Nicol Scales & Measurement AP-US User manual

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AP-US
(lb version)
Price Computing Scale
OWNER’S MANUAL

CONTENTS
PRECAUTIONS 4
PREFACE 6
INSTALLATIONS 6
NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 7
OPERATIONS 9
1. General Weighing 9
2. Pricing 1/2 Key 9
3. Pricing 1/4 Key 10
4. Weighing with Tare 10
5. Saving a Current Tare Weight and Unit Price 12
6. Saving a Unit PLU to Memory 12
7. How to Call a PLU 14
8. How to Print 15
ERROR MESSAGE 17
SPECIFICATIONS 17

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PRECAUTIONS
Precautions when installing the scale. To ensure that you get the most from
your scale,pleasefollowthese instruction. The socket-outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible.
Do not disassemble the scale.
When any damage or defect occurs,
contact your CAS
authorized dealer
immediately for
proper repair.
Do not overload beyond the maximum
weight limit.
Do not pull the plug by its cord when
unplugging. Damaged cord could cause
electric shock or fire.
To prevent from fire occurring, Do not
place or use the scale near flammable or
corrosive gas.
Avoid placing the scale near heater
or in direct sunlight.
Scale must be grounded to minimize
electricity static. This will minimize
defect or electric shock.
Insert plug firmly to wall outlet to
prevent electric shock.
To reduce electric shock or incorrect
reading, Do not spill water on the scale
or place it in humid condition.
Warning
For consistent and accurate reading,
maintain periodical check by your
CAS authorized dealer.
Avoid sudden shock to the scale.
Internal mechanism could be damaged.
Place the scale on firm and temperature
consistent environment. Keep the scale away from other
electromagnetic generating devices.
This may interfere with accurate
reading.
Grab on the bottom of the scale when
moving. Do not hold by the platter.
By adjusting 4 corners of the scale, set
the scale even using the built in scale
leveling indicator.
Attention

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PREFACE
INSTALLATIONS
Thank you for the purchasing of our CAS AP Series.
These series have been designed with CAS reliability, under rigid quality control
and with outstanding performances. Your speciality departments can enjoy with
these high quality reliable CAS products.
We believe that your needs will be satisfied and you will have proper reliability
in variable weight.
This manual will help you with proper operations and take care of the AP series.
Please keep it handy for the future references.
1. Loosen the twist lock nut on the display pole as fig. 1.
2. Pull the harness wire as fig. 2.
3. Turn the post pipe 180 and insert the projections of post pipe into the
holes on the bracket as fig. 3
4. Insert and fasten display assembly screws as fig. 1
5. Tighten the twist lock nut on the display pole as fig.4
fig. 1 fig. 2 fig. 3 fig. 4
NAMES AND FUNCTIONS
OVERALL VIEW
Display
Post Pipe
Post Pipe
Bracket
Screw
Hole
180
Projecton
Twist lock
nut
Post
Bracket
Adjusting Bolt
Keyboard
Power
Plug
Platter
Leveling
Gauge
Body
123
456
0
ON
OFF
00 C
ZERO
789
TARE
*
MR
1/ 2 1 /4
MW
TOTAL PRICE
WEIGHT
UNIT PRICE
lb
$
$/lb
NETZERO
SAVE
CAPACITY
0~30 lb x 0.01 lb / 30 ~ 60 lb X 0.02 lb
SAVE
PRINT
DISPLAY & KEYBOARD

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8
KEY FUNCTIONS
~
0
00
9
C
TARE
1/2
1/4
ZERO
MR
MW
PRINT
SAVE
Used to enter all the numerical data.
Used to enter a double zeros.
Used to clear all the numerics dn the unit price display.
Used to clear sum total price.
Used to correct the zero point.
Used to enter a tare weight.
Used to delete a tare weight.
This key allows the sale of items by unit price per half pound.
This key allows the sale of items by unit price per quarter pound.
Used to store PLU(price look up) to memory up to 499 items.
Used to call PLU(price look up) in memory up to 499 items.
Used to saves a current tare and currently called unit price from
automatically.
Enable or Disable Auto-printing funtion.
Direct PLU keys.
KEYS FUNCTIONS OPERATIONS
When you turn on the power, the scale will count “99999” to “00000”.
Then the scale will read “0.000” in the weight display. This is called the
ZERO state.
If the scale is not ZERO state though there is nothing on the platter, press the
ZERO key.
The display indicates if the scale is at ZERO or if there is a TARE entered into
the scale by way of a ZERO and NET lamps.
1. General Weighing
1 2 7 5
Enter a unit price. Place the commodity on
the platter. Remove the commodity from the platter.
NOTE : The unit price is cleared automatically after each weighing
2. Pricing : 1/2 Key
1/2
100
Enter a unit price. Press the 1/2 key
This function doubles
the price per pound.

