Weltech BW-2050 Live Bird Weigher Manual
The BW-2050 is a battery-operated live bird weighing system designed for manual weighing. It can store up to 5000 bird weights, which can be organized into 1-50 separate stores. The maximum weight the unit can weigh is 10kgs (22lbs) for the chicken version and 50kgs (110lbs) for the turkey weigher.
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Weltech Interna onal Limited
Picture is of BW‐2050 Full kit
INTRODUCTION
The BW‐2050 has been designed to give the operator complete flexibility for manual live bird weighing. The BW‐2050 is ba ery operated and will weigh for up to 15 hours between recharging and will retain all weights even when the ba ery is flat.
The BW‐2050 can store up to 5000 bird weights.
Weights can be placed into 1‐50 separate stores.
All informa on is stored un l the CLEAR sequence has been completed.
The maximum weight the unit can weigh is 10kgs (22lbs) for the chicken version and 50kgs (110lbs) for the turkey weigher.
BW‐2050 Control Panel
Printer, Computer and USB (op onal) ports are on the side
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CALIBRATION
The BW‐2050 is calibrated by Weltech before it leaves the factory.
Should you need to calibrate the weigher or set a fixed tare weight if using a shackle then follow the instruc ons below.
TO CALIBRATE THE WEIGHER
Have the weigher switched off with no shackle on. Hold down the CAL key and turn on the weigher. When WELTECH SETUP is displayed release the CAL key. The display will show CALIBRATION with 5.000 KGS flashing below. You can adjust the calibra on weight up and down using the INC and DEC keys to set the calibra on weight to the exact weight of your calibra on weight. Press the ENTER key once the weight is set. The display will show CALIBRATE NOW? [SETUP]=YES. Press the SETUP key and the display will flash up CALIBRATING ZERO and then the display will show PLACE THE WEIGHT. Hang on your calibra on weight and the display will show CALIBRATION SCALING and then SAVING NEW
SETTINGS. You can then check the calibra on by weighing your calibra on weight.
TO TARE THE SHACKLE
Make sure the display shows 0.000 KGS if not press TARE. Power off the weigher and a ach the shackle. Power on the weigher and press the
TARE key. The weigher will tare out the shackle weight and show
0.000 KGS. This tared weight will stay in the weigher un l another tare is done.
SETUP OPTIONS
To reset the weigher back to Factory se ngs hold the MEMORY STORE bu on and turn on. The display will show WELTECH SET UP un l the bu on is released, when the bu on is released FACTORY RESET will be displayed, press ENTER to change se ngs. The display will show
DISPLAY STYLE, it can be set to metric or USA by pressing the INC arrow, when set press ENTER, The display will show WEIGHT RANGE and CHICKEN will flash, push ENTER. The display will now show FULL
FEATURES and ON will flash, press ENTER. HOUR will then show on the display and the correct me can now be set by using the INC or DEC arrows. Once the correct hours have been set press ENTER, the correct minutes, day, month and year can be set the same way. When completed the display will show ARE YOU SURE, follow the instruc ons on the display and it will show INITIALZING followed by SAVING NEW
SETTINGS.
The display will then revert to normal.
THE WEIGHER WILL NOW NEED CALIBRATING.
See page 2
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OPERATOR SETTINGS
Factory se ngs
To set operator se ngs hold the SET UP bu on down and turn ON, the display will show WELTECH
SET UP when the bu on is released DATA STORES will be displayed, by pressing the INC or DEC arrows the number of houses or pens data is to be stored in can be set, 1x5000 to 100x50, when set press ENTER.
100x50
SELECT STORE
This func on allows the user to select the house or
pen in which the bird weights are to be stored. If turned off the weighings will be stored in numerical
order.
ENABLE BUTTONS
Allows full usage of the front panel
BLUETOOTH RATE
Not an available op on.
PRINTER RATE
This is the speed the data is sent to the printer and can be changed using the INC or DEC bu ons. Baud rate for serial port.
