How to set up for Payload Meter in a tablet.

Introduction

This article details how to set up a construction machine equipped with Retrofit to display the weight of excavated soil on a tablet and manage loading.
By displaying and managing the weight, loading can be done in accordance with the loading capacity of the dump truck.

Procedures and Explanation

Payload meter (Bucket Configuration)
1.  Start the application, select 【"1"Payload Meter】, and tap 【"2"the menu】.


1) Tap 【"1"Bucket Configuration】 in the menu and check the weight setting of the bucket in use.

Touch 【"2"the edit button】 for the bucket which you want to set the weight.

(The bucket colored yellow is the one currently being set).

2) Tap 【”1"the edit】 icon in the 【"2"Buckets section】 to proceed.
If the weight has already been entered, just touch the check mark and you are done. If the weight has not been entered, select the bucket type, tap the check mark in yellow, confirm that the value is reflected, and then tap the white check mark.
*If the bucket has a coupler, enter the coupler weight and the distance between the two pins.

Payload Meter (Basic Settings)

2. Tap 【”1"Basic Settings】 in the menu, and when 【”2"the construction machine icon】 lights up, touch it.
You will be prompted for a password when tapping the construction equipment icon. Please refer to the manual for the password set by default.

1) Configure the base machine settings
Re-setting is not necessary unless the construction machine has been changed.
Select a model that is close to the standard of the construction machine, pick a type that matches the selected model, choose the specifications of the construction machine, and tap 【”1”the check mark】.
If the model is correct, touch 【"2"the check mark】 in yellow of the confirmation display to overwrite the parameter.


2) Change the serial number in the basic information to the actual machine number (default is 9999).
Turn off 【”1"the standalone mode】, and tap the check mark.
Return to the Basic Settings screen and touch the check again.

Payload Meter (Unloaded Calibration)
3. After checking and setting the above, tap 【"1"Unloaded Calibration】 in the menu, and adjust the arm and boom angles of the actual machine to be close to the same angle as the illustration in Step 1, and make the bucket parallel to the ground.


1）After adjusting the angle, raise the boom while maintaining the arm and bucket angle and swing it 90° until reach a height of 3m or more.


2) When the boom reaches 3m or more, it is lowered again while holding the arm and bucket angle and turning to return the boom to its original position.


3) If there are no problems after performing the above operations five times, "Success" is displayed, and the payload can be used.


Please refer this video.

Supplementation

Loading Operation
To load a dump truck, tap the dump list①, then tap the play mark➁ to start measurement.

When "Auto start" is ON in the basic settings, the loading operation will start automatically when a dump is selected.
When "Auto stop" is ON, loading will automatically end when the maximum limit of the end setting is reached.
*The acquisition of dump list and management of loading results must be configured in advance by the administrator from another application (Smart Construction Fleet).

*If there is an Internet connection, the loading results for each selected dumpster will be reflected in Smart Construction Fleet.

When a dump list is not required (Standalone Mode)
Even if a dump list is not available or cannot be prepared, a default dump (demo dump) can be displayed and weighed when 【”1"Standalone Mode】 is turned on.
*The measured information will not be stored in the server or in Smart Construction Fleet.