Table of Contents RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE..............5 IGNITION ......................5 SALE SCREEN AND PACKAGING SCREEN........... 6 3.1. Sale ......................... 6 3.2. Packaging ....................... 6 3.3. Indicators area ....................7 3.4. Network ......................7 3.5. Product Information ..................7 3.6.
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7.2.6. Users......................59 7.2.6.1. Change user....................60 7.2.6.2. Maintenance of Users................... 60 7.2.6.3. Default user selection................... 61 7.3. Accessing the Settings Menu................ 61 7.3.1. Tickets and labels..................62 7.4. Accessing the Communications Settings Menu..........63 7.4.2.
1. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE. AVOID HITTING THE DO NOT USE SHARP AVOID EXPOSURE TO SCALE OBJECTS ON THE THE SUN SCREEN DO NOT CLEAN THE DO NOT THROW WATER DO NOT EXPOSE THE SCALE WITH SOLVENT DIRECTLY ON THE SCALE TO VIBRATIONS SCALE 2Kg.
3.3. Indicators area METROLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS WEIGHT INDICATOR SALE TYPE/USER PRICE INDICATOR COST INDICATOR 3.4. Network NETWORKED SCALES SCALE NUMBER SCALE IP ADDRESS DATE AND TIME 3.5. Product Information ITEM PICTURE ITEM DESCRIPTION 3.6. Seller keys SELLER'S NAME NUMBER OF OPERATIONS TOTAL COST OF SALE Revision 1.1 Page7 of 92...
4. Work mode (Sale and Packaging) 4.1. Sale mode. 4.1.1. Sale operations: This can imply three different cases: a) Place a weight on the plate, select a product and press seller. b) Place a weight on the plate, press the key , type a price and press seller.
Exit Subtotal model; press 4.1.3. Total. To obtain the total of a sale from a seller and close the ticket the user must press well as the corresponding seller. 4.2. Packaging mode 4.2.1. Packaging operations: a) Select the seller who is going to perform the operation. b) After that the user must select the item (through hotkeys or the item's code) or the price he is going to perform the packaging with.
4.2.2. Total Packed. Once we finish packing, by pressing a label will be printed with the total price, indicating the total number of operations and labels issued. 4.3. Tare weight, (different types). 4.3.1. Manual Tare weight. Place a weight on the plate. Press Task indicator activated.
5. MAIN MENU 5.1. Accessing the Main Menu The user accesses the Main Menu from the Sale or Packaging window, pressing If the user passwords are activated, both the User and Password information will be required. Example: USER AND PASSWORD User: admin Password: admin Press...
6. SET-UP. 6.1. Accessing the Set-up Menu. Choose Programming with the cursors , and press Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 6.2. Item set-up: From the "Set-up menu", select the option "Items" and press Revision 1.1 Page13 of 92...
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The user will access the Item Set-up section. Type the item's code. If the item already exists, (it has been previously set-up), its information will be displayed. If the item does not exist (it's the first time it is introduced), the user must complete the fields that appear on the screen with the information to be set-up.
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By pressing the key when located on the Code field, a list of available items is shown. Here the user can select the item he is looking for with the numeric keypad. Once selected, press Pressing the key when located on the Item field, we can select the image that will be assigned product: (the...
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Definition of available fields for Items Field Type of Data minimum maximum Size Description Code Numeric 999999 6 Item code Name Alphanumeric ~60 Item description Short name Alphanumeric ~30 Short description of item Sale method: Weighed (checked box) Weighed Group Sale by weight Units (unchecked box) Sale by units...
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Pressing the user will go to the Packaging tab, where he can find the specific set-up of the packaging information for that item. With the user moves through the different fields to be set-up. By pressing the key while the user is on the Label field, he will see a list of the available label formats in the scale.
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Definition of available fields for packaging. VALOR VALOR Field Type of Data minimu maximu Size Description Expiry date Numeric 3 Expiry date Preferred Numeric 3 Preferred consumption days consumption Tare weight Numeric 2/3 full 5 Only for items sold by WEIGHT scale Label file name assigned to the Label...
