Manual tare
If you type a value into the Tare prompt that is known as a Manual Tare. Other common descriptions are Keyboard Tare or Keyed Tare.
If a Truck has a Manual Tare it will be indicated by an M to the right of the Last Tared time and date.
When a Tare weight has been entered manually it is usually required that this is also indicated on any Ticket that is produced using the Manual Tare value.
Ticket indicating a Manual Tare weight
A Tare value of 0 is considered to be the equivalent of an Auto Tare.
Auto tare
Auto tare means that the Tare weight for the Truck is recorded by reading the weight value directly from the Scale. To Auto tare a Truck:
1.Make sure the Truck is empty and positioned on the scale.
2.If the Driver is normally in the Truck when you print a Ticket, the Driver should be in the Truck when you record it's Tare weight.
3.If you have more that one scale, select the scale that the Truck is positioned on.
4.Select the Truck that want to update.
5.Click Update Tare.
The current Scale weight will be recorded as the new Tare weight and Last Tared will be updated.
If the Truck had been previously been Manually tared, the M updated to an A to indicate that the Truck has be Auto tared.
