Owner's manual

Glossary of Terms
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
ACCURACY Closeness of a reading to the actual value of the quan-
tity being measured.
ALARM Indication of a tolerance deviation.
APPURTENANCE Any added equipment other than the weigh vessel,
platform scale or feeder. Pipes, Valves etc.
AUTO ZERO
TOLERANCES
Automatic version of Zero Tolerance which is the
limit for enabling the module to zero off the weight
automatically. This is not used unless you have the
Zero Track Enable bit set to on. If used, Gross weight
will zero whever gross weight is within the auto zero
tolerance and the scale is not in motion.
BAUD RATE Baud rates are used as a measure of how fast serial
data is transmitted. (BIT/SEC). The higher the num
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ber the faster the data is sent between 2 devices.
BI-DIRECTIONAL A capability used to transmit data in either direction at
the same time, for example: to or from the instrument.
CAL DAY Day of the last calibration (if entered).
CAL ID Operator ID or initials of the person doing the calibra-
tion (if entered).
CAL LO WEIGHT Amount of test weight used (normally zero) for the
low point during hard calibration or reference point
during C2 calibration.
CAL MONTH Month of the last calibration (if entered).
CAL TYPE Type of calibration last performed.
CAL YEAR Year of the last calibration (if entered).
CHANNEL Designates the channel the command is being run on.
Single channel modules channel is always 0. Dual
channel modules, the first channel is always 0 and the
second channel is always 1.