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With the user moves through the different fields to be set-up. Definition of available fields for Groups. VALOR VALOR Field Type of Data minimu maximu Size Description Category Numeric 2 Item category Part 2 Item section Type of sale available for Type of sale working on Group selection for Quality...
6.3. Item prices. From the "Set-up menu", select the option "Item prices" and press Then we can see the item list. The search is performed by introducing the code with the cursors To make the search easier, it can be arranged: ...
Once the Item has been located, the user presses and the price will appear on orange background. Then, the user can modify the price he is interested in with the numeric keypad. Press again to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 6.4.
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Group; group of favourite items, (by default 1). Table; table of items (D0 to D4), (by default 0). Key; hotkey number for that item. Article; the item's code number. The screen will show the data corresponding to the selected item. Pressing when on the Item field, a list with the items available will be shown.
6.5. Sellers set-up From the "Set-up Menu", select the option "Sellers" and press With the user moves through the different fields. Code; it will be set-up as MMTT, where MM is the counter number and TT is the key number. Name;...
Key; key number assigned to this seller. When pressing while on the Seller field, the user can see a list. Choose with cursors and select with Press to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 6.6.
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Counter Code; counter number the scale belongs to. Name; counter name. Start shift; when we activate this box, the Turnomatic system is set to zero when saving the programmed date from the counter. Description; counter description. Pressing a list is shown. Select with cursors and press Press to save changes.
6.7. Identification Texts Set-up. From the "Set-up menu", select the option "Identification Texts" and press With the user moves through the different fields. With the alphanumeric keyboard (hotkeys) the user can set-up the texts. Name; company name Description; description of the company Business type;...
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Pressing the user can go to the Store tab, where he can find the texts that will be printed on the tickets' headers as identifiers from the store. With the user moves through the different fields. Name; name of the shop. Address;...
Press to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 6.8. Barcode Set-up (EAN13). From the "Set-up Menu", select the option "Barcode" and press With the user moves through the different fields. With the alphanumeric keyboard the user can set-up the data.
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Scale, then indicating the name of the scale. Counter, then indicating the name of the counter. By default, barcodes set-up by default from Grupo Epelsa. When pressing on Network or Local, to the right of the screen, it is indicated whether the barcodes are going to be used for working together with other devices (Network) or for working without this connection (Local).
0056; ticket number. 00600; cost. 2; check digit. NOTE: In the case a specific barcode was not specified for a certain item, the barcode that predominates will be the one set-up for the item itself and not the one set-up in this general menu.
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There are two options: Create the file; o A number is introduced in the field "File number", a number that is not associated to any existing file. o The user presses , all the fields appear empty in order to be programmed. ...
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When pressing while on the Date of Birth or Date of Slaughter field, a monthly calendar comes up, so that the user can choose the dates with the keys located in the lower area of the screen. With the user can set-up the date in the corresponding field. Pressing the user can access the More Information tab.
Breed; fattening country code, as the option above, when pressing a new table with countries will appear, the user looks for the correct one and selects it by clicking on it Slaughter; the code of the country where the animal was slaughtered, same steps as the previous sections.
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NOTE: the fields that have the star ( ) after the description are obligatory and must be set-up. Modify a file already created; Press when located in the field "Identification", the user can see a list of the nutritional information files already created, being able to select them with the arrows. o By pressing , the file data will appear which can be then modified.
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K-scale incorporates nutritional information on the label. It provides information about many food items as well as the product's nutrient contents. This content is expressed for 100 grams or 100 millilitres per product, although this can also be displayed per portion. The information about energy value and nutrients is: o Energy value.
NOTE: For the nutritional information to be printed in the label, the user has to activate this option from the item set-up menu in the Packaging section: Using , the user places the option on Nutritional information, and when pressing will search for the files created, selecting the one the user is interested in.
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There are two options, create or modify Tare weight: Create Tare weight; o A number is introduced in the field "Identification", a number that is not associated to any existing tare weight. o The user presses , all the fields appear empty in order to be programmed. Name;...
