Indicators for Analog or Digital Load Cells
Accurate/Western Scale Co. Ltd. offers a variety of indicators for your needs, including analog and digital models. We also have options in printers for custom receipts, orders, digital load cell technology and more. You can learn more about the available options below, or get a quote by contacting us today.
Western M2000A - 3 Channel Weight Indicator | Western M2000A-1 Single Channel Weight Indicator
Western M2000D Digital Weighing System | Western Max Digital Weight Indicator
Western M1 Digital Weight Indicator | Western Lightspeed Indicator
Western DF3500 Conveyor Scale and Rate Feeder Weight Indicator | 920i Programmable HMI Indicator/Controller
Rice Lake 820i Programmable Indicator/Controller | Rice Lake 720i Programmable Indicator/Controller
IQ Plus® 355 Digital Weight Indicator | Rice Lake VIRTUi Indicator
Western M2000A - 3 Channel Weight Indicator

M2000A indicators have proven themselves to operate effectively and optimize scale performance in any industrial weighing application. Today, thousands of M2000A indicators are in service on everything from extreme capacity railroad and vehicle scales to precision portioning and check-weighing scales.
A wide range of standard and optional features allows the indicator to be easily customized for a variety of customer needs. This versatility makes the M2000A the ideal choice for both new installations and existing system upgrades.
The M2000A is simply the fastest and most affordable fully featured weight indicator on the market today.
This option is fast:
- 100 weight samples per second
- FASTSTEP filtering: The industry's most advanced algorithm-adjustable filter system
This option is versatile:
- 3 independent scale channels
- 2 fully configurable serial ports
- 4-20 mA analog output (optional)
- 6 remote inputs (optional)
- 6 setpoints (optional)
Additional features include:
- Use the Custom Ticket Editor to create weigh tickets and other programs like Truck In/Out, Axle Weighing, etc.
- Store up to 100 Truck IDs with tare weights.
- Easy calibration to any test weight amount.
- Built-in software features! Technician and User friendly!
It’s also accurate:
- 1 million internal A/D counts
- Up to 100,000 displayed divisions
It’s reliable and durable:
- Proven design hold up to the tough environments and demands of industrial weighing
- 5 available enclosure models to suit any application
Western M2000A-1 Single Channel Weight Indicator

One scale channel, one serial port. The M2000A-1 has the same high performance and most of the features and functions of the M2000A, but at a reduced price. Best suited to single scale applications where speed and reliability are a must. M2000A-1 indicators are most often found on floor scales, bench scales and as parts of sophisticated weighing systems where Smart1 Microcontrollers or PC computers control the system operations.
A wide range of standard and optional features allows the indicator to be easily customized for a variety of customer needs. This versatility makes the M2000A-1 the ideal choice for both new installations and existing system upgrades.
The M2000A-1 is a fast, reliable and cost-effective indicator for today's industrial weighing systems.
This option is fast:
- 100 weight samples per second
- FASTSTEP filtering: The industry's most advanced algorithm-adjustable filter system
This option is versatile:
- 1 scale channel
- 1 fully configurable serial port
- 4-20 mA analog output (optional)
- 6 remote inputs (optional)
- 6 setpoints (optional)
Other features include:
- Use the Custom Ticket Editor to create weigh tickets and other programs like Truck In/Out, Axle Weighing, etc.
- Store up to 100 Truck IDs with tare weights
- Easy calibration to any test weight amount
- Built-in software features! Technician and User friendly!
This option is accurate:
- 1 million internal A/D counts
- Up to 100,000 displayed divisions
This option is reliable and durable:
- Proven design hold up to the tough environments and demands of industrial weighing
- 5 available enclosure models to suit any application
Western M2000D Digital Weighing System