BLUETOOTH H/SHK
Not an available op on.
ON
ON
9600 BAUD
9600 BAUD
OFF
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PRINTER H/SHK
This is not used with our printer.
PRINTER LINEFEED
Sends line feed to printer after a new line
PRINTER DELAY
This is the delay time from pressing the print data button to the actual print function.
WEIGHT RANGE
OFF
ON
0.1 SECS
Chicken or Turkey
To be set to the weight capacity of the BW‐2050
10kgs for chickens, 50kgs for Turkeys.
WEIGHT UNITS
KGS
This option allows the operator to select the measurement of weight to be used kgs, grms, lbs.
BACKLIGHT TIMED
This option allows for the display back light to be turned off, on or on for a 30 second period.
GRADE LAMPS
OFF
When the weigher has grading lights fitted this is ON when using the grading lights.
DIGIT CLAMP
Displays Filter (if weight filter is enabled )
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STABILITY
Repe ons within stability jump limit.
Do not alter.
STABILITY JUMP
Varia on in ADC count considered stable
do not alter.
HIGH LIMIT
Upper acceptance limit
LOW LIMIT
Lower acceptance limit
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WEIGHT FILTER
Filters out movement on the weigher
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FILTER JUMP 0
Filters out excessive sharp movements
on the weigher
ON WEIGHT FREEZE
Shows accepted weight un l ready
EVENNESS
Percentage above and below average
for sta s cs
10%
9.999
0.050
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HIDE DISPLAY
Hides the weight when ready
AUTO ZERO FILTER
Drives the display towards zero at low weights
Do not alter.
VOLTAGE FILTER
Ba ery voltage filter steepness
Do not alter.
DIVISIONS
Where a number of birds are being weighed
OFF
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together the program can be set to divide by the number of birds to give an average
DEVIATION METHOD
Universal standards (Weltech)
Bernard Ma hews standard
WELTECH
FAST MODE OFF
Selects the speed the weigher starts up in.
LANGUAGE ENGLISH
Selects the language the weigher starts up in.
(English, Spanish, French or Portuguese)
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POWER DOWN 15 MINS
If the unit has not been used it will automa cally turn off a er the pre set me.
To exit and or store new se ngs press ENTER and then CLEAR. You do not have to go through all the set up.
DURING NORMAL OPERATION THE SET UP BUTTON CAN BE USED TO
ENTER THE TIME AND DATE, UNIT OF MEASURMENT AND TO SET A
TARGET WEIGHT.
A TARGET WEIGHT CAN BE SET BY PUSHING THE INC OR DEC KEYS. THE
WEIGHER WILL ON COMPLETION OF THE WEIGHINGS GIVE A
% EVENNESS FIGURE NOT ONLY AGAINST THE AVERAGE WEIGHT BUT
ALSO AGAINST THE SET TARGET .
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Turn the weigher on by pressing the ON bu on.
To clear data already stored in the weigher press CLEAR, the display will then ask you to press ENTER a er this the display will then ask you to confirm by pressing SET UP, to escape press CLEAR. Data will remain in the memory un l cleared.
The display will then show :
STORE 1 Ba ery charge indicator. Time
Ba ery indicator will flash when being charged
Select the house the weights are to be stored in by pressing MEMORY
STORE, press the INC or DEC arrow to select the house or pen number.
Press MEMORY STORE or ENTER, the store number will then be displayed. Weighing can now begin.
Place a bird into the shackle, when the weight has been accepted the red triangle will come on and the display will light up (if back light has been programmed) the display will show ACCEPTED and the weight.
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BEFORE MOVING THE WEIGHER TURN IT OFF
The same procedure is repeated for each house or pen that is to be weighed.
