RICE LAKE 1280 Grain Program Software User Guide

1280 Grain Program
Software Application
Software User Guide

July 14, 2023
PN 195119 Rev B

1280 Grain Program Software

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All information contained within this publication is, to the best of our knowledge, complete and accurate at the time of publication. Rice Lake Weighing Systems reserves the right to make changes to the technology, features, specifications and design of the equipment without notice. The most current version of this publication, software, firmware and all other product updates can be found on our website: www.ricelake.com

Revision History
This section tracks and describes manual revisions for awareness of major updates.

Table i. Revision Letter History

Introduction

The 1280 Grain Program is a custom software application for Rice Lake Weighing Systems 1280 Enterprise Indicator/Controller to support weighing trucks of grain. The 1280 Grain Program stores accounts, trucks and the associated divisor, grain types
and accumulation. Manuals are available from Rice Lake Weighing Systems at www.ricelake.com/manuals Warranty information is available at www.ricelake.com/warranties

1.1 Safety
Safety Definitions:
DANGER: Indicates an imminently hazardous situation that, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury. Includes hazards that are exposed when guards are removed.
WARNING: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation that, if not avoided, could result in serious injury or death. Includes hazards that are exposed when guards are removed.
CAUTION: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation that, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.
IMPORTANT: Indicates information about procedures that, if not observed, could result in damage to equipment or corruption to and loss of data.

General Safety
Do not operate or work on this equipment unless this manual has been read and all instructions are understood.
Failure to follow the instructions or heed the warnings could result in injury or death. Contact any Rice Lake Weighing Systems dealer for replacement manuals.
WARNING
Failure to heed could result in serious injury or death.
Electric shock hazard!
There are no user serviceable parts. Refer to qualified service personnel for service.
The unit has no power switch, to completely remove power from the unit, disconnect the power source.
For pluggable equipment the socket outlet must be installed near the equipment and must be easily accessible.
Always disconnect from main power before performing any work on the device.
Do not allow minors (children) or inexperienced persons to operate this unit.
Do not operate without all shields and guards in place.
Do not use for purposes other then weighing applications.
Do not place fingers into slots or possible pinch points.
Do not use this product if any of the components are cracked.
Do not make alterations or modifications to the unit.
Do not remove or obscure warning labels.
Do not use near water, avoid contact with excessive moisture.

Operation

The 1280 Grain Program has a touchscreen display. Weigh Screen displays on startup or after exiting configuration.
To navigate the 1280 Grain Program, select a parameter on the touchscreen display.

1. Press on the 1280 to print the Gross Print Format Ticket.
2. Press to reprint the last printed Weigh Ticket without adding a new record to the Transaction database table or incrementing the Ticket Number.

2.1 Selecting a Default Grain
The top eight records from the database are displayed in the table.

1. Press .
2.  Press and to scroll through Grain records.
3.  To select a a grain, press a Grain Name ID or Grain Name associated with a grain.
4. Press to return to Weigh Screen.

2.2 Truck Weighing
NOTE: Perform the Selecting a Default Grain procedure, See Section 2.1 on page 6 if the displayed grain is incorrect.

1. Drive the truck onto the scale.

2. Press . Enter Truck ID prompts.

3. Enter a value.

4. Press
   NOTE: Press Cancel to exit to return to Weigh Screen.

5. Inbound database table is queried with the entered value and performs one of the following:
   A. Truck ID Not Found
   i. Stable weight is captured (all three scale units – primary, secondary and tertiary); if the driver entered in a tare the system uses tare instead of gross; Keyed notes weight printed this way
   ii. New record is added to the Inbound database table
   iii. Weigh In Ticket prints and displays
   iv. Ticket Printed prompts for three seconds and exits this sequence of operation
   B. Truck ID Found
   i. Continue to Step 6

6.  Enter % Shrinkage prompts. Enter a value.

7.  Press . Enter % Dockage prompts.

8.  Enter a value.

9. Press . Enter % FM prompts.

10.  Enter a value.

11.  Press . Enter % Moisture prompts.

12.  Enter a value.

13.  Press . Is this a Contract? displays.

14.  Perform one of the following: A. Press ; continue to Step 15 on page 8
    B. Press ; Enter Contract ID prompts
    i. Enter a value
    ii. Press
    NOTE: Press Cancel to return to Step 14 on page 7.
    iii. Contract database table is queried with the entered value and performs one of the following:
    a.Contract Not Found; Enter Amount Required prompts
    • Enter a value
    • Press ; Contract and Amount Required are added to the Contract Database; continue to Step 15
    b. Contract Found; continue to Step 15

15. Touch gray field to edit answer displays. Perform one of the following:
    A. Select the field associated to a parameter; selected parameter prompts
    NOTE: Press Cancel to return to Step 15.
    B. Press ; stable weight is captured; new record is added to the Transaction database table
    NOTE: Transaction auto deletes 25% of the oldest records if too many records are entered.
    i. Weigh Out Ticket prints; Weigh Out Ticket contains Contract Ticket if Contract ID is entered; the truck value from the Inbound database table is deleted
    ii. Increments the sequential Ticket Number (resets at 100,000) and prompts
    C. Ticket Printed prompts for three seconds and exits this sequence of operation
    NOTE: When prompted for a value, other than Truck ID, if is pressed the value is set to 0. Setting a value for Truck ID is required and cannot be set to 0.

2.3 Manual Ticket Processing
NOTE: Perform the Selecting the Default Grain procedure if the displayed grain is incorrect.