The M2000D Digital Weighing System converts the weak, sensitive analog signals from standard (non-proprietary) load cells to strong, interference-resistant digital data inside the DLC (Digital Load Cell Converter) Module. Digital signals allow for extra long cable runs and individual load cell communication, improving system performance and accuracy while reducing calibration and troubleshooting time.
Lightning Protection and Transient Voltage Suppression are also key features of the Digital Weighing System as multi-stage protection is built in to both the DLC and the indicator. 4000 Volt optical and power isolation protects the valuable load cells, saving costly service bills.
The M2000D Digital Weighing System is a unique and reliable weighing system for tank, hopper, heavy capacity truck or railroad track scales.
This option’s speed and resolution features include:
- FASTSTEP filtering: The industry's most advanced algorithm-adjustable filter system
- Strong digital signals do not degrade over long distances like an analog signal, allowing for extra long cable runs.
- Each load cell communicates individually with the M2000D indicator, being processed up to 250 times per second.
This option’s digital features include:
- Lightning protection (transient voltages)
- Communications up to 1000 feet
- Extremely resistant to interference (Static, EMI, RFI)
The versatility features of this option include:
- 3 independent scale channels
- 2 fully configurable serial ports
- 4-20 mA analog output (optional)
- 6 remote inputs (optional)
- 6 setpoints (optional)
This option is accurate, providing:
- 1 million internal A/D counts
- Up to 100,000 displayed divisions
This option is reliable and durable, providing:
- Proven design hold up to the tough environments and demands of industrial weighing
- 5 available enclosure models to suit any application
Additional features include:
- Use the Custom Ticket Editor to create weigh tickets and other programs like Truck In/Out, Axle Weighing, etc.
- Store up to 100 Truck IDs with tare weights
- Easy calibration to any test weight amount
- Built-in software features! Technician and User friendly!
Western Max Digital Weight Indicator

From factory floors to far-away fields, the MAX indicator combines flexible power options, a weather-proof enclosure, high contrast LCD display, and selectable weighing modes like Livestock/Dynamic Weighing to offer a versatile choice for all types of portable weighing applications and environments.
Western Scale engineers have poured over the MAX, specifying battery-friendly components and designing the unique PowerMAX operating platform that intelligently regulates power resources and extends battery life. Combined with Western Scale's traditional functionality, the MAX maximizes the features that make it a great choice for mobile weighing in any location.
This option offers maximum visibility:
- The crystal clear LCD display is easy to read in low light and direct sunlight
- Large, bold characters and annunciators help operators get the information they need at a single glance
It offers maximum portability:
- 3 Power Modes to run your scale no matter where you are:
- AC Power
- 12 VDC / 12 Volt Battery
- 'D' Cell Alkaline Batteries
- Flashlight style battery compartments for easy access with no tools required
Additional features include:
- Weather-proof 304 stainless steel enclosure and mounting bracket
- Suitable for tough outdoor and wet indoor environments
- Easy calibration to any test weight amount
- Customized weigh tickets with the Ticket Formatter
- Built-in software features! Technician and user friendly!
It offers maximum stability:
- Digital Filtering for advanced stability and fast weight readings
- Preset filtering configurations for different dynamic weighing applications
It offers maximum battery life:
- PowerMAX operating platform identifies when to supply or conserve power resources
- PowerMAX automatically utilizes the most abundant power source
- Industry leading power efficiency can stretch battery life to an astonishing 500 hours!
Western M1 Digital Weight Indicator

Best suited to bench and floor scales, the M1 is a basic, 5 button indicator that features the same high resolution and speed found in other Western instruments. A compact stainless steel enclosure and large display make the M1 a useful and suprisingly versatile indicator for simple weighing applications.
The M1 packs big processing power in a small package, making use of advanced features like digital filtering, customized tickets and programmable macros to continue meeting customer requirements into the future.
It offers performance:
- 80 weight samples per second
- 1 million internal A/D counts
- DYNArrest Digital Vibration Filtering for advanced stability and speed
- Fast readings increase productivity and efficiency
- High quality connectors ensure trouble-free operation
It offers simplicity:
- Oversize LED weight display and large buttons improve operator interface
- User Menu for fast access to tickets & functions
- Lockout unused features
It also offers these features:
- Fast and easy calibration to any test weight amount
- User and Technician friendly
- Customized weigh tickets
- Programmable macros for counting, accumulating weights and more!
Western Lightspeed Indicator

From food processing, to manufacturing and packaging, the Lightspeed Checkweigher Indicator is at home in any process environment where speed and accuracy are vital to maintaining production flow.
Unique digital filtering is employed to deliver rock-solid readings to production line workers without having to wait for time consuming settling or averaging. The 3 color bargraph can also be used to convey OVER, UNDER and ACCEPT weight data at a single glance. Store products, print statistical reports and more. Combine with the Lightspeed Scale Base to form a complete bench-top checkweighing system.
It’s durable and sanitary:
- Streamlined to reduce drops and places for contaminants to accumulate
- IP 65 Washdown safe. Full ring seal on the keypad to prevent water ingress
It’s easy to operate:
- Oversize LED weight display, colorful bargraph and large buttons improve operator interface
- Quick Target Mode to get up and running fast
Some additional features include:
- Lockout unused features for simplicity
- Easy calibration to any test weight amount
- Customized weigh tickets with the Ticket Formatter
It features Dynarrest:
- Digital Vibration Filtering for advanced stability and speed in busy work areas
- Fast readings increase productivity and efficiency
If features checkweighing modes:
- Fully Configurable through keypad or PC.
- 100 Product IDs with Acceptance Ranges.
- Statistics Report Mode tracks:
- Over, Under and Accept Counts
- Highest, Lowest & Average Weights
- Sample Size, Standard Deviation, etc.
Western DF3500 Conveyor Scale and Rate Feeder Weight Indicator

