How to Separate the Weight of a Container with the Unit Tare App?

SAN DIEGO, CA, January 18, 2021

Are you looking for a scale and a way to to separate the weight of a container from your deli items?

This article is going to explain how your store can implement the Unit Tare App to do just this. First of all, the key to the app has to do with the scale; The CAS SW-20.

CAS SW-20

The CAS SW-20 scale is compatible with Clover which is connected through this hub.

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You will also need this cable in order to get started.

Cable CAS Scale to Clover POS (CBL-SW20-158101)

Once you have all the required hardware, you are ready to download the Unit Tare App.

So, when we select an item that’s a weight based item you will see that it will ask to weight the item. The question then is, what happens if the package that we are weighing includes a container?

Let’s imagine that we are weighing things inside a container but we don’t want the weight of the box. If the container weighs 0.07 lb. and the item weighs 0.13 lb., then the total weight will be 20 lb. But, if you are weighing them together, when the container is packaged, it’s 0.20 lb.

The issue is that we don’t want customers to pay for the container.

When this is all packaged together, how do you separate the package from the contents inside. The solution to this problem is the Unit Tare App.

How You Can Get Started

To get started, click Unit Tare App

Then, click the “+”

This will prompt the app to ask you to input the new container’s information.

For this example, we will call it a box.

To get the weight, weigh an empty container. Our example weight is 0.07 lb..

Then, click the “Add” button.

Now, you will see a box that weighs 0.07 lb..

Next, you will hit the SYNC button.

And you are done.

Now you are ready to click Register.

Pick an item, for this example, we will pick sirloin item

Then weight the whole container with the contents inside on the scale.

Now simply click “Add ”

Now the Unit Tare App picks up. It will trigger a new screen to deduct any of the containers from the item that you just weighed.

As you can see, it takes the weight off an item down by deducting the weight of the container. Now we have achieved net weight without the container. 

There is no additional selection or steps. The customer doesn’t have to go and look for items anywhere. It’s just triggered every time the weight based item is put in the shopping cart.

This video further demonstrates how to use the Unit Tare App.

If at anytime you would like to skip ahead, or if you are revisiting this video and know what section you would like to watch, use the timecode links below to jump ahead to your desired section.

01:49 How enter containers and initial setup

02:52 Selecting containers