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The Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale is efficiently designed to provide accurate, reliable and repeatable weight measurements. The Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale comes equipped with a built-in height rod, a handle and two heavy-duty rear wheels for easy portability.
Safety Section With the Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale there are certain precautions that should be taken to prevent personal injury to the user and damage to your scale. Safety Signals Safety Signal Definitions: Indicates an imminently hazardous situation that, if not avoided, will result in death or DANGER serious injury.
All component parts have been wrapped in plastic. Remove the plastic and set aside. Repacking If the Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale must be returned for modification, calibration or repair, it must be properly packed with sufficient packing materials. Whenever possible, use the original carton when shipping the scale back.
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Figure 3-2. Attaching the Scale Column to the Scale Base 5. Using the enclosed screws, attach the column to the scale base as shown in Figure 3-3. Figure 3-3. Attach with Screws Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale Technical & Operating Instructions...
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Figure 3-6, making sure that the screw holes are lined up and that the cable does not get pinched. Make sure that screw holes are lined up. Figure 3-6. Insert Upper Column into Lower Column 4. Insert two screws and tighten using a Phillips head screwdriver. Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale — Scale Assembly...
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1. Open the battery chamber cover by loosening the thumb screw. 2. Insert batteries as shown in Figure 3-8. Figure 3-8. Batteries in Battery Chamber 3. Close the battery chamber cover. Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale Technical & Operating Instructions...
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Use level bubble to check for level and adjust feet as needed. Figure 3-10. Bubble Indicates Scale is Level On a flat surface, adjust scale feet until the bubble indicates that the scale is level. Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale — Scale Assembly...
Scale Operation The Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale display has various front panel keys as shown in Figure 4-1. Print On/Off LB/KG Zero Hold Release ENTER CLEAR Figure 4-1. Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale Front Panel Display Keys Key Descriptions Table 4-1 describes each of the key functions.
Up/Down Arrows Used to adjust height input (0.5 in/0.5 cm) while in BMI mode. Table 4-1. Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale Key Functions The keys on the front panel display are very sensitive so only a gentle pushing motion is required.
6. The BMI value and BMI annunciator is shown on the display. Press the key to return to the CLEAR weighing mode or step off the scale and the BMI function will be turned off. Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale Technical & Operating Instructions...
Figure 5-2. Top Level Menu 7. Press the key to advance to the desired menu. 8. Press the key and advance in the manual to the related menu selection for further instructions. ENTER Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale — Scale Configuration...
Press the BMI key again to move to the left Use up/down arrows to increment/decrement numbers. When done press the ENTER key to move to the next parameter (LOAD). Table 5-1. Configuration Mode Menu Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale Technical & Operating Instructions...
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Press the ENTER key to change value starting with the right most digit. Use up/down arrows to increment/decrement numbers. When done, press the ENTER key to move to the next parameter (ROUND). Table 5-1. Configuration Mode Menu Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale — Scale Configuration...
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Press the ENTER key to change value starting with the right most digit. Use up/down arrows to increment/decrement numbers. When done, press the ENTER key to move to the next parameter (ATOUT). Table 5-1. Configuration Mode Menu Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale Technical & Operating Instructions...
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OP7 - Bat type — (0=dry batteries, 1=rechargeable batteries) OP8 — OIML mode - (0=disable, 1=enable Press the BMI key to cycle back to the top level menu choices, ie: PROG/CALIB/DEF/DONE/TEST Table 5-1. Configuration Mode Menu Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale — Scale Configuration...
7. To change the calibration load value, use the arrow keys to increment or decrement the down flashing digit. 8. Use the key to move the flashing digit to the left or right. Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale Technical & Operating Instructions...
Description Value Displays the current software version. Value Displays the current battery level. VALUE Value Displays the actual value. Value Displays the actual raw counts of the scale. Table 6-1. Test Menu Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale — Test Menu...
The scale comes with an RS-232 port that enables weight data to be transmitted to other equipment, such as a computer or printer. The RS-232 cable with DB-9 connector (PN 100719) is available from Rice Lake Weighing Systems. Figure 3-9 on page 7 shows where the RS-232 connection is.
<ESC><CUOM=m><ESC><E will set the unit of measurement. Table 7-2. ESC Characters Name of Control Identifier Unit Unit of Measure (metric or constitutional) c (m or c) Table 7-3. Scale Global Values List and Identifiers Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale — RS-232 Communication...
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Figure 7-2. Sample of Escape Protocol When the user wants to diagnose the problems on the scale, it looks like the following diagram. Figure 7-3. Diagnose the Escape Protocol Diagram Figure 7-4. Diagnose Battery Protocol Diagram Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale Technical & Operating Instructions...
Table 7-4. Maintenance Protocol Commands USB Connection The Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale has the capability of connecting to a PC using a USB connection and a USB cable (not included). That connection location is shown in Figure 7-5. USB Connection Figure 7-5.
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No, not this time Next 3. Select then select Install the software automatically Next 4. The following screen appears while the driver is installing on to your system. Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale Technical & Operating Instructions...
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5. The following screen appears when installation is complete. Click on Finish 6. If you want to verify the installation, you can view the driver by looking at the Device Manager of your system. Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale — RS-232 Communication...
Table 8-1. Troubleshooting Table for the Rice Lake Scale Line Maintenance The following section provides instructions for maintaining and cleaning the Rice Lake line of scales. Maintenance operations other than those described in this section should be performed by qualified service personnel.
Capacity and Graduation Digital Physician Scale 550lb (250kg) 0.2lb (100g) Certifications and Approvals RoHS Compliant Dimensions Platform Dimensions 14.5 in W x 14.5 in L x 3 in H Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale — Rice Lake Digital Scale Specifications...
For More Information System Manuals • Rice Lake Digital Physician Scale Operating Instructions, PN 126150 Literature • 4-color, 150-10 Series Digital Physician Scale 150-10 Series Literature, PN 126117 Web Site • http://www.ricelake.com/health Contact Information Hours of Operation Knowledgeable customer service representatives are available 6:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m.
Rice Lake Digital Scale Limited Warranty Rice Lake Weighing Systems (RLWS) warrants that all RLWS equipment and systems properly installed by a Distributor or Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) will operate per written specifications as confirmed by the Distributor/OEM and accepted by RLWS. All systems and components are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for two years.
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