nShift has developed a Weight Scale integration in Ship. Using this you can fetch data from your weight scale and populate the weight and measurements directly in Ship instead of manually entering the values. We are currently supporting weight scales from Cubiscan but support for other vendors may become available in the future.

Content in this article

• Prerequisites
• Using Weight Scale integration in On-premises
• Using Weight Scale integration in Ticket

Prerequisites

We are currently supporting weight scales from Cubiscan. To use the integration in Ship, your weight scale must meet the following requirements:

• Be connected to the local network. 
• Have an IP / DNS address.
• Newer firmware that allows it to be called as a webserver.
• Must return JSON formatted data.

To verify that the weight scale is online, enter the IP address in a browser. This should return a screen like this:

Please note, that the screen may differ according to your weight scale model. 

To see if you can fetch data, enter the address in your browser followed by csMeasureData. E.g.: http://XX.XXX.X.XXX/csMeasureData where the X's are replaced by your weight scale's IP. 

If successful it will return JSON similar to the example below:

{
   "csMeasureData": {
      "Status": "01",
      "Location": "      ",
      "Package_Count": "00000363",
      "Date_Time": "00000114053024",
      "Length_Value": "",
      "Length_Status": "01",
      "Length_Units": "in",
      "Width_Value": "",
      "Width_Status": "01",
      "Width_Units": "in",
      "Height_Value": "",
      "Height_Status": "01",
      "Height_Units": "in",
      "Weight_Value": "1.95",
      "Weight_Status": "00",
      "Weight_Units": "lb",
      "DimWeight_Value": "",
      "DimWeight_Status": "01",
      "DimWeight_Units": "lb",
      "Factor_Value": "166",
      "Factor_Type": "D",
      "Barcode1": "",
      "Barcode2": "",
      "Measure_CRC": "B0DB"
   }
}

Using weight scale integration in nShift On-premises

Your On-premises must be version 13.97.1.18 or newer to support weight scale integration.

Follow these steps to set up the integration:

1. Go to Setup and navigate to the level where you want to configure the weight scale integration. Configure the settings on Installation level to use with all locations and carriers. 
   
   
2. Right-click in the pane to the right and select New > Weight/Scale setup.
   
   
3. In the Weight Scale setup window, select a vendor (Cubiscan) and enter the URL to your weight scale.
   
   
   
   
4. Test the connection and click Ok to save your settings. You are now ready to start fetching data from your weight scale.
   
   
5. In Production view, right-click on the goods line and select Initiate weight to fetch data from the weight scale.
   
   
   
   
6. After the weighing has been completed, the values from the weight scale will be added to the weight and measurement fields.
   
   

Using weight scale integration in Ticket

To use the weight scale integration with Ticket, you must configure the weight scale in Drop Zone. The Drop Zone application must be installed on a computer with access to the weight scale URL. 

1. Open Drop Zone and click on the Weight Scale tab.
   
   
2. Check the box next to Active.
   
   
3. Select a Vendor and fill in the URL to the weight scale
   
   
4. Check the connection and click Apply to save the settings.
   
   
   
   
5. When the communication with Drop Zone has been set up and the weight scale is active, a weight scale button becomes visible on the goods line in Ticket. Click this button to initiate the weighing and automatically fill in the values from the weight scale.