Rice Lake TransAct 3.5 - Manual (Page 184)

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Figure 171. Scale Labels
[Tares]
Use the [Tares] section to activate the three tare options. At the time of installation, some or all of the
tares were activated. Active tares are displayed in TransAct under Admin | Customer Accounting .
To activate a tare button, position the cursor after the equal sign and type the name for the button.
Remember to type the name in exactly as you would like to see it displayed in TransAct.
Existing Name:Tare3=
New Name:Tare3=Pup Trailer
To deactivate a tare, position the cursor after the existing name and press the Backspace key on the
keyboard until nothing is displayed after the equal (=) sign.
Existing Name:Tare2=Container
New Name:Tare2=
To change the name of a tare button, delete the existing name and enter your desired name.
Existing Name:Tare1=Truck
New Name:Tare1=Vehicle
NOTE: Tare4=Tarename will not work. TransAct only recognizes three tare options.
AutoTareExpire
To activate, enter the number of days a tare should remain active.
AutoTareExpire=90
In the above example tare weights will expire 90 days after the set date. When a tare expires during a
transaction, the operators receives the following warning.
Figure 172. Tare expiration warning message