit Interval A shorter sample time means that the device is awake for less time so battery life is increased but at the expense of a reading with less noise free resolution You can vary this to see the effect on battery life and noise free resolution Low Power Mode Unless the acquisition module is non battery powered this should be set to Yes In between transmissions the acquisition module will enter sleep mode which for some modules such as the strain gauge acquisition module will have a massive effect on battery life A Reason for not using Low Power Mode would be if using the device in a Master Slave arrangement with PC for example 23 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Battery Type Usable Capacity Sensor Resistance Usage Per 24 Hour Period This is not a parameter of the device but information used by the battery
30. point 9 Gain 1 9 Enter the gain value for associated point Offset 1 9 Enter the Offset value for associated point System Zero You can set the system zero value here or set it to zero to remove the system zero effect Description of Linearisation Calculations The input value is looked up in a table of points which is dependent on what the user has selected starting from the bottom of the table When a point is found to which the input is less than then this point and the BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 28 previous point are used to extrapolate a gain and offset from This leads to a resultant gain and offset which is applied to the mV V values as follows Value input Resultant Gain Resultant Offset 29 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk BWSHK Advanced Settings T24 Toolkit Advanced Settings ag es Jo Bo 2g e Se hts a Pune m eE alles PEA mt eri a We p ades rte Pe eue B EET DETE Ste TES Thes beeper ets dur dala betes arm ib Gey bet charged ated ral ined Les IP ea di thud Ween jou seeds need io pe er eee gis eh ey ee ees eos tacui e E i startup lime ne IM Wren mpeg dure Gere made Eh dmm heed i eee dejrrc hu bang dii wa eo rr Des same De l 5er el eee Ens qz e ee DUE eee Hed by Lhe ks n ncs neque ls rer so shouri pir srt Es une Une Erg eo wih cauti gs irs c ser affect battery LED Mirror To Digital Output No MEA WE tee Pr Ie ae Er cho dini Ai Pica Bac fe
31. ration Obscuration will result in reduced range and occurs when an obstruction masks the line of sight between radios Aberrations to the horizontal and vertical space patterns Distortion of these patterns may occur if structures or objects are placed in the near or intermediate field of the antenna The effect will be to distort the coverage patterns adversely affecting range and link quality Reflection Any object placed in line of sight of the transmit antenna will result in signals arriving at the receiver by an indirect path Degradation of performance due to reflection multipath effects appears as reduced range or poor link quality Any of the above will cause poor RSSI figures an increase in the packet loss rate and in extreme cases complete loss of signal Fortunately if consideration is given to these effects at the integration stage then a good quality link will be obtained Interference The Broadweigh system uses a proprietary protocol which has been tested with a variety of other 2 4GHz devices including Wi Fi and Bluetooth Sources of interference which have been identified include high power wireless camera transmitters which are not approved for use in countries which follow FCC and ETSI Using the T24 ToolKit spectrum analyser detailed on page 13 will allow users to identify source of interference 9 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Antenna Orientation For the maximum range the shackle module and handheld
32. re up to 4750Kg over which OVERLOAD will be displayed The handheld display automatically switches on the shackles as soon as they are in range The handheld will then display the shackle with the strongest signal in most cases the nearest shackle You can select a new shackle to display by pressing the gt key and the shackle data tag will be shown briefly before the reading is displayed The data tag is the last 4 characters of the ID which can be found on the shackle label By pressing and holding the gt key the shackle ID currently being measured will be shown The currently selected shackle LED will also change from flashing to permanently on The handheld can read from an unlimited number of shackles The shackles will return to sleep 30 seconds after the handheld is turned off or is taken out of range Basic PC Logging Software BroadWeigh Resource CD The BroadWeigh Resource CD included in the kit comes with two pieces of software e T24Log24 Logging software for up to 24 BWSHK e 124 Toolkit for advanced configuration of any device The kit also contains a USB base station which is used with the T24Log24 software contained on the resource software CD To set up the software please follow these instructions Insert the CD Then run setup exe from the CD folder T24Log24 Once the software is installed connect the USB base station and launch the software Main Window The main window shows an LCD display mimic for e
33. rensstemmelse med de v sentlige krav og andre relevante bestemmelser i Directiv 1999 5 EF Espafiol Este equipo cumple con los requisitos esenciales asi como con otras disposiciones de la Directive 1999 5 EC Francais Cet appareil est conforme aux exigencies essentialles et aux autres dispositions pertinantes de la Directive 1999 5 EC slenska essi b na ur samrymist logbodnum kr fum og rum kv um tilskipunar 1999 5 ESB Italiano Questo apparato conforme ai requisiti essenziali ed agli altri principi sanciti dalla Direttiva 1999 5 EC Nederlands Deze apparatuur voldoet aan de belangrijkste eisen en andere voorzieningen van richtlijn 1999 5 EC Norsk Dette utstyret er i samsvar med de grunnleggende krav og andre relevante bestemmelser i EU directiv 1999 5 EC Portugu s Este equipamento satisfaz os requisitos essenciais e outras provis es da Directiva 1999 5 EC Suomalainen Tama laite t ytt direktiivin 1999 5 EY oleelliset vaatimukset ja on siina asetettujen muidenkin ehtojen mukainen Svenska Denna utrustning ar i verensst mmelse med de v sentliga kraven och andra relevanta bestammelser i Direktiv 1999 5 EC This equipment is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999 5 EC FCC Family RAD24 Models i and e for internal and external antenna variants For antenna T24 ANTA and T24 ANTB FCC ID VHARAD24 This device complies with Part 15c of
