Loadstar Sensors DS-3000 Digital Load Cell Display & Controller - Manual (Page 15)

DS-3000U DS3000 User Guide
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• In
programming mode, this button steps DOWN/FUNCTION in the currently selected menu tree,
or decrements the current highlighted digit in a numeric entry field.
• The DOWN/FUNCTION key will be abbreviated down in the remainder of this document.
5.2 Getting Started
Figure 8: What you need to get started with the DS-3000
If you plan to communicate with the DS-3000U from a PC and/or use LoadVUE software with it, install
the PC drivers and/or LoadVUE on the PC first.
Next , plug in the provided power adapter into the DS3000 (top left).
If you wish to communicate with a host PC (or use LoadVUE), plug in the provided USB Host cable
(bottom left). Attach the other end of USB host cable to your PC.
Plug in your Loadstar Load-cell into any sensor port.
Press units button (top right) to display weight in desired units. LED will illuminate with the currently
displayed units setting Lb/Kg/N.
Press tare button (bottom left) and hold until all decimal points light on display bottom. This will tare or
“zero” all connected sensors at the current loading.
Set the desired decimal point location: While pressing the down button (bottom right) and holding it,
press tare (bottom left). Now release the down button while continuing to hold tare down. As you
continue to hold down tare, press up (top right) or down (bottom right) to select location of desired
display decimal point. For your convenience, the current decimal point location is illuminated on the
display, release tare when the decimal point is in the desired position.
That’s it! Your DS-3000 is now displaying the sum of all the loads attached to the input connectors.
The next section will detail the various advanced features of the DS-3000 accessible through the
programming menu(s) with examples of how to customize settings for your application.