SHOW DATA
To see weights in any par cular house at any me press SHOW DATA then by pressing the INC or DEC arrows the house number to be checked can be selected. Press Enter and the display will show :
Total number of birds weighed
Average weight
Devia on
Evenness
CV
PRINT OPTIONS
Data to be printed can be selected by pressing the PRINT OPTIONS key, the display will show PRINT EVERY BIRD and flash ON, to turn this op on on or off press the INC or DEC arrow then ENTER. The display will then show PRINT HYSTORGRAM ON to turn on or off press the INC or
DEC arrow, when selected press ENTER. The display will show PRINT
SUMMARY which can be turned on or off by the INC or DEC arrows, when selected press ENTER. The display will show PRINT GROUP where you can select if you want stores grouping together. The display will show WRITE TO USB to turn on and off press the INC or DEC keys.
WRITE TO USB is an op on and can only be used if the weigher has a
USB socket. If the USB output is on the RS232 printer output will not work.
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USING THE USB STICK SOCKET
Select the WRITE TO USB under the print op ons as seen on page 10.
Turn on the WRITE TO USB using the INC or DEC key and put in the USB s ck. Press the PRINT DATA key and the display will show WRITING TO
USB. When the weigher has finished the display will flash up
FILE WRITTEN OK and the display will go back to the standard weighing display. The USB s ck can now be removed and used on a computer.
If there is no USB s ck in the weigher when you try to write to the USB the display will show WRITING TO USB followed by NO STICK FOUND. If the USB s ck is faulty or removed before the file is wri en the display will show WRITING TO USB followed by ERROR WRITING.
SET BANDS
If three grading lights are fi ed. Press set bands, GRADE LAMPS ON or
Off will be displayed, select On by using the INC or DEC keys and press
ENTER. REJECT LIMIT will be displayed, to increase or decrease the amount press the INC or DEC keys when set press ENTER. BAND WIDTH will be displayed, to increase or decrease press the INC or DEC keys, when set press ENTER. The system is then set. Any weight under the reject limit one lamp will come on, the other lamps will come on as per the band width se ng.
If the so ware is version 2.50 or higher then you can view how many birds are in each band by pressing the SHOW DATA key followed by pressing the SET BANDS key. You can then step through the bands by pressing the INC and DEC keys.
If five grading lights are fi ed. You can turn on the GRADING LAMPS as above and have the same BAND WIDTH for each band or you can select
SEP. If you select SEP then you can set different BAND WIDTHS for each band.
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PRINTER OUTPUT
STATISTICS ON
The printout will show:
The date and me weighing was started and finished
Data for each store
Total weighed
Average weight
Devia on
Evenness
CV
Target weight (if set)
Evenness of target
EACH ON
The printout will print the weight of every bird weighed in order.
HYSTORGRAM ON
The printout will show all the birds weighed in 20 gram bands.
WELTECH INTERNATIONAL
BW‐2050 2.50 *3333
STATISTICS
Current Data (1)
Devia on KGS 1.479
Evenness % 25.0
C.V. % 53.8
From 12‐MAR‐12 15.58
To 12‐MAR‐12 16:06
No. Wgts Ident
1 5.000
2 5.000
3 4.999
4 1.000
5 0.999
6 1.000
7 1.999
8 1.998
9 1.999
10 2.999
11 3.000
12 3.000
Band Limits Total
0.980 To 1.000
1.000 To 1.020
1.980 To 2.000
2.980 To 3.000
3.000 To 3.020
4.980 To 5.000
5.000 To 5.020
Printed 12‐MAR‐12 16:11
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2
1
2
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CHARGING
The charging socket and Serial RS232 output connector is situated on the side of the weigher.
In the centre of the display is the ba ery charge indicator.
When fully charged the box will go completely black and as the weigher is used the box will start to go clear. This is only a rough guide based on the ba ery voltage and does not show how much capacity is in the ba eries.
FLASH
WHEN
CHARGING
Ba ery Full Ba ery 50% Ba ery Empty Ba ery indicator will flash when being charged
If the ba ery should go flat while weighing a LOW BATTERY warning will flash in the display and the weigher will eventually turn off. Data already stored in the weigher will remain in memory even if the unit automa cally turns off.
To recharge the ba eries fully, leave on charge over night.