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TARE 2 9 9
Place the container on
the platter. Press the TARE key. Enter a unit price.
4. WEIGHING WITH THE TARE
A) Unknown (weighed) tare
Place the commodity on
the platter. Remove the commodity from the platter.
3. Pricing : 1/4 Key
1/4
100
TARE
Enter a unit price. Press the 1/4 key
This function quadruples
the price per pound.
Enter tare weight by pressing
the numeric key. Press TARE key.
B) Known (manually entered) tare
Place the container on the
platter and enter a unit price.
Place the commodity
in the container.
Remove commodity with container
from the platter. If you want to save
tare weight and unit price,
press the SAVE key.
NOTE:The tare is cleared automatically after each transaction.

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MW
Press the MW key.
MW
3 7 5
Enter a unit price. Press the MW key.
Enter a desired
address of the PLU.
(0 To 199)
B) For Indirect PLUs
Enter a unit price. Press the MW key. Press one of the PLU keys.
6. SAVING A PLU TO MEMORY
The function saves each PLU into a internal back up memories.
The PLU means Price Look Up which has an unit price.
AP-EX has 28direct PLUs and 200 indirect PLUs.
AP-MX has 5direct PLUs and 200 indirect PLUs.
AP-SM has 7direct PLUs.
MW
2 9 9
A) For Direct PLUs
5. SAVING A CURRENT TARE WEIGHT AND UNIT PRICE
The function saves currently called unit price from automatically clearing.
SAVE
Press the SAVE key.
Set the tare weight,1.00lb,
and enter a unit price.
Place the commodity on
the platter. Remove the commodity from the platter.
Then the display still
shows tare weight,
and unit price.

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7. How to Call a PLU
Make sure that the platter is empty before call up a PLU.
A) For Direct PLUs
Press one of the direct
PLU keys. Place the commodity on the platter. Remove the commodity from the platter.
Remove the commodity
from the platter.
NOTE : Decimal point of the unit price display has no meaning.
MR
Enter an address of the
indirect PLU.
Place the commodity on
the platter.
B) For Indirect PLUsB) For Indirect PLUs
Press the MR key.
Press the PRINT key.
The display shows “P on”.
Auto print funtion is activated.
8. How to Print
PRINT
Turn print function on.

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3 7 5
Enter a unit price. Place commodity on the
platter.
and then printing is done
automatically
Remove the commodity
from the platter.
Do general weighing. ERROR MESSAGES
To help for the customer’s understanding, this scale warns the error message
properly. Please refer to error table.
An error of the initial zero range
A failure of the analog module
key codes are broken
set the platter empty.
Call your CAS dealer
Call your CAS dealer from calibration
ERROR MEANINGS SOLUTIONS
Display
HELP 1
Display
ERR 10
Long Beep
AP-1
0~30 0.01 lb / 30~60 0.02 lb
ZERO, TARE, SAVE
-29.99 lb
10°C 40°C
AC 120V / 60Hz
APPROX. 10W
340(W) 215(D)
435(W) 325(D) 495(H)
SPECIFICATIONS
MODEL
CAPACITY
DISPLAYS:WEIGHT
UNIT PRICE
TOTAL PRICE
DISPLAY DESIGNATORS
MAXIMUM TARE
OPERATING TEMPERATURE
POWER SOURCE
POWER CONSUMPTION
PLATTER SIZE (W D)
PRODUCT SIZE (W DH)
5 DIGIT
6 DIGIT
7 DIGIT
Example
DATE
weight unit price total
No_PLU
11.40 lb @ $3.75/lb $42.75
Sum($) $42.75

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MEMO