Gallagher SmartScale 800 User Manual

 3E1151SmartScale800UserManual
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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13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Standard.
Cross‐referencingVisualTagNumbers
TheScalemaintainsacross‐referencetablethatlinksananimal'sElectronicID
withtheanimal'sVisualTagNumber.Onceitmakesthislink,theScale
rememberstheVisualTagNumberthenexttimetheElectronicIDisread.
TheScalecanstoreupto21000linksbetweenElectronicIDsandVisualTag
Numbers.Ifthelimitisexceeded,newlinksbetweenanElectronicIDandits
VisualTagNumbercannotbestored.Inthiscase,thenexttimetheElectronicID
isread,itsVisualTagNumberwillnotdisplay.Warningswillappearleadingupto
this.SeeMemoryfullwarning(p82).

Gallagher SmartScale 800 Specifications

General

Brand	Gallagher
Model	SmartScale 800
Category	Scales
Language	English