To check the ba ery voltage or charging voltage. Hold the SET UP bu on down and turn ON, the display will show WELTECH SET UP then
DATA STORES, press CLEAR and then the INC key. If the INC or DEC key is pushed the display will show the date, me and ba ery charge. By pushing the DEC key while the weigher is on mains charge the display will show the charging rate from the charger.
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KEY PAD
PC OPERATION
A PC may be connected to the RS232 connector to output the data.
Once the computer is connected and the so ware is ready to accept data, then press the PRINT DATA to output the data.
USB STICK Socket if fi ed (Op onal)
Charging Socket
ON
OFF
TARE
Turns unit
ON and OFF
Tares weight
MEMORY
STORE
SHOW
DATA
Stores data
Displays data
DATA
Prints data
Increase se ngs
INC
DEC
Decrease se ngs
CLEAR
Clear data stored
SET
UP
SET
BANDS
Engineers se ngs
Set grading bands or target weights
FAST/
SLOW
Selects between fast or slow weighing
OPTIONS
Set type of printout.
Sta s cs, Histogram, Each.
ENTER
CAL
Enters data into store/ command
Sets zero, tare and calibra on
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RS232 Output
Printer & Computer
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Communica on Se ngs
Bits per second 9600
Data Bits 8
Parity None
Stop Bits 1
Flow Control None
REMOTE COMMANDS
The following commands are accepted at the serial port.
DATA?
HYST?
TARG,nnnn
Send summary report for current store
Send histogram for current report
Set target weight
EACH
HYON
Turns on the each bird print
Turns on the histogram print
UP
DATE?
Send bird dump in binary Data Pod format
Send the date ddmmyy
TIME? Send me hhmm
DATE,ddmmyy
TIME,hhmm
Set the date ddmmyy
Set the me hhmm
USING THE USB
Turn weigher on and open PRINT OPTIONS, and make sure WRITE TO
USB is on.
Plug USB s ck into port (Shown on page 15) and press PRINT DATA.
Once the file is wri en FILE WRITTEN OK will appear on the screen, the data is now downloaded. Remove the USB s ck from the weigher and plug into your computer.
Go to MY COMPUTER and open USB DISK FILES. Now select all the files and right click, a small dropdown menu should appear with the op on
OPEN WITH.. now select CHOOSE DEFAULT PROGRAM and select
MICROSOFT EXCEL.
Or
Open Microso Excel. Select FILE in the top le corner and then click
OPEN. It will now open a small window, click on MY COMPUTER and select the USB DISK icon. Select all the files you want to see and then click open. (You selected mul ple files by holding down CTRL and clicking each file)
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SAFTEY CONSIDERATIONS
The BW‐2050 is a rugged unit designed for outdoor use but it should be handled with care.
The unit can be cleaned with a damp cloth but under no circumstances be immersed in water.
Carrying the unit by the hook may cause damage to the loadcell and stop you from weighing.
This unit is fi ed with rechargeable ba eries and will last for 3‐4 years.
INDEX
Subject Page
Introduc on 1
Calibra on 2
Setup 3
Operator 4
Opera ng Instruc ons 9
Printer Output 12
Charging 13
Key Pad 14
PC 15
Using 17
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Weltech Interna onal Limited
Weltech Interna onal Limited manufacture the BW‐2050 to the highest specifica on and our aim is to con nue to improve its opera on and reliability and give our customers a product that suits their requirements.
SERVICE.
For service and repairs contact your local agent.
Weltech Interna onal Limited
10 Bramley Road
St.Ives
Cambridgeshire
PE27 3WS
Email : [email protected]
Tel : +44 (0) 1480 461611
Fax : +44 (0) 1480 301010

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Key features
- Stores up to 5000 bird weights
- Organizes weights into 1-50 separate stores
- Battery-operated, up to 15 hours between charges
- Retains weights even when battery is flat
- Maximum weight capacity: 10kg (chicken) or 50kg (turkey)
- USB port for data transfer
- Optional printer and grading lights