Owner manual

FT-13 Technical Manual, Rev. 1.40 March 2013
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3. OVERVIEW
The FT-13 Weighing Controller is an economic and powerful state-of-the-art instrument. Its application covers
standard filling tasks like filling above the open container, filling below the bunghole of the container, below
surface filling in the container, accurate filling and emptying etc.
The accurate and versatile instrument is available in different housings, meeting the industries demand for
various environmental conditions.
FT-13 has been designed according OIML R76 and OIML R61 recommendations and fulfills 90/384/EC
directive, 2004/22/EC directive and EN 45501 standard. It has a large 6 digit LED weight display (red, 20 mm or
14 mm high) with weight status information. With a variety of interface options FT-13 is the perfect fit to
weighing systems and process control systems.
3.1 Key Features
EU Type approved for 10 000 intervals in single range scales (90/384/EC directive) AND
for 6 000 intervals in single range scales (2004/22/EC directive)
Approved sensitivity of 0.4 V/e (according 90/384/EC directive) and
0.83 V/e (according 2004/22/EC directive); non-approved sensitivity of 0.1 V/d
Internal resolution up to 8 000 000 counts
Display resolution up to 60 000 counts
Maximum conversion rate of 400 values/s (after serial no. 520001G7)
Adaptive digital filter for fast and stable reading
High resolution display mode
Up to 6 load cells (350 ) or 18 load cells (1100 )
Realtime clock
Standard Serial interface RS232C
Integrated AC power supply
Zeroing with one button & Taring with one button
Auto zero tracking
Motion detection
4x digital inputs / 8x digital outputs
9 standard filling programmes
Key lock option to prevent unauthorized access
3.2 Available Options
Additional serial interface RS232C / 20 mA TTY CL / RS485
(20 mA TTY CL not for stainless steel housing)
Modbus RTU
Ethernet TCP/IP and Modbus RTU over Ethernet
Profibus DP-V0 & DP-V1
ProfiNet
CANopen
12 V DC (12…17 V DC) power inlet
24 V DC (20…27 V DC) power inlet