When dealing with a high-end industrial digital scale, the wealth of dynamic features can give way to awe and intimidation. Set up of these machines is generally very user friendly. For example, Textual and numeric information can be entered using the 0 - 9 numeric keypad, to track set points for batching, descriptions for parts counting, and layouts for printed labels, as described in detail in instruction manuals. There is even optional Windows based software that allows the data to be exported to other applications such as spreadsheets, or databases. Still, many users find themselves in a quandary when events do not go as planned or when readouts fail to provide the expected information. The first step a digital scale owner should take is [+]