Rice Lake IQ Plus 355 Installation Manual V1.17 - Manual (Page 45)

Appendix 41
7.6 Conversion Factors for Secondary
Units
The IQ plus 355 has the capability to mathematically
convert a weight into many different types of units
and instantly display those results with a press of the
UNITS
key.
Secondary units can be specified on the FORMAT
menu using the SECNDR parameter, or by using EDP
commands.
• To configure secondary units using the front
panel menus, use the Table 7-6 to find the
c o n v e r s i o n m u l t i p l i e r f o r t h e M U LT
parameter. For example, if the primary unit is
pounds and the secondary unit is short tons,
set the MULT parameter to 0.000500.
You must use the MULEXP parameter to set
the decimal point position. For example, if the
primary unit is ounces and the secondary unit
is grams, the conversion factor shown in
Table 7-6 is 28.3495. To enter this value using
the menus, first enter 283495 for the MULT
parameter, then use the MULEXP parameter
to adjust the decimal point to 28.3495.
• To configure secondary units using EDP
commands, use the Table 7-6 to find the
conversion multiplier for the SEC.MULT
command. For example, if the primary unit is
pounds and the secondary unit is short tons,
send the EDP command SEC.MULT=
0.0005 to set the multiplier for the
secondary units.
• Long tons and grains units listed in Table 7-6
cannot be directly specified as primary or
secondary units on the IQ plus 355 indicator.
For these or other unlisted units of weight,
specify NONE on the UNITS parameter.
NOTE:
Ensure that the secondary decimal point
position is set appropriately for the scale capacity in
the secondary units. If the converted value requires
more digits than are available, the indicator will
display an overflow message (
OVERFL
).
For example, if the primary units are short tons,
secondary units are pounds, and the secondary
decimal point is set to 8888.88, the indicator will
overflow if 5 tons or more are applied to the scale.
With 5 tons applied, and a conversion factor of 2000,
the secondary units display needs five digits to the left
of the decimal point to display the 10000 lb secondary
units value.
Primary Unit x Multiplier Secondary Unit
grains 0.064799 grams
0.002286 ounces
0.000143 pounds
0.000065 kilograms
ounces 437.500 grains
28.3495 grams
0.06250 pounds
0.02835 kilograms
pounds 7000.00 grains
453.592 grams
16.0000 ounces
0.453592 kilograms
0.000500 short tons
0.000446 long tons
0.000453 metric tons
short tons 2000.00 pounds
907.185 kilograms
0.892857 long tons
0.907185 metric tons
grams 15.4324 grains
0.035274 ounces
0.002205 pounds
0.001000 kilograms
kilograms 15432.4 grains
35.2740 ounces
1000.00 grams
2.20462 pounds
0.001102 short tons
0.000984 long tons
0.001000 metric tons
metric tons 2204.62 pounds
1000.00 kilograms
1.10231 short tons
0.984207 long tons
long tons 2240.00 pounds
1016.05 kilograms
1.12000 short tons
1.01605 metric tons
Table 7-6. Conversion Factors