FAQ

For a Kimax 1, press the Menu Button for 1 second, when the display comes ON the unit is in Auto OFF mode.

Check VS setting (see page 13 in Kimax 1 manual) your axle load indicator might be auto OFF.

VS = 000 → Display blanks after approx. 2 minutes. Press “Rotate” button shortly and the display goes on again.

VS = 111 → Display never blanks.

For Kimax 1 wiring check page 9 and 10 in the manual. Circuit breaker might be broken, or power might be OFF.

You can blank the Kimax 2 display by pressing the “ENTER” Button shortly (Enter is the upper right button on the display)

Press the Enter button shortly one more time and the display goes ON again.

For Kimax 2 wiring check page 26-27 in the manual. Circuit breaker might be broken, or power might be OFF

Different Lo and Hi values could be set at the same load on vehicle.

Training section for recalibrating Kimax 2 is shown in the Training center or (see page 21 in Kimax 2 manual).

Recalibrate the Kimax 1 system (see page 14 in Kimax 1 manual).

Check the air hose for leakage/cable from SG sensors defects. Make sure the 0,4 mm hole in the throttle is not blocked.

Identical values for Lo and Hi could be saved.

Recalibrate the instrument.

When the value on the display exceeds the value set for A1 the display starts to flash on a Kimax 1 display.

When an axle LED is flashing on a Kimax 2 display, the actual axle weight exceeds the A1 alarm level saved for that axle under the alarm settings in the alarm menu

(see page 31 in Kimax 2 manual).

The reason that there are two menus for this is purely mathematics. The axle load indicator functions by calculating a straight line and to do this it needs to get two set of coordinates existing of (x, y), and that is what you tell the instrument through LO and HI.

Each axle (or axle group) needs to be calibrated since every axle is unique. Both weight and the air bellows in your suspension can vary among the other axles.

Measuring each axle individually gives you a more accurate weight reading when you are off-road on uneven surfaces.

Electric power must be present on all Kimax devices installed on the truck and installed on the trailer.

No. Air suspended vehicles must be in normal driving condition, air pressure, electric power and released breaks is mandatory for properly axle load reading.

Trucks and trailers suspended by parabolic mechanical springs do not need full air pressure, even low air pressure  automatic apply the breaks.

The applied breaks can affect the accuracy of the calibration of the individual axles.

Kimax 2 instruments are pre-configured based on the information given to Sense-Tech Weighing Systems ApS, when the instruments are ordered.

However, the calibration cannot be done before the instrument is installed on the vehicle, since all vehicle types or brands are unique in their suspension.

All instruments are however factory calibrated as a part of the in-house testing procedures.

In the case of several identical vehicles, a basic calibration can be copied from one truck to the next.

The weight values can be very unstable as an effect of a faulty calibration. The most common mistake is that the LO values were not stored while the vehicle was unloaded and the HI values were not stored while the vehicle was loaded. Find out which channel behaves unusually. Try to compare the AdL and AdH values for that particular channel. They will probably almost be identical. Try to recalibrate the vehicle like described on page 21.

It could also be a defect sensor. Look at the OAA value for the sensor. When the pressure on the sensor is increasing the OAA value must also increase.