| The IND780drive is a powerful terminal capable of handling various types of vehicle weighing applications without the use of a PC. Two separate scales can be controlled for inbound and outbound vehicle transactions, with either permanent or temporary vehicle Tare records. | ![]() |
Description
The IND780drive industrial terminal is a single- or multi-range, high-performance weighing terminal for use with analog and/or METTLER TOLEDO® POWERCELL®/MTX® scale bases. The IND780drive may be used with one or two platforms connected, allowing both platforms access to the same database.The terminal has permanent and temporary memory locations for storing vehicle IDs and weights. These can be recalled to complete a transaction and print a ticket. User-definable database tables enable application and variable data to be stored permanently or temporarily and recalled on demand. Traffic control logic is included using either lights triggered by weight or gates triggered by input from embedded loops, together with vehicle positioning detection.
Use the built-in predictive maintenance and diagnostics features as a preventative strategy to predict errors and plan scale maintenance, rather than react after a scale is already down.
Features and Benefits
- A simple operating system with an enhanced graphical display – Reduced training time, better process visualization and fewer application errors add up to reduced cost
- Traffic light or gate/loops control - Internal digital I/O controls vehicle traffic for up to two scales concurrently, meaning no other external programming controls are required
- Internal target/ setpoint I/O controls - Direct material transfer controls incorporate the vehicle filling process in the vehicle inbound/outbound transaction to improve speed and accuracy of the process
- Large database memory - Stores numerous vehicle, transaction, commodity and customer records in the Compact Flash memory card for long term retention
- Standard USB and Ethernet connection - USB interface enables quick data entry via a USB keyboard and Ethernet allows easy access to the database’s records via a network.
- Tare expiration control - Avoids measurement errors by ensuring that vehicle tare records are updated periodically
Specifications - IND780drive Vehicle Weighing Terminal
| Housing | Harsh: Stainless Steel. Panel: Stainless Steel Faceplate |
| Keyboard | 30-key tactile keyboard with numeric keypad, navigation keys, function key |
| Dimensions | Panel mount: 220 x 320 x 105 mm (8.7 x 12.6 x 4.1 in.). Harsh environment/desk/wall/column mount: 200 x 299 x 235 mm (7.8 x 11.8 x 9.3 in.) |
| Degree of protection | IP69k (harsh version); Type 4x/12 (panel version) |
| Mounting options | Panel, desk, wall, column |
| Display | Backlit LCD graphic display, 320 x 240 pixels; QVGA 145 mm (5.7 in.); active TFT color |
| Number of attachable platforms | 4 (only 2 can be assigned to the Drive-780 application) |
| Suitable platforms / weigh modules | Analog scales (10 VDC ex. up to (8) 350 Ohm load cells, 2 or 3 mV/V) per channel, POWERCELL® PDX®, POWERCELL® MTX®, IDNet Scale, X-Base SICS |
| Resolution | 1,000,000 divisions |
| Resolution (approvable) | Analog - 10,000e NMI, 10,000 NTEP; IDNet - depends on scale base NMI, NTEP |
| Signal processing | TraxDSP™ filtering |
| A/D rate (int./ext) | More than 366 Hz internal; 50 Hz target comparison; 20 Hz PLC output |
| Digital Input/Output | Maximum 40 in/56 out with internal and external I/O options |
| Interfaces | Ethernet TCP/IP, COM 1 (RS-232), COM 2 (RS-232, 422 or 485), USB |
| Options | Dual analog output, Serial, Digital I/O, A-B Remote I/O, Profibus DP, ControlNet, Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP, DeviceNet, TaskExpert |
| Applications | Permanent, Temporary, Index and Transient vehicle transactions; vehicle filling; traffic control |
| Hazardous area approval | Class I & II, Div 2, Groups A-D, F, G and ATEX Zone 2/22 |
Business Information
Product Brochures
- Vehicle Weighing Brochure (pdf - 1 MB)
Technical Information
Datasheets
- IND780 Drive-780 Databrief (pdf - 133 KB)
Installation Instructions
- Installation Manual - IND780 (11 MB) (pdf - 34 MB)