34. rrn ll and ecrit Calibration Points rahul Acquive 3 0 0 Acnulra Acquire 4 0 0 e at al re Fj i Acum 5 0 0 ALquir Fm HE 2u rT Tir ger ies ul eem Cem mV M Inout Callbrated Value 3 0100 305 9951 lum le mp apples Umi Ce ded abr a ee eel pa fle nii Sirge or ve lg unl B pai hire A curre Pe Gier crut jan Fur mg ovn Here you can calibrate the acquisition module and set a system zero if required This simple page allows semi automated calibration where you can apply known inputs to calibrate This calibration includes linearization and is automatically applied See later for By Cert and Advanced page where you can adjust individual gains and offsets Calibration Process Decide on how many points you will calibrate over Decide what inputs weights in the case of a T24 SA will be applied in ascending order at each point Enter the actual input in the required units that you want the module to read at each point Now proceed to apply each input in turn allowing a settle time and click the Acquire button at that point You can now apply the next input and click Acquire until all the points are completed The bottom of the page shows the Input Value and the Calibrated Value Once the second point has been acquired this Calibrated Value should display the actual calibrated value 25 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Items you can change Number of Calibration Points Point 1 9
35. s page shows you information about the connected device Items you can change Name You can enter a short description which may help you recognise this device in the future 17 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk T24 HR Display Format 124 Toolkit ne lav 10 011 M Display Format E oot ae LO A Format amp Resolution y Paja pria ra et hoe The ee wl Ee Saeed a eee Ehe de mx pnrir ll appeas a Weenie A A te E itu A ees fie eee el ie IA AA bmp The A Itep EE of ae CUE TO ee ee ee vEDET i bk eee Leading Zero Suppression hate dn ees eee ere or dii di Tem Overload Limit 110000000 0 Er b riie iaer bh OVERLOAD vedi be Eyed mdd of he eee rr rg Timeout CA intet Fe Peer up anri m en dal Frnem Ere acm rmon meme cem r jay tieni du ted bers Tir fedt A m Here you can adjust the display Items you can change Format amp Resolution Here you can define how the values are displayed on the LCD There are 7 digits available and you can define where the decimal point is shown by entering text where a zero indicates a numeric digit position When the data is being displayed the number of decimal places you define may be overridden as the display will always show the correct number of integer digits Example If you set the format to 000 0000 and the value to display is 1000 1234 the display will show 1000 123 You can also define the resolution which is the block size of changes to the display Example
36. ssssssesseeseessesecsscesoesoesessceseessee 15 Channet ard Encryption AEA 15 Save and Restorant E E E OAA EA 16 TAHRIM Orma aeaee a ae a a a e aaea tl 17 TZ4 HR DisDiay POMADA A E E EA NA 18 T24 HR Display Format Advanced Settings sessssesssessessosscesecsocsocesesorecceceesossceseereseeseeee 19 EWSHK INTO Ma GON essere qe dart cis dnt eund Qu oid Ga remit anh etae Cone eth lesen e aa hol soU Satire a dm ofer e 20 BWSHIK Battery and Radio Levels oe eco Senate EU e RR Redi Ue rec A EA dL d Uri aet ud tds 21 BWSHK Battery and Radio Levels Advanced Settings ccc ceec cee cceeceeeceeeeeeeceeeseeeeeeceesceeceees 22 BWSHK Data Ratessand Quality 32er pas conde Ad 23 BWSHK Cala Mera vu ERE etur de Ud e euer OU a Dd OUT A cule Ced UN add Ea 25 BWSHK Calibration By Certi Cate p V rI CEA Se PMEOR OS TUE Mrs repu e PMPIR MER UN EINE ewes S E UN NM EUR RS 27 BWSHK Calibration Advanced o erue ovis ve aeu e A o ERU VDO DU Root sue at dais 28 DASHE Advanced SettlfiBS 50 east estia s 30 SDECITICALIONS ies so rsct nr Eno dU namie scene scents PE uM IV PM RI I M M OU pM t E I MEL E E MET 31 Generat urs c ais 31 PAAR EE I I T 31 LAS M M 31 APIS OE RE E T DO Com RA 33 gc M A A Te SET TT a RC TTE ee AE E Pe ee DS eee en eT 33 PCG airada 33 nra sgg Canadas ste UTD
37. the handbsd dovicg and set ox channel aed key 25 requirgd Maxt using Use galr funcion in the handhelz connect fo each acqohiiblon device to change 10 settings En maich those af the handheld Coeonect Es ares device and change its channel and key a3 required Chick Ehe Homes button and Men repair T Tae erie The Dass sta Tio ei hc mamm TES sedtimes T that aevice Peter tp this page and click the Advanced button From here you wf be able Lo quickly dure ihe settings of multipla devices En match the base tation just by palrimg with nach hg in Turn Advanced Here you can change the channel and encryption key for the acquisition module If you want to change the channel of an acquisition module and T24 HR pair there is no need to change both devices Simply pair to the handheld and change its channel and key Now perform pairing to the acquisition module from the handheld and the acquisition module will be configured to match the handheld Items you can change Channel Select a channel between 1 and 16 The default is channel 1 You can use the Spectrum Analyser mode to determine a good clean channel to use NOTE Channel 16 is used to negotiate pairing so avoid this channel if possible Encryption Key Only devices with identical encryption keys can communicate You can isolate groups of devices on the same channel or just use the key to ensure the data cannot be read by somebody else 15 BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh
