10
Weighing Operations
Follow these steps for performing a gross weighing operation:
1.
With the scale powered up, zero
the scale if the display does not
already show zero by pressing
the ZERO key. . .
Display shows
0 weight.
2.
Place the item to be weighed on
the scale platform. . .
Gross weight is displayed.
3.
Remove the item and repeat all
three steps for the next item.
Follow these steps for performing a net weighing operation:
1.
With the scale powered up, zero
the scale if the display does not
already show zero by pressing
the ZERO key. . .
Display shows
0 weight.
2.
Place the container to be tared
on the scale platform. . .
Gross weight is displayed.
3.
Press the TARE key. . .
The weight is tared, 0 weight is
displayed and the tare and net
annunciators appear on the display.
4.
Place the material to be weighed
in the container. . .
Net weight is displayed.
5.
To remove the tare weight from
memory, empty the scale
platform and press the TARE
key. . .
Scale returns to gross weighing
mode.
To enter a known tare weight, follow these steps:
1.
Key in the known tare weight on
the numeric keypad. . .
When you press a numeric key, the
softkey selections change. One of
the softkeys is TARE.
2.
Press the TARE softkey. . .
The keyed in value becomes the
active tare weight and the display
changes to net weighing mode.
To remove an active tare weight, empty the scale platform and press the
TARE key or key in 0 on the numeric keypad and press the TARE softkey.
The display returns to gross weighing mode.
Gross Weighing
Key names are shown in
bold
letters. Hard keys are
always in UPPERCASE.
Softkey
names are printed as
they appear on the display.
Displayed characters are shown
in bold and italic letters.
Net Weighing
Entering a Known Tare Weight
Removing an Active
Tare Weight
There are two types of TARE:
semi-automatic tare (SAT is a
European term—same as
push-button tare in USA)
SAT or push-
button tare
annunciator
preset tare (PST is a European
term—same as entered or
recalled tare in USA)
PST or entered/
recalled tare
annunciator
