Avery Brecknell, POS bench scale

You can integrate Sales with the Avery Brecknell POS bench scale. To use the scale, add the following to ports.INI:

The Timeout value is in milliseconds.

1. If an item is configured in its Price tab to “calculate weight” by amount/unit, Sales then reads the weight on the scale when the item is added to the sale and the price is set accordingly.

Note: For the Dynamic Pricing Rule to function, the Price Calculated By Weight check box in the item’s Price tab in SysManager must be unchecked. PricePerUnit is the price per unit and units can be any of the units that appear in the dropdown list on the item Price tab. The valid values of units are: oz, lb, kg and g. An example rule would be WEIGH(0.25, oz) meaning that the item costs $0.25 per ounce. Item pricing can be specified using any of the available units – items do not have to be priced in terms of the type of unit for which the scale is set up to measure.

After an item which has its weight calculated by price is added to the sale, you can click on the price area and select Reweigh to read the weight from the scale again.

• When weighing, the operator puts the item on the scale, and then select the item that is being weighed and priced. Selecting the item, and then placing on the scale can result in different weights/cost.

• To circumvent the fact that a salespoint has no scale, an item that is set with Price Calculated by Weight can have the weight manually set with the Set Weight button. Clicking on the Price in the invoice brings up the New Line Item Price, Reweigh or Set Weight dialog. Entering the weight and hitting OK sets the weight. Security is controlled by the Sales - Allow Operator to Set Weights Directly security setting.