Mark-10 CG User Manual

Series CG

HIGH CAPACITY DIGITAL FORCE GAUGES

User’s Guide

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Thank you for purchasing a Mark-10 Series CG Digital Force Gauge. We are
confident that you will get many years of great service from this product.

Mark-10 digital force gauges are designed to be easy to use and ruggedly
constructed for many years of service in laboratory and industrial environments.

This User's Guide provides setup, operating, and programming instructions.
Dimensions and specifications are also provided. For additional information or
answers to your application questions, contact us and our technical support and
engineering teams will be eager to help you.

Thank you again for your purchase and happy testing!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL ................................................................................... 3

Controls .......................................................................... 3

Orientation ...................................................................... 3

Mounting ........................................................................ 4

POWER ....................................................................................... 4

CONFIGURATION ...................................................................... 4

FILTERS ..................................................................................... 7

EXTERNAL TRIGGER MODE .................................................... 7

SET POINTS ............................................................................... 8

AVERAGE MODE ....................................................................... 8

GAUGE CONTROL LANGUAGE .............................................. 9

OUTPUTS ................................................................................. 11

RS-232 ......................................................................... 11

Mitutoyo BCD ............................................................... 11

Analog .......................................................................... 11

I/O Pin Connector Diagram .......................................... 11

CALIBRATION ......................................................................... 12

SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................... 12

General ........................................................................ 12

Capacity x graduation .................................................. 12

DIMENSIONS ........................................................................... 13

WARRANATY ........................................................................... 13

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1 GENERAL

Controls

Six keys on the front panel are used for all functions and control of the
instrument. Some have more than one function, depending on the mode of
operation. The main functions are labeled above the keys and the secondary
functions are below the keys in smaller type. In the list below the secondary
functions are in parenthesis. For a detailed description of the secondary
functions see Section 3.

POWER(ENTER) Turns power on and off
UNITS (▲) Selects units of measurement
ZERO ( ▼) Zeroes any tare value (up to the full capacity of the
Instrument) and clears the peak readings
DATA Initiates a data transmission sequence
MODE(ADVANCE) Switches the display between normal and peak modes of
operation
CLEAR(ESCAPE) Clears peak readings from memory

Orientation

In order to accommodate a variety of testing
requirements the orientation of the loading surface may
be set up in either of the two positions shown below.
Follow the instructions below to change the loading
surface orientation:

1. Remove the four screws in the rear housing

2. Separate the front and rear housings

3. Remove the two inside screws, separating the front
housing and front panel assembly, as depicted below

4. Rotate the front panel assembly 180°

5. Reassemble the front housing and front panel
assembly

6. Attach to the rear housing, and retighten the four
screws

Front Housing

Front Panel Assemmbly

ADVANCE

ESCAPE

MODE

UNITS

DATA

POWER

CLEAR

ZERO

ADVANCE

ESCAPE

MODE

UNITS

DATA

POWER

CLEAR

ZERO

LOADING SURFACE

LOADING SURFACE

Upright Orientation

(as supplied)

Alternate Orientation

(for test stand

mounting, etc.)

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Mounting

To mount the gauge to a Mark-10 test stand, line up the 1/4" hole in the gauge's
housing with the protruding dowel pin in the gauge plate. Then, fasten four
thumb screws through the gauge plate into the gauge housing.

2 POWER

The gauge is powered by a 7.2-volt NiCd rechargeable battery. Since batteries
are subject to self-discharge, it may be necessary to recharge the unit after a
prolonged period of storage. Plug the accompanying charger into the AC outlet
and insert the charger plug into the receptacle on the gauge. The gauge may be

operated for 8-10 hours after approximately 16-18 hours of charging. Do not

use chargers other than supplied or instrument damage may occur.

There are three levels of low battery voltage indication. At the first level, the
display shows a steady "LO BAT" indicating approximately one hour of charge
remaining. The second level is indicated by a flashing "LO BAT". At the third
level, the whole display except the "LO BAT" indicator will flash for three
seconds after which time the gauge will turn itself off. This prevents the
instrument from working at voltages too low for reliable operation.

3 CONFIGURATION

Series CG gauges have several features with programmable options allowing
many user-specified choices. In order to access the configuration menu,
perform the following:

1. Turn off the gauge

2. Press and hold MODE

3. Turn on the gauge

4. Release MODE

Gauge shown mounted
on a Model TSF test stand

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The software version number will be displayed for a short time followed by
"FLtA". The following secondary functions of keys are used during the
configuration process.

ADVANCE Step through menu choices
ENTER Select a menu choice
ESCAPE Quit any function (no change)
▲ & ▼ Increment or decrement displayed values

The following list shows all configuration options. Italics indicate factory
settings.

FLtA - Analog filter

FA 0 2.5 Hz RC filter disabled
FA 1 2.5 Hz RC filter enabled

FLTd - Digital filters

FC 1 No filtering of current (displayed) readings
FC 2 Average of 2 samples for each reading
FC 4 Average of 4 samples for each reading
FC 8 Average of 8 samples for each reading
FP 1 No filtering of peak readings
FP 2 Average of 2 samples for each peak reading
FP 4 Average of 4 samples for each peak reading
FP 8 Average of 8 samples for each peak reading

232 - RS-232 settings

232D Output disabled

232E Output Enabled

300 300 baud
600 600 baud
1,200 1,200 baud
2,400 2,400 baud
4,800 4,800 baud
9,600 9,600 baud

7-1E 7 data bits, 1 stop bit, even parity
7-1o 7 data bits, 1 stop bit, odd parity
7-2E 7 data bits, 2 stop bits, even parity
7-2o 7 data bits, 2 stop bits, odd parity
7-2n 7 data bits, 2 stop bits, no parity
8-1E 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, even parity
8-1o 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, odd parity
8-1n 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity
8-2n 8 data bits, 2 stop bits, no parity

Ft F Full data (numeric + units)
Ft n Numeric data only