Fairbanks FB2550 SERIES - Manual (Page 160)

Section 9 Network Application Configuration
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C. SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS
OUTPUT DATA FORMAT TO GATEWAY
The Gateway takes a Serial String and remap the data to the format needed for the
field bus type installed per the register.
The following is the definition of the Serial String for one (1) scale.
– The Scale ID is extracted from Status Word 0 .
– The data is placed in the appropriate Field Bus Registers based on this scale
ID.
– Status Word Data is sent as binary values MSB first over the Serial Channel.
– Weight data is sent as six (6) characters representing a 6-digit decimal value
(000000 – 999999).
– This decimal value represents the weight multiplied by the scale factor, listed
in Command/Status Word 1 bits 0-2 .
– The serial string is a fixed length of fifty-seven (57) bytes.
STX character 1 byte, (02h)
Status word 0 2 bytes, (includes scale ID)
Status word 1 2 bytes,
Status word 2 2 bytes,
Unassigned data 6 characters (default ‘000000’)
Gross Weight 6 characters (example ‘002340’)
Tare Weight 6 characters,
Net Weight 6 characters,
Setpoint 1 6 characters,
Setpoint 2 6 characters,
Flow Rate 6 characters,
Unassigned data 6 characters,
CRC 1 byte,
ETX character 1 byte (03h)