Dillon EDXtreme (Red) - Manual (Page 32)

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4.1.4 Setup--Test
The Test functions can help service technicians diagnose your Dillon instrument by
showing information on key internal functions. Typically these menus will have
significance only to trained technicians. You may look at these menus without technical
guidance, but the information may have little meaning, or an error may be reported that
may not exist.
Press this key to access the items described below (refer to Figure 4.1 ):
Batt Press this key to perform a battery test. This shows the battery level in A-
D counts and approximate voltage. Voltage is not calibrated.
A-D Press this key to test the A-D section of the EDX. You need to apply force
to change the counts and test the unit. The A-D is the electronics portion
that converts analog load cell signal to digital numbers.
Disp. Press this key to perform a display test. Stop the test by pressing the ESC
key.
Keys Press this key to perform key tests. Any key pressed will be reflected in the
display. Press ESC to end the test.
Comm The serial test is an internally conducted diagnostic which requires a
jumper across transmit and receive. This requires a jumper. Press the
following soft key:
CELL- Press this key to test the wired cell in a loopback test
COM1- Press this key to test COM1 connection..
Setpts This is a future feature!
This test menu allows testing of the enabled and configured set points.
Setpt1- This checks set point #1 operation
Setpt2- This checks set point #2 operation.
4.1.5 Clock
Enter the present date and time in the following order: Day of Month, Month, Year, Hour,
Minute, Second.
Use the Num keys to enter the first number and the Adv key to move to the next
number. Press Enter when the desired number is entered.
To perform a COMM test, the unit must be configured to use RS-232
communications.
Make sure all lock-out & tag-out procedures are followed before testing setpoint
operations.