1. Drive the truck onto the scale.

2. Press Manual Weigh. Enter Truck ID prompts.

3.  Enter a value.

4.  Press . Enter Gross Weight prompts.
   NOTE: Press Cancel to exit.

5.  Enter a value.

6. Press . Enter Tare Weight prompts.

7. Enter a value.

8.  Press . Enter % Shrinkage prompts.

9. Enter a value.

10. Press . Enter % Dockage prompts.

11. Enter a value.

12. Press . Enter % FM prompts.

13. Enter a value.

14. Press . Enter % Moisture prompts.

15. Enter a value.

16. Press . Is this a Contract? displays.

17. Perform one of the following:
    A. Press ; continue to Step 18 on page 10
    B. Press ; Enter Contract ID prompts
    i. Enter a value
    ii. Press
    iii. Contract database table is queried with the entered value and performs one of the following:
    a.Contract Not Found. Enter Amount Required prompts
    • Enter a value
    • Press ; Contract and Amount Required are added to the Contract Database; continue to Step 18
    b. Contract Found; continue to Step 18

18. Touch gray field to edit answer displays. Perform one of the following:
    A. Select the field associated to a parameter
    i. Selected parameter prompts
    NOTE: Press Cancel to return to Step 18.
    B. Press
    i. Manual Ticket prints and adds a new record to the Transaction database table; Manual Ticket contains the Contract Ticket if a Contract ID had been entered
    NOTE: Transaction auto deletes 25% of the oldest records if too many records are entered.
    ii. Increments the sequential Ticket Number (resets at 100,000) and displays
    C. Ticket Printed prompts for three seconds and exits this sequence of operation

Serial Communications

This section provides information regarding serial communications.
3.1 Weigh In Ticket
The program uses the Auxiliary Print Format #1. Print format may be modified through the 1280 front panel or by using Revolution™ PC software.

Table 3-1. Weigh In Ticket User String Definitions
3.2 Weigh Out Ticket
The program uses the Auxiliary Print Format #2. Print format may be modified through the 1280 front panel or by using Revolution PC software.

Table 3-2. Weigh Out Ticket User String Definitions

Table 3-2. Weigh Out Ticket User String Definitions (Continued)
3.3 Contract Ticket
The program uses the Auxiliary Print Format #3. Print format may be modified through the 1280 front panel or by using Revolution PC software.

Table 3-3. Contract Ticket User String Definitions
3.4 Manual Ticket
The program uses the Auxiliary Print Format #4. Print format may be modified through the 1280 front panel or by using Revolution PC software.

Table 3-4. Manual Ticket User String Definitions
3.5 Grain Report
The program uses the Auxiliary Print Format #10, #11 and #12. Print format may be modified through the 1280 front panel or by using Revolution PC software.

Table 3-5. Grain Report User String Definitions
3.6 Contract Report
The program uses the Auxiliary Print Format #13, #14 and #15. Print format may be modified through the 1280 front panel or by using Revolution PC software.

Table 3-6. Contract Report User String Definitions

Modifying the Database Tables

Interchange Database Management software may be used to upload, export and clear the database tables. The exported file may be saved as a delimited text file, an Excel™ spreadsheet, or as a XML document. Revolution may be used instead of Interchange Database Management to perform database maintenance.
4.1 Application Setup and Configuration
Setup is password-protected and offers access to the following:

• Display Program Name & Version
• Display a weight widget

entry into the Setup Menu ; not entering a password causes the system to not prompt for a

password when Setup is pressed

Clear Transactions| –| Clear Transactions| Clear Transaction database with a Yes/No option
Import/Export| –| Import/Export| Allows importing and exporting of databases
iQube2 Diagnostics| –| Diagnostics| 1280 standard iQube2 Diagnostics ; reference the 1280 Installation manual for more details
Ticket Number| 1| Ticket Number| Modify the sequential Ticket Number
Add/Edit Grain| –| Add/Edit Grain| Add or edit a record in the Grain database table
Delete Grain| –| Delete Grain| Delete a record from the Grain database table
Grain Report| –| Grain Report| Print the Grain Report and then have a Yes – No prompt to reset the

Accum field for each grain

Add/Edit Contract| –| Add/Edit Contract| Add or edit a record in the Contract database table
Delete Contract| –| Delete Contract| Delete a record from the Contract database table
Contract Report| –| Contract Report| Print the Contract Report
Shrink Calculation| Off Gross Weight/ After Dockage| Shrink Calculation| Switch shrink calculation between Off Gross Weight and After Dockage
Inbound Trucks| –| Inbound Trucks| View/delete trucks which have weighed in but not weighed out yet

Table 4-1. Parameter Descriptions
4.2 Database Tables

Table 4-2. Grain Database Table – 100 Records

Table 4-3. Inbound Database Table – 1000 Records

Table 4-4. Contract Database Table – 100 Records

Table 4-5. Transaction Database Table – 3000 Records

 Hardware Setup

This section provides information regarding hardware setup of option card locations, digital I/O and serial ports.

Table 5-1. 1280 Display Size/Type

scale)
2 – 6| Currently not used

Table 5-2. Option Card Locations

Table 5-3. Digital I/O

Table 5-4. Serial Port

Table 5-5. USB Device Port

Table 5-6. USB Type-A Port

Table 5-7. Ethernet TCP/IP Port

Table 5-8. Bluetooth Port

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July 14, 2023
PN 195119 Rev B
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