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IQ plus 350 Installation Manual
7.5
Conversion Factors for Secondary
Units
The IQ plus 350 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 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.
For secondary units with a conversion factor
of 10 or more, you must use the MULEXP
parameter to move the decimal point. 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 2.83495 for
the MULT parameter, then use the MULEXP
parameter to adjust the decimal point to
28.3495.
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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,
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.
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Long tons and grains units listed in Table 7-6
cannot be directly specified as primary or
secondary units on the IQ plus 350 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