The DF3500 weighs a continuous load on a running belt to display flow rate and total delivered weight. Scale weight and belt speed readouts may also be selected. A pulse encoder is utilized for variable speed belts. Fixed speed belts use a centrifugal force switch or a pulsed idler switch. The display update rate is automatically determined from the encoder input rate. The flow rate is averaged for a steady display. Two setpoints are provided for each rate and total. Pulse outputs for a mechanical counter with "clear" feature and 4-20mA analog output for flow rate are also available.
Some features of this option include:
- Selectable displays of flow rate, accumulated total, belt speed and scale weight.
- 1" (25mm) high L.C.D. digits with automatic backlight and status annunciators.
- Keypad calibration - no pots or switches.
- Battery backed-up totalizer and zero registers.
- Belt running detection.
- Mechanical counter pulse output, including clear.
- Serial communications to printer, host computer or remote display.
- Optional 4-20mA rate output.
- Optional rate feeder closed loop speed control.
- Keypad selectable rate and total setpoints.
- C.S.A. approved.
The technical specifications are:
- Flow Rate: 1 lb or 1kg..per hour to 999ton or tonne per hour.
- Accumulating totals to 999999 lbs, ks, tons, tonnes.
- Maximum Belt Speed: 999.9 ft/min. 999.9 m/min.
- Programmable scale capacity.
- 20 kHz maximum speed encoder frequency.
- Load Cell Requirements: 2-3 mV/V output, up to four 350 Ohm load cells.
- Serial Port: RS232 compatible, 75 to 9600 Baud.
920i Programmable HMI Indicator/Controller

Rice Lake's well-rounded indicator, controller and weight display selection is led by the impressive and adaptable 920i, delivering more features, more programmability, and more power for your process. The 920i combines performance-driven circuitry, simplified architecture, and customized display features to take your system further. Choose from our universal, panel mount, or wall-mount style.
Up to ten different screens can be programmed to change with any given process, while graphic icons and messages show setpoint and function status. The multi-channel display feature shows the weight on an individual scale or a combination of totalized scales. When used in batching/mixing applications, one 920i is capable of handling multiple scale, flow temperature and pulse. It can control hundreds of I/O setpoints, queuing such things as gates and conveyors. The 920i's complete database capability stores your important data and files.
Some of the features include:
- Large (4.6" W x 3.4" H, 320 x 240 pixel) back-lit LCD graphical display
- Selectable character sizes from .25" to 1.2"
- 60 configurable operator prompts
- Display up to four scale channels per screen with required legal-for-trade information
- 32 scale accumulators
- Five soft keys with 10 user-defined, 14 preset functions per screen
- 10 programmable display screens
- Millivolt calibration, 5-point linearization and geographical calibration
- NEMA 4X/IP66 stainless steel enclosure
- Selectable A/D measurement rate up to 960/second
- 100 setpoints, 30 configurable setpoint types
- Two slots for option cards
- 1,000-ID truck register for in/out weighing
- 64K user on-board NV RAM
- User programmable 1024K flash memory
- Reflash memory to upgrade firmware
- Power for 16, 350 ohm load cells per A/D board
- 4 communication ports
Some of its applications include:
- Digital weight display w/data storage
- Control of multiple scales and operations simultaneously, such as gates, conveyors, batching/mixing operations etc., as determined by timed intervals, temperature, weight and more.
- Featured applications: Painting the Future and Sweet Success with the 920i
Rice Lake 820i Programmable Indicator/Controller

