SmartScale 600
User Manual
Page 55
Using Electronic IDs
The Scale can be used with an electronic ear tagging system. During a
weighing session an animal can be identified by reading its Electronic
ID. You can use Electronic IDs on their own, or the Scale can also
link and store the Visual Tag Number that identifies the same animal.
The Visual Tag Number is whatever alpha numeric (up to nine
characters) code that you choose to enter against an Electronic ID for
a given animal. It might be based on the visible number printed on the
ear tag or a combination of the number and the colour of the ear tag:
"1234" or "123RED" etc.
Setting up the Scale to use Electronic IDs
The Electronic ID reader connects to one of the serial ports on the
Scale. As described in
Communications
(p 26), this port must be set to
read EID Allflex.