38. the received data to a CSV file in the following format Data Tag Elasped mS Value The View Last Log button will launch the application associated with CSV files and open the last logged file BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 14 Advanced Users Only The following sections of the manual detail the configuration of the individual modules which are Mantracourt Electronics OEM products An understanding of these configuration options is not necessary to use the BroadWeigh System These configuration options include increasing data rates sample times sleep and wake times Please be aware altering these settings can result in your system not behaving as expected If you have a specific requirement that is not fulfilled by the current configuration please contact your local distributor who can advise you initially Common Configuration Pages for Both T24 HR and BWSHK Channel and Encryption 124 Toolkit Channel and Encryption Y 0 AE ki wi th Channel inira ae A A we Encryption Key PE cr potion GEF TE 31 hec Cha cers ZTT Plume tert ahmed ace dz 3454 PFMOABCT EF OTE Changing the chanel rid key weil not allect the device until iP has been poser cycked I7 yuu haver d hank device aud one cc mese accqumiTson eric and vn want ip chanmpe Hie channel and key for all you could do akibuer of the follwing ag Connect ti toolkit to each of the devised in Furn and change Ehe channel and key settings Connect to just
39. ttery life if handheld or PC base station is not detected e Although the measurement technology has the ability to resolve down to 1Kg Due to limitations in the manufacture of the Crosby shackle bow Mantracourt Specify an of accuracy of 0 5 of current load or 15 Kg whichever is the greater value The BWSHK has a measurement shackle pin up to 4750 Kg The pin will hold a load 5 times over this however the pin measurement will be unreliable if the load of 4750Kg is exceeded Pack Contents USB Base Station BroadWelgh Resource CD Handheld Reader BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk 2 Quick Start This section will show you how to get the device working out of the box You will require 2 X AA alkaline batteries for each of the shackles as well as 2 X AA batteries for the handheld We recommend using a quality alkaline battery to ensure optimum battery life rechargeable batteries are not recommended Connecting Power Handheld Display Remove the two screws on the rear battery compartment Insert two alkaline AA batteries Refit the battery compartment cover The handheld device is now switched on so should be turned off until the BWSHK are ready To turn off hold down the power key until the display shows BUSY then release it BWSHK BroadWeigh Shackle Opening the Case The case lid is secured with four 2 Hexagon button head screws remove the four screws Remove the cover by either pushing the cover forwar
40. with this channel Format Specify a format for the main window display and also to format the data recorded into the log file Just indicate the decimal point position and number of decimal places by using a period and zero characters For example 0 00 or 000 00000 Tare Value If you had clicked the zero button on the main window the value used as the tare would be shown here i e this value is subtracted from the value reading from the module to give the value displayed and logged You can manually zero this to remove the zero or enter a manual offset value Timeout Enter a time in seconds that when exceeded with no incoming signal from this module causes any logged data to log the Default value and also to display this channel in solid red background with shown instead of a value Default If no data is received from this channel this is the value that will be logged to the file Underload Enter a net limit below which the channel display will flash red Overload Enter a net limit above which the channel display will flash red Function Here you can select a function to apply to this channel None No function Value is displayed as received Sum Previous Channels This will show the sum of all previous channels The data tag entry will be ignored Peak Capture The channel will only display the peak value max from the designated module The button for this channel has a Reset caption and clicking this will reset
41. xt module The radio signal from the acquisition module is low The device is still functioning but the limit of the range may be near Communications may start to deteriorate when this indicator is visible Until is displayed the communications is still OK and the display can be relied on for accuracy Note Even with a degraded signal the display value will always be correct The batteries in the handheld are low and need to be replaced The BroadWeigh device module has an error that the handheld does not recognise The battery or supply to the acquisition module is low The BroadWeigh device has a strain gauge input and is in shunt cal mode An external device has placed the acquisition module in Shunt Calibration mode so rather than display a misleading reading this error is displayed instead Modules such as the BWSHK support this error type Input integrity error The acquisition module has found a problem with the input There may be open or short circuits Rather than display a misleading reading this error is displayed instead A user settable value which when exceeded causes this message to be displayed This is set to 4750 Kg for the BWSHK inputs BroadWeigh User Manual www broadweigh co uk Installation Considerations Overview Radio performance at microwave wavelengths is very dependent upon the operating environment any structure within the operating region of the radios will give rise to three effects Obscu
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