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Brecknell® LPS400 Portable Shipping Scale, 400-Lb Weight Capacity, 2"H x 17.5"W x 15.25"D Item # 851094
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Description
Highly accurate four load cell scale for larger weight items
- For shipping/warehouse applications and general-purpose weighing.
- Dual power modes for portability or permanent installation.
- NCI protocol interfaces with common shipping software, including UPS Worldship.
Product Details
| Item # | 851094 |
| OfficeMax # | 22533233 |
| Manufacturer # | LPS400 |
| measurement types | kilogram; pound; lb/oz |
| weight increments | 0.2 lb; 0.1 kg; 5 oz |
| remote display | yes |
| brand name | Brecknell |
| power source | AAA batteries; AC Adapter |
| battery backup | yes |
| tare adjustment | yes |
| dimensions | 2"H x 17 1/2"W x 15 1/4"D |
| platform size | 15"x 12" |
| digital display | yes |
| built-in stand | no |
| rate type | Standard (Parcel Post) |
| color | silver |
| manufacturer | Brecknell |
| automatic shut-off | yes |
| warranty length | 1-year limited |
| weight capacity | 400 lb |
| postal chart included | no |
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Customer Reviews
Rated 4.5 out of 5�by 2
reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5�by Jimmy Great portable,scale!
Excellent scale for my business.
July 16, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 A good backup scale for UPS Worldship
My company's UPS scale decided to lose a load balancing cell and since it wouldn't register any weights at all, I needed to grab a quick backup scale while I got mine repaired. I went to my local Office Depot to look at scales and immediately gravitated towards this. The combination of a 400lb max weight capacity, remote display, and a computer interface sold me on it. After opening the package, I realized why it was much more inexpensive than the scale I needed it to temporarily replace. More on this later (including how to get it to work with UPS Worldship)
The build quality of the scale is good but not great. It's a stainless platform with a stamped steel base and the load cells are external to the scale itself meaning each foot of the scale is a sensor. This could be a problem if the scale is pushed around too much as it could dislodge a sensor rendering the scale useless but they appear to be mounted quite securely.
The display is where all of the magic happens so to speak. It is connected to the scale with a coiled cord, but the way it is mounted is quite flimsy and looks like with a bit of abuse (this is to be expected when you are weighing large and heavy packages with a cycle of about 150 packages per day) it could just rip out. The display itself is actually very easy to read, has a blue back-light, and multiple mounting options. It is the display that supplies all of the power and computer connectivity. The scale can run on either 4 AAA batteries or AC power (both are included) and the computer interface is also on the side of the display as well (the Serial cable is also include).
When powered up, the scale goes through a boot run and then is available for use within a few seconds of turning the power on. This is where all of the problems started. I bought this scale due to the fact that it can operate within Worldship and also Fed-ex's shipping software. With a normal scale, you would hook it up to the computer and select it in your software and you would be good to go; but that was not the case with this. The LPS400 has over 20 different parameters to set: some very basic like auto power-down, to the very complex like baud rate, parity, and bit length over the serial cable. The manual does not make any of this easy as it appears to be written for software developers who are look to create applications that could interface with this scale. Without going into too much detail, i am going to outline what you need to do to get this scale to work with your computer, more specifically, UPS Worldship.
-Set up the scale and plug it into the computer
-Go to Salter-Brecknell's website and under "Product Support" click on the "Downloads" link
-Find the driver for you worldship or fedex software version and just completely ignore the rest as none of this is what you need unless you are developing software for the scale.
-Install the driver after unzipping it and restart your shipping software so it can use the new driver.
-Now, the scale ships with its communication port turned off which is no good since the computer can't see it (this took me a bit to figure out). You need to push and hold the "ON/OFF/ZERO" and "UNIT" buttons until "SEtUP" is shown on the screen.
-Press the "TARE" button until you cycle to the "P4" setting. If you miss it just keep pushing "TARE" until you get back.
-When you are in the "P4" setting, press the "UNIT" button until the value on the right reads 7. This is the setting that allows UPS compatible communication.
-Press the "TARE" button once to save the setting and then press "ON/OFF/ZERO" to exit setup.
-You should now be able to select the scale in Worldship (Com1 -LPS150/400)
Hope this helps as this seems to be a good scale to have as a backup.
August 18, 2011
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