Press to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 6.12. Items categories: From the "Set-up Menu", select the option "Items categories" and press With the user moves through the different fields. With the alphanumeric keyboard the user can set-up the data.
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Name; name of the category. Cattle; if it is checked, the category will be cattle. Label: Default label for that category. to access the “Label format selection” screen: Press Modify existing Item Category; o By pressing when located in the field "Category", the user can see a list of categories already created, being able to select them with the arrows.
6.13. Item sections: From the "Set-up Menu", select the option "Item Sections" and press With the user moves through the different fields. With the alphanumeric keyboard the user can set-up the data. There are two options, create or modify Item sections: ...
Modify existing Item Sections; o By pressing when located in the field "Section", the user can see a list of sections already created, being able to select them with the arrows. o By pressing , the data will appear, to be then modified. Press to save changes.
With the navigation keys located on the lower section of the screen, the user can move through the different VAT already set-up. With the user moves through the different fields. With the alphanumeric keyboard the user can set-up the data. Identification;...
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With the user moves through the different fields. With the alphanumeric keyboard the user can set-up the data. There are two options, create or modify Clients: Create a new Client; o A number is introduced in the field "TIN", a number that is not associated to any existing client.
Press to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 6.16. Payment methods From the "Set-up Menu", select the option "Payment methods" and press With the user moves through the different fields. With the alphanumeric keyboard the user can set-up the data.
There are three default payment options (factory settings), and four new ones can be programmed, by inserting the payment method name in the corresponding field. With the key the user can enable/disable the selected payment option. Press to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen.
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There are two options, create or modify a Quality level: Create new Quality level; o A number is introduced in the field "Quality level code", a number that is not associated to any existing client. o When the user presses , all the fields appear empty in order to be programmed.
Press to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. SETTINGS. 7.1. Accessing the Settings Menu. From the "Main Menu", select the option "Settings" and press 7.2. Accessing the Scale Menu. From the "Setting Menu", select the option "Scale" and press Revision 1.1 Page47 of 92...
7.2.1. Scale Settings. From the "Scale Menu", select the option "Scale Settings" and press With the user moves through the different fields. Scale number; identification number for the scale. Counter; identification number for the counter the scale is at. Table Group; tables for grouping the PLUS hotkeys. Frequently used PLU Groups;...
Header with the ticket's general data. Information about the simplified invoice's issuing company. Simplified invoice number: YYSSSBB-TTTTTTT Information about the client receiving the simplified invoice. Press to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 7.2.2.
With select the scale's work mode: Scale; several additions of operations are performed with the help of a seller. A ticket is printed with all performed operations. Packaging; A seller is previously selected, as well as the item to be labelled. Every time the weight placed on the plate changes, a new packaging label is printed.
User for Menu Access; with the box checked, only the users with the corresponding permission will be able to access this menu. Mode Change; select the sale mode to be configured Configure; when pressing the user can configure the selected sale mode. 7.2.3.1.
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Customer service; with this option activated, the user can control the time elapsing from the moment the client is welcomed to the time the sale is closed. This option is not active in standard versions. For more information, contact Grupo Epelsa. Pressing the user can move to the Base tab.
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Keys; enables/disables the keys Code completion; when this option is enabled, the scale tries to complete the code that are being introduced using the keyboard, as it usually happens in mobile phones. Return to weight after sale; if this option is enabled, the scale will return to weight mode automatically after performing an operation.
Access to Mode; if the box is checked, the username and password will be requested when accessing with the key , i.e., only those authorised users will have access to the mode menu. Mode Selection; when the box is checked, only the authorised users will be able to select the work mode.
Automatic Start-up with Item; without pressing , the device goes into packaging mode when selecting the product. Default seller; the user can select the seller code the scale works with by default or leaving the box in zero, the scale requests the seller to start using the packaging mode. Enable price settings;...
This work mode differs from the previous ones because in the Mode tab, the boxes of POS Mode and Self-fixed code are activated. Pressing the user can move to the Base tab. With the user moves through the different fields. NOTE: all the information to be configured in the "Base"...
