Conversion Factors For Secondary Units - Rice Lake 520 Installation Manual

13.11 Conversion Factors for Secondary Units

The 520 has the capability to mathematically convert a
weight into many different types of units and instantly
display those results with a press of the
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 13-7 to find the
c o nv 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.
• To configure secondary units using EDP
commands, use the Table 13-11 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,
s e n d t h e E D P c o m m a n d S E C . M U LT =
0.0005<CR> to set the multiplier for the
secondary units.
Ensure that the secondary decimal point
NOTE:
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 (
For example, if the primary units are short tons,
secondary units are pounds, and the secondary
decimal point is set to 8888.888, the indicator will
overflow if 5 tons or more are applied to the scale.
With 5 tons applied, and a conversion factor of 2,000,
the secondary units display needs five digits to the left
of the decimal point to display the 10,000 lb
secondary units value.
Primary Unit x Multiplier
grains 0.064799
0.002286
0.000143
0.000065
0.002083
0.000174
ounces 437.500
28.3495
0.06250
0.02835
0.911458
0.075955
Table 13-11. Conversion Factors
key.
UNITS
).
OVERFL
Secondary Unit
grams
ounces
pounds
kilograms
troy ounces
troy pounds
grains
grams
pounds
kilograms
troy ounces
troy pounds
Primary Unit x Multiplier
pounds 7000.00
453.592
16.0000
0.453592
14.58333
1.215278
0.000500
0.000446
0.000453
grams 15.4324
0.035274
0.002205
0.001000
0.032151
0.002679
kilograms 15432.4
35.2740
1000.00
2.20462
32.15075
2.679229
0.001102
0.000984
0.001000
short tons 2000.00
907.185
0.892857
0.907185
metric tons 2204.62
1000.00
1.10231
0.984207
long tons 2240.00
1016.05
1.12000
1.01605
Table 13-11. Conversion Factors (Continued)
Secondary Unit
grains
grams
ounces
kilograms
troy ounces
troy pounds
short tons
long tons
metric tons
grains
ounces
pounds
kilograms
troy ounces
troy pounds
grains
ounces
grams
pounds
troy ounces
troy pounds
short tons
long tons
metric tons
pounds
kilograms
long tons
metric tons
pounds
kilograms
short tons
long tons
pounds
kilograms
short tons
metric tons
Appendix 77