Adam Equipment MDW Physician Scales MDW250LREVE User Manual

							© Adam Equipment Company 2011 
Adam Equipment 
MDW – 250L 
PHYSICIAN SCALE with BMI 
ADAM EQUIPMENT CO. LTD. 
p.n. 700660146  Rev. E, February 2011    
						

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CONTENTS    
1.0  INTRODUCTION ....................................... ...................................................4 
2.0   TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........................... ....................................... 4 
3.0   DISPLAY AND KEY DESCRIPTIONS ....................... ................................... 5 
4.0   SETTING UP THE SCALE ............................... ............................................ 6 
5.0   FUNCTION ........................................... ........................................................ 8 
5.1   WEIGHING ........................................... .................................................... 8 
5.2   MEASURING HEIGHT................................... ........................................... 9 
5.3   MEASURING BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) .................... ............................ 9 
6.0   CALIBRATION........................................ .................................................... 10 
7.0   USER PARAMETERS .................................... ............................................ 11 
8.0   RS232 COMMUNICATIONS ............................... ....................................... 12 
9.0   ERROR MESSAGES ..................................... ............................................ 16 
10.0  WARNING ............................................ ...................................................... 16 
  
						

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1.0  INTRODUCTION 
   
·   The MDW 250L scale is a Digital Physician Scale wi th Body Mass 
Index (BMI) readout. 
  
·  It is an accurate electronic device with advanced  design and stable 
performance. 
 
·  It is designed to measure both the weight and the  height of a person 
and compute the BMI index.  
     
2.0  TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 
     
Maximum capacity  250 kg / 550lb 
Minimum capacity  2 kg / 4lb 
Scale division  0.1Kg / 0.2lb 
Height range  60 cm-212 cm / 24”-83” 
Division of measurement  0.1 cm / 1/8” 
Display  LED  display 
Size of platform  375 X 275 mm 
14.75” X 10.8” 
Overall dimension, height  
pillar in lowest position 570 X 275 X 1310 mm 
22.4” X 10.8” X 51.5” 
Net weight  13 kg / 29 lb. 
Environment for Use  Temperature: 5ºC-40ºC;  Humidity: 
						

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3.0  DISPLAY AND KEY DESCRIPTIONS 
 
 
  
KEYS  FUNCTIONS 
[On/Off /  
Zero]  To turn the scale on or off. 
To zero the scale if the display drifts from zero. 
[Tare] 
¿
¿¿
¿
  To tare the scale, if necessary. Accept settings as
 required 
[Units /  
BMI] 


  To toggle the weighing unit between Kg and Lb. and 
to select the BMI 
function.   Move active digit to the right when req uired. 
[Print /  
Hold] 


  To lock the reading even if the person to be weighe
d is moving and 
also to print the weight details if RS232 interface  is installed. Increase 
value or settings when required. 
  
DISPLAY  DESCRIPTIONS 
Kg  Indicates when the scale is weighing in Kilograms. 
Lb Indicates when the scale is weighing in Pounds. 
Hold Indicates  when  the  scale  has  held  the  weight  readin g  shown  on  the 
display.  It  will  flash  until  it  locks  into  the  stab le  reading  when  it  will 
then  remain  on  for  a  preset  time  when  it  has  held  t he  displayed 
reading. 
BMI  Indicates when the scale is displaying the Body Mas s Index value. 
CH The charge light will be on when the battery is rec harging. 
AC   This indicates when the scale is being used with th
e AC adapter. 
ZERO This  indicator  will  be  displayed  in  the  left  corner   when  the  scale 
reaches zero. 
NET  The Net weight is displayed, Tare weight is at zero .   
						

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4.0  SETTING UP THE SCALE 
   
·  Take the Physician scale out of the box.  
 
 
   
 
  1. Locate the 4 screws (2)    
2. Place the cable (4) through the pillar 
(3).  
3. Insert the 4 screws (2) through the 
holes on the pillar bracket and secure 
the bracket to the indicator (1),   
4. Make sure the screws are securely 
tightened. 
     
5. Place the cable (4) into the tube 
support (6) on the scale base.  
6. Insert the pillar (3) into the tube 
support (6).  
7. Rotate the pillar to position the 
indicator (1) in the direction desired, 
and then secure using the 2 screws 
(5) into the fixing tube (6).     
						