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Activation time (s.); seconds elapsed for the beginning of the advertisement. Time between images (s.); seconds between images. Image transition time (s.); seconds elapsed for the transition of images. Start only if weight is 0; If the box is ticked, the advertisement only works if there is no weight on the plate.
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Show Status Icons; if the box is checked, the user can see status icons (Weight, Network, Printer, Labeller). Pressing the user can change tabs. With the user moves through the different fields. Type of advertising: NOTHING; no advertising. PICTURE; set of images. ...
Return to Home screen (s.); seconds that must elapse without any activity, so that the device returns to the home page. Note: The scale sequentially shows the images or videos contained in the folder: sistema de archivos\home\pcscale\ pcscale\resources\publi Press to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen.
7.2.6.1. Change user. With the user moves through the different fields to be set-up. Within the User field, there is a selection of users already created. These are users used in the following work modes: Sales, Packaging, Self Service. Besides, there is also the Administrator user.
Options: User; reduced username. User's complete name; the complete name of the user. Password; user's password. Access levels; it assigns permission levels to the different programme systems. Press to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 7.2.6.3.
7.3.1. Tickets and labels. From the "System Menu", select the option "Tickets and Labels" and press After selecting "Storage Numbering and Settings". With this option we select the way to number scale tickets. This option is available for all scales in the system. It is necessary to configure the independent data for each type of sale.
The data to be programmed is: Numbering; numbering interval. Type; the numbering can be done by Scale, Counter or System. Local copy / Save local; when the box is checked, it performs a copy of the data locally. Invoice; it changes the numbering interval of simplified invoices. Delete totals at start-up;...
When pressing on Ethernet, the user will see the configuration parameters for the network. The user can configure the scale's IP address, the netmask and the gateway. There are two possible cases: we can either have the information about the IP address, mask and gateway.
When pressing on "Own scale network", the user will see information about the scales that were activated in the same node. Pressing the list of networked scales will update. Pressing the selected scale will be deleted. Careful the scale selected tells us in advance whether the user is sure about deleting it.
Press to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 7.4.2.3. Create/Rename Server Scale. With this option we activate the server scale and we assign the name of the node. NOTE: In order to configure this option, the devices can't be connected to the network. If they are, the devices will tell us to disconnect.
7.4.2.4. Connect to a scale network. This option is used when the user tries to include the scale within a system as a client device in such scale node. In this case, the device will show a list with all declared systems in the local network.
With this configuration option, the user can create a copy of another scale's database that forms part of the network. NOTE: In order to configure this option, the devices can't be connected to the network. If they are, the devices will tell us to disconnect. Once the list of the networked scales is ready, the user can select the device of origin that whose database we want to copy.
The user moves the cursor down up to "Separate from Network”. The device will ask the user wither he wants to exit the network. If we accept, the scale will be out of the network. 7.5. Accessing the Printer Configuration Menu. From the "Settings Menu", select the option "Printer Configuration"...
7.5.2. Selecting a Labeller. Select the labeller the scale will work with and press to save changes. The default name for the Labeller is “LPM400”. Press as many time as needed to go back to the work screen. 7.5.3. Printing Parameters. Contrast (%);...
Contrast (%); increasing or decreasing the burning percentage. (Value between -0 and 60 in intervals of 10; value 0 by default). Forward Feed(dots); engine forward feeds after printing the label, (value between 0 and 255; by default 56). Disable Backward feed; it is disabled when the box is checked.. If the box is unchecked, before printing, the labeller goes backwards according to the engine forward feeds selected in Forward Feed.
7.6.1. Weight adjustment, Weight configuration and scale serial number. Weight adjustment; here the user can configure parameters and then adjust the scale's weight. Weight configuration; this option displays the weight configuration parameters. Scale's serial number; here the user can modify the scale's serial number. NOTE: In order to access the previously mentioned options, the scale will request an access password for Calibration, as can be seen in the following image: IMPORTANT: Access to these menus can only be done by authorised staff from Grupo...