Rice Lake's 820i is more than a digital weight display. It's also a high-powered programmable controller for automation of complex industrial processes.
Benefits of this option include:
- NTEP-Certified, Legal-for-Trade
- Operate and display up to two scales simultaneously
- Store up to 1000 truck in/out records
- Six truck modes and keyed tares
- 25 definable print formats
- Visual programming for creating custom programs easily
- Alibi tracking
For the most comprehensive combination of function and price, Rice Lake's 820i is the instrument of choice. This versatile intelligent model boasts a powerful yet easy-to-use interface that can operate and display up to two scales simultaneously. The 820i allows users to automate formula selection, batch start up, data recall, or any frequently used process. Available in both universal and panel-mount versions.
Built-in software functionality includes programmability for alibi tracking, 25 definable print formats, and multi-range (interval). The 820i also conveniently stores up to 1,000 truck in/out records for recall at any time and simplifies truck scale data management with six truck modes and keyed tares.
Some of the features include:
- Large (4.6 in W x 2.2 in H, 320 x 156 pixel) back-lit LCD display
- Weight display from .5 in to .75 in
- Display up to two scales (scale 1, scale 2 and total)
- Five user-defined soft keys
- Weight or millivolt calibration with linearization and geographical compensation
- NEMA 4X/IP66 stainless steel enclosure
- Selectable A-D measurement rate up to 960/second Power for 16, 350 ohm load cells 100 setpoints, latched or free-running
- Multi-range/internal peak hold
- Rate of change
- Audit trail tracking and Alibi software
- One option slot for pluggable options
- 1000 - ID truck register for in/out weighing
- User programmable 512K flash memory
- Onboard data storage 190K
- Downloadable programs
- Visual programming for creating custom programs easily
- Eight digital I/O
Some of its applications include:
- Digital weight display w/data storage
- Operate and display up to two scales simultaneously
- Automate formula selection, batch start up, data recall and more
- Truck scale management
Rice Lake 720i Programmable Indicator/Controller

The 720i from Rice Lake is an affordable path to gaining the function and ability of our more advanced intelligent indicators. From basic weighing and data collection to recipe formulation, inventory management and traceability, choose Rice Lake's 720i. Advanced programmability using ProAction (PCEE) and enhanced data base storage make the 720i ideal for a wide variety of weighing applications. Available in both universal and panel-mount configurations.
Some of this option’s features include:
- LCD display size: panel mount (3.8" x 1.2") universal (5.3" x 1.5")
- Four soft keys
- Truck in/out, 1,000-ID memory
- Process control engine - define conditions and actions
- Data storage onboard, user-defined
- (8) Digital I/O (expandable)
- One option slot for pluggable options
- (20) Auxiliary print formats
- Time & date
- Audit trail tracking and alibi storage
- Peak hold
- Rate of change
- Multi-range/interval
- Local/remote
The functionality features of this option include:
- Two full duplex serial ports
- One PC style (PS/2) keyboard port
- Header for fiber optic, Ethernet or USB
IQ Plus® 355 Digital Weight Indicator

The IQ plus 355 is a solid all-around indicator featuring the durability of a stainless steel enclosure and simple five-key operation. This basic weight indicator also offers analog output with the added ability to power as many as eight 350 ohm load cells or sixteen 700 ohm load cells. The IQ plus 355 is a solid choice for many industrial weighing needs.
Some of its features include:
- Large .8" (20.3 mm) Light Emitting Diode (LED) Display
- Configurable analog to digital measurement rate
- Power for eight 350 ohm load cells or sixteen 700 ohm load cells
- Primary/secondary units configuration: lb, kg., ounces, short tons, metric tons, grams, or none
- Nema 4X/IP66 stainless steel washdown enclosure
- 5-button operation
- Two independent communication ports: (1) full duplex, (1) unidirectional or active 20 mA current loop
- Standardized EDP command sets
- Programmable ticket formats up to two 300-character printouts
- Full front-panel digital calibration and configuration
- Universal mounting stand
- Three-stage digital filtering
- Consecutive transaction numbering
- Two digital inputs
Rice Lake VIRTUi Indicator

VIRTUi provides the functionality of a basic weight indicator and puts it directly onto your computer screen. This PC-based solution is NTEP-approved and enables users to monitor cell diagnostics, set next calibration alerts, configure gross/net print formats as well as remotely view load cell status via a web browser when used with iQUBE.
Some of its features include:
- Web browser-based iQUBE cell status
- Configurable display options
- Virtual front panel consists of display and 5 button keypad
- Up to 8 digital I/O (provided by iQUBE)
- Primary/secondary units configuration (lb, kg., short tons, metric tons, none)
- RS-232 communications at up to 57.6 Kbps
- Electronic data processing (EDP) port over RS-232 and TCP/IP
- Printer port for output-only, simplex communications
- Two print formats
- Provides for iQUBE configuration
- Supports iQUBE diagnostics with configurable error reporting
- Peak weight history
- Recalibration notification
- Provides local and remote reporting of diagnostics and error conditions
- NTEP-certified for Classes III and IIIL at 10,000 divisions
- Concentrated load capacity (CLC)
- Section capacity Activation Requires Machine ID and Customer's email address