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Fairbanks X SERIES PR 5410 Process Indicator User Manual

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Section 7: Fieldbus Interface

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7.2.4 Example: Reading the Gross Weight


The master writes value 8 in

Read_Value_Select

(byte 4)

of the input area.


Input area

Byte

Value

Description

0

1

2

3

4

8

Gross

5

6

7


The master waits, until value 8 was reflected in

Read_Value_Selected (byte 4)

of the output area.


Output area

Byte

Value

Description

0

00

Gross value

1

00

"

2

4

"

3

D2

"

4

8

Gross weight
request was
detected

5

Status

6

Test
active

Command status

7

Stand-
still

Inside
ZSR

Center
zero

Below
zero

Over-
load

Above
Max

ADC
error

Device status

Bit 7

Bit 6

Bit 5

Bit 4

Bit 3

Bit 3

Bit 1

Bit 0


The gross value (hex:000004D2 <=> 1234) can be read from bytes 0...3. When the

'Overload'

,

'Test

Active'

or

'ADC error'

bits are set, the read value is invalid.

Negative values are output in two’s complement.