Weighing operations – Rice Lake IQ plus 590-DC Operator Card User Manual

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IQ plus 590-DC Operator Card

Weighing Operations

The illustration below shows the IQ plus 590-DC keypad and normal mode key functions.

Basic IQ plus 590-DC weighing operations are
summarized below:

Toggle Gross/Net/Piece Count Mode

Press the

GROSS/NET

key to switch the display mode

between gross, net, and piece count modes. If a tare
value has been entered or acquired, the net value is the
gross weight minus the tare. If access to piece count
mode is disabled, pressing the

GROSS/NET

key

switches between gross and net modes only.

Gross mode is shown by the

G

annunciator; net mode

is shown by the

N

annunciator. Piece count mode is

shown by the LCD annunciator adjacent to the

PC

at

the right edge of the display.

Toggle Units

Press the

UNITS

key to switch between primary and

secondary units. The units annunciator arrow on the
right side of the LCD display points to the units
identifier.

Zero Scale

1. In gross mode, remove all weight from the

scale and wait for the standstill annunciator
(

).

2. Press the

ZERO

key. The center of zero

(

) annunciator lights to indicate the

scale is zeroed.

Acquire Tare

1. Place container on scale and wait for the

standstill annunciator (

).

2. Press the

TARE

key to acquire the tare weight

of the container.

3. Net weight is displayed and the

annunciator lights to show the tare value was
acquired.

Enter Tare (Keyed Tare)

1. Use the numeric keypad to enter the tare

value, then press the

TARE

key.

2. Net weight is displayed and the

annunciator lit to show the tare value was
entered.

Remove Stored Tare Value

1. Remove all weight from the scale and wait for

the standstill annunciator (

).

2. Press the

TARE

key. The

annunciator goes

off, indicating the tare value has been
removed.

Indicators with the REGULA parameter set to
NONE or NTEP can clear a stored tare value
using the following procedure:

1. Press

DISPLAY TARE

to show the stored tare

value.

2. Press the

CLEAR

key twice to remove the

stored tare.

Print Ticket

1. Wait for the standstill annunciator (

).

2. Press the

PRINT

key to send weight data to

the serial port.

T

4

9

0

8

5

2

7

6

3

CLEAR

DISPLAY

TARE

ZERO

GROSS

NET

TARE

UNITS

PRINT

B/N

Units

POWER

ENTER

SAMPLE

MODE

PRINT

I / O

Switch between

primary and

secondary units

Send data to

serial port

Set gross weight

to zero

Switch between

gross, net, and

piece count mode

Acquire tare

NORMAL MODE KEY FUNCTIONS

Display current

tare weight

Power on/off

T

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