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      8. Locate the load cell cable (13) ready for 
connection  
9. Place the indicator cable (4) and the 
load cell cable (13) together near the hole 
on the base (16).  
10. Plug the two connectors (15) together.   
11. Position the connector inside the base 
(16).  
12. The cables should be fixed to the base 
using the clip provided (14).  
13. Locate the fixing bolt and washer 
(10) used to secure the height rod to 
the scale base (11)  
14. Locate the height rod (7) onto the 
fixing points (9) of the upper and lower 
brackets (8) & (12).  
15. Secure the bolt and washer to the 
bracket on the base (10)    
16. Tighten the bolt on the upper 
bracket (9).     
						

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5.0  FUNCTION 
 
5.1  WEIGHING 
 ·  Place the Physician Scale on an even floor and pre ss the [On/Off]  key.  
 
·  The instrument performs a self-test after which it  is ready for operation.  
 
·  Press the  [On/Off] key and the machine switches off.  
 
·  The  person  to  be  weighed  can  step  on  to  the  platfo rm  once  the  scale 
shows  0.0  on  the  display.  The  weight  will  be  displa y  in  Kg.  or  lb. 
depending on the units chosen by the user.  
 
·  If  the  weighing  value  is  to  be  tared  press  the  tar e  key  to  remove  the 
weight value from the display. 
 
·  Press  the  [Units]  key  for  changing  the  weighing  unit  to  kg  or  lb.  Th e 
LED will indicate the chosen weighing unit. 
 
·  Overload  display :  When  “
FULL”  appears  on  the  display,  it  shows  that 
the  load  on  the  platform  is  over  the  maximum  capaci ty.  Under  these 
circumstances,  it  is  necessary  to  reduce  the  load  o therwise  the  sensor 
or the platform will be damaged. 
   
·  Hold  Function:   To  lock  the  weighing  result,  press  the  [Print/Hold] 
key.  The  LED  will  flash  until  a  stable  reading  has  been  obtained  and 
then it will light up constantly. The weight will b e displayed until the hold 
time  has  expired  (see  Sec  7.0)  or  to  manually  relea se  the  function, 
press the  [Print/Hold]  key again. 
  
·  Print  Function:   To  send  the  weighing  result  to  a  printer  or  comput er 
press  the  [Print/Hold]  key  when  the  [Print/Hold] key  has  been  set  up 
in the parameter section to work as print function.  
(Print function is only applied for scale with RS23 2 interface) 
            
						

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5.2  MEASURING HEIGHT  
 ·  To measure some ones height, it is necessary to ex tract the measuring 
rod  and  place  the  height  arm  on  top  of  the  head  of  the  person  being 
measured.   
 
·  For shorter heights the height arm can be released  by pressing the red 
button  on  the  top  of  the  height  rod,  and  then  movin g  the  height  arm  to 
the lower section of the height pillar.  
 
·  The height is read on the bar at the top of the su pport.   The height can 
be  read  in  either  centimetres  or  inches,  however  th e  BMI  function  will 
only accept the centimetre values.   
 
5.3  MEASURING BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)   
 
·  Once  the  height  has  been  determined  it  is  possible   to  enter  the  height 
reading into the display ready for the scale to com pute the BMI.  
 
·  Press and hold the  [Unit/BMI] key to enter the BMI mode.  The display 
will  show  the  last  height  value  used,  “
Cm123”  or  “In123”  depending  on 
which weighing unit you are currently using. 
  ·   The height entry unit (Cm or In) will be flashing  to show you  which unit 
you  are  currently  in,  use  the  Up  arrow  key  to  chang e  the  height  entry 
unit between Cm to In as required 
 
·  Enter  your  height  using  the  arrow  keys,  the  [Print/Hold]  /
 key  will 
increment the flashing digit, the right arrow, the  [Unit/BMI] /
 key, will 
move the flashing digit to the adjacent digit. 
 
·  Press the  [Tare]/¿
¿¿
¿
 key to confirm the value. 
 
·  The  display  will  now  show  the  BMI  based  on  the  cur rent  weight  on  the 
scale and the height entered. 
 
·  Press  the  [Unit/BMI]  key  to  exit  the  BMI  mode  and  return  to  normal 
weighing.  
 
·  The Hold function will work as described above whi lst in the BMI mode.