On this screen, the user can perform the weight verifications x10 (HR). Press (no weight on the plate) for auto-zero. Press in order to configure a tare weight and then verify the weight. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 7.6.3.
7.7.1. Label formatting selection. On this screen, the user selects the default label the scale will work with.. This is selected with the cursors Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. NOTE: If a label is selected during item set-up, the settings made for the item always take precedence over whatever is selected in this menu.
7.7.3. Type of Sale Maintenance. Using will scroll through the different set-up fields and with the alphanumeric keyboard, we will input the data into the fields selected. On this screen, we create or define the types of sale: Type of Sale; press to select the type of sale.
Press to save changes. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 7.7.4. Special settings. From the "Installation Menu", select the option "Special Settings" and press With the user moves through the different fields to be set-up. Revision 1.1 Page76 of 92...
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Language; press to select. Improved Charger; box must be checked to use optimised keyboards. Keyboard; press to select key mappings and display screen. From this option you can select different keyboard mappings which the scale uses. Here we can change the keyboard mapping which incorporates the Turnomatic option by choosing "Hardware_ST4_turno".
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Allow PLU drag & drop; with the box ticked, the hotkeys for packaging mode can be moved. (Only active for scale with touchscreen). Key Log; with the box ticked, a .log file is generated which records the keys pressed. Days; allows the number of days for the log file to be generated to be set-up. Pressing the user can change tabs.
7.7.5. Security Copy. From the "Installation Menu", select the option "Security Copy" and press 7.7.5.1. Store Security Copy. With this option, a backup of the database is made. Once the Store Security Copy option is selected, it will indicate the name of the copy of the database with the following data: Name of the DB version, DB revision and creation date of this copy of the DB.
7.7.5.2. Restore Security Copy. This option is used to restore a security copy which was previously made. Once you click on Restore Security Copy, it will list all the backups that have been created. Select the copy from the list that you wish to restore and press to begin the process of restoring the DB.
Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. NOTE: In order to perform all the actions of this menu, it is recommended that the scale is in local mode. 8. REPORTS. 8.1. Accessing the Reports Menu. From the "Main Menu", select the option "Print"...
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In this tab, we can see the list of items on the scale. You can list all the items, set different filters or even arrange the list depending on what we want to print. Press to preview the list which will be printed. Press to print the list of items that we have set in this menu.
In this tab, we can see the hotkeys on the scale. You can list all the hotkeys, set different filters or even arrange the list depending on what we want to print. Press to preview the list which will be printed. Press to print the list of items that we have set in this menu.
In these tabs, we select the report to view or print both the sales totals and the tickets. We can get all Sales Reports or can add different filters or group them as desired (by item, family, vendor, scale and counter) to print or view only those of interest. For the totals of tickets, we can also group by vendor, scale, counter and date and then expand the report with more data.
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With these options we create the drafts of the tickets and accumulated labels since the last draft created (Sale mode, Packaging mode and POS mode). The scale then asks for confirmation of deletion. The scale will then ask if we want to restart the ticket numbering. Once deleted, the scale displays a confirmation of the action done.
8.6. Clearing Automatic Operations. This option is unused in the standard versions of the scale. Consult the Grupo Epelsa. 9. CHANGE USER. 9.1. Accessing the Change User Menu.
After selecting the option, you can change the current user by selecting the user and entering the password. 10. ABOUT. From the "Main Menu", select the option "About . " and press The next screens show us information about the scale's software and hardware. In the "TScale"...
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In the "Weight" tab, we can find the libraries and the version for the approved weight program, followed by the firmware version and date of the last modification of the weighing electronics. Finally, there is the data related to the electronic seal. Press to change tab.
In the "Hardware" tab, there are the printer models and the label maker followed by the firmware version. Below is the configuration of the front and rear display. Press as many times as is needed to go back to the work screen. 11.
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In compliance with current legislation, GRUPO EPELSA, S.L. offers the user, according to terms described in this card, full warranty against any manufacturing defect in it product or in the GRUPO EPELSA, S.L. elements included within. 1. Terms and scope of the warranty.
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