{"id":7316,"date":"2018-06-06T15:21:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T15:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aceautomation.eu\/laboratory-scale-how-to-control-an-adam-equipment-industrial-scale-with-a-plc\/"},"modified":"2018-06-06T15:21:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T15:21:06","slug":"laboratory-scale-how-to-control-an-adam-equipment-industrial-scale-with-a-plc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aceautomation.eu\/it\/laboratory-scale-how-to-control-an-adam-equipment-industrial-scale-with-a-plc\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory Scale \u2013 How to control an Adam Equipment Industrial Scale with a PLC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Laboratory Scale \u2013 How to control an Adam Equipment Industrial Scale with a PLC<\/h1>\n<p>In this example, we\u2019ll connect a Velocio PLC to an Adam Equipment CPWplus75 lab scale.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;3.5.1&#8243;]&lt;iframe width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6TXH6_XyROU?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allow=&quot;autoplay; encrypted-media&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>Wiring<\/h3>\n<p>The Scale to PLC connection involves 3 wires.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>PLC ground to Scale ground<\/li>\n<li>PLC Tx to Scale Rx<\/li>\n<li>PLC Rx to Scale Tx<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Programming :<\/h3>\n<p>The following PLC program implements 5 of the industrial scale\u2019s functions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tare\/Zero \u2013 which sets the zero weight, so that you can measure things inside a container and not the container itself.<\/li>\n<li>Hold \u2013 holds the last value for a period of time<\/li>\n<li>Read Net Weight<\/li>\n<li>Read Gross Weight<\/li>\n<li>Read Tare Weight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the Program :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/velocio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScaleFunctions.zip\">ScaleFunction.zip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;3.5.1&#8243;]&lt;iframe width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QZiu5V0zYhQ?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allow=&quot;autoplay; encrypted-media&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laboratory Scale \u2013 How to control an Adam Equipment Industrial Scale with a PLCIn this example, we\u2019ll connect a Velocio PLC to an Adam Equipment CPWplus75 lab scale. WiringThe Scale to PLC connection involves 3 wires.PLC ground to Scale groundPLC Tx to Scale RxPLC Rx to Scale TxProgramming :The following PLC program implements 5 of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7316","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceautomation.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceautomation.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceautomation.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aceautomation.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aceautomation.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aceautomation.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7317,"href":"https:\/\/aceautomation.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7316\/revisions\/7317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceautomation.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}