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Barkeep – September 2014 
 
Barkeep – Instructions for the Reflex Bluetooth Digital Scale  
 
These instructions are for users of the Reflex Bluetooth digital scale purchased from barkeepapp.com.  
 
Users of any other digital scales and/or scales where users will enter weight manually should refer to the 
BarkeepApp User Guide for instructions. Users of an approved Digitag Bluetooth digital scale 
should refer to the Instructions for using a Digitag Bluetooth Digital Scale. 
 
Contents 
 
Systems Requirements .............................................................................................................. 2!
Setting up a Reflex Bluetooth Digital Scale .............................................................................. 3!
Getting Started ........................................................................................................................... 3!
Estimating vs. Weighing – Why weigh your bottles? ................................................................ 4!
Changing the Weight Display Format ....................................................................................... 5!
Setting Full and Empty Bottle Weight ....................................................................................... 6!
Setting Full and Empty Bottle Weight ....................................................................................... 7!
How does Barkeep calculate amounts based on Weight? ....................................................... 8!
Using a Reflex Bluetooth Digital Scale .................................................................................... 9!
Are you connected? ................................................................................................................. 9!
Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................ 9!
Weighing the Bottles .............................................................................................................. 10!
Adding Multiple Entries for the same Item .............................................................................. 11!
Weighing Items with Incomplete Information .......................................................................... 13!
 
Note: There are many other models of the Digitot, Digitag Bluetooth and Reflex 
Bluetooth
 digital scales available. Only those purchased from barkeepapp.com are certified 
to work with BarkeepApp. Other models will not work with BarkeepApp and are not 
supported by Barkeep. We are not able to provide assistance with or answer questions 
about scales purchased elsewhere.

Summary of content (13 pages)

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Barkeep – Instructions for the Reflex Bluetooth Digital Scale These instructions are for users of the Reflex Bluetooth digital scale purchased from barkeepapp.com. Users of any other digital scales and/or scales where users will enter weight manually should refer to the BarkeepApp User Guide for instructions. Users of an approved Digitag Bluetooth digital scale should refer to the Instructions for using a Digitag Bluetooth Digital Scale. Contents Systems Requirements.......................................
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Systems Requirements for the Reflex Bluetooth Digital Scale The Reflex Bluetooth digital scale is the newest model digital scale available from Barkeep. To purchase a Reflex Bluetooth digital scale, see barkeepapp.com. Your iOS Device must have Bluetooth LE capability. Reflex Bluetooth The Reflex Bluetooth does not require the use of any Linea-Pro scanner or Infinea Tab scanner. The Reflex Bluetooth will work with any iOS Device with Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) capacity listed below.
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Setting up a Reflex Bluetooth Digital Scale Batteries The first step is to install 4 (four) AAA batteries. The battery compartment is located on the underside of the scale. After you have installed batteries, you are ready to start using your Reflex Bluetooth digital scale. Note: The Reflex Bluetooth digital scale has a built-in battery that can be charged with a USB charger. The built-in battery is designed to be a back-up power source. We recommend always installing AAA batteries for optimal performance.
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Estimating vs. Weighing – Why weigh your bottles? There are two ways to count partial bottles and kegs. The simplest is to enter partial bottles using decimal notation (e.g., .5). However, this method requires you to estimate how much liquor is in a bottle, keg or other container. This is generally okay when you’re doing a Full Inventory and the margin of error is balanced out over a large quantity. But to be more accurate, you might consider weighing your bottles.
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Changing the Weight Display Format Barkeep allows you to enter partial bottle weights in pounds, ounces, 1/10 and 1/8’s of an ounce rather than ounces or even kilograms or grams. This means that you do not need to translate the data from your digital scale before entering it manually into BarkeepApp. In other words, you can set BarkeepApp to match the Weight Format your scale uses. Reflex Bluetooth digital scale users can just select the Weight Format they prefer.
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Setting Full and Empty Bottle Weight Before you start weighing bottles during an Inventory you must make sure an Item’s Full Bottle Weight and Empty Bottle Weight are included in the Item details. Many of the pre-installed “default” Items as well as some of the over 75,000 Items on the Barkeep Server have weight information. See the BarkeepApp User Guide for more information on pre-installed Items.
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Setting Full and Empty Bottle Weight You can set the Full and Empty Bottle Weights when you add a new Item or you can return to that Item later and add those details. As with any Item details, you can add and edit information manually. After you weigh full and empty bottles, read the weight from the scale and enter the information into your Item’s details. You may wish to review the BarkeepApp User Guide for instructions on editing existing Items.
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How does Barkeep calculate amounts based on Weight? When you are conducting an Inventory and weigh a partial bottle, this is the formula that Barkeep uses for calculating the volume of liquor in a partial bottle: Bottle Volume * ((Partial Bottle Weight – Empty Bottle Weight) / (Full Bottle Weight – Empty Bottle Weight)) Below is an example showing an Item that has the Full Bottle Weight and Empty Bottle Weight added into the Item Details.
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Using a Reflex Bluetooth Digital Scale Are you connected? will appear next to the weight fields on the Inventory Item Entry screen to indicate The Bluetooth icon that your iOS Device is communicating with your approved Reflex Bluetooth digital scale. Troubleshooting If you cannot see the Bluetooth icon: • Make sure that your scale is on. • Next to the scale’s weight display is a battery indicator light. Green indicates the built-in battery is fully charged.
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Weighing the Bottles To weigh a bottle with a Reflex Bluetooth digital scale and automatically add the amount to an Inventory: 1. Select the Item. 2. Switch the quantity format from Bottles to Wt. 3. Place your bottle on the scale. 4. Wait a few seconds for the scale to register the partial bottle weight. You are ready when the weight display shows a constant, non-changing reading. 5. Press the Bluetooth icon to automatically detect the weight from the scale. 6.
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Adding Multiple Entries for the same Item Important: To add partial bottles by Weight, you will need to make separate entries for full bottles and an entry for each individual partial bottle. For example, if you have three full bottles of Absolut and one partial bottle, you will need to: 1. Add the 3 Bottles and press . 2. And then add the individual partial bottle by re-selecting Absolut. 3. Press the “Wt” button on the Unit Selection control. 4. Place the partial bottle on the scale. a.
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Weighing the Bottles (cont.) Important: Always weigh one bottle at a time! Never add together multiple partial bottles as a single weight entry. BarkeepApp will automatically deduct the weight of a single bottle to determine the quantity of liquor that remains in the bottle. If you add the weights of more than one bottle together, there is no way for BarkeepApp to know how many bottles to deduct from the weight entered.
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Weighing the Bottles (cont.) Weighing Items with Incomplete Information BarkeepApp will allow you to enter weights of partial bottles without Full and Empty Bottle weights. You will receive a pop-up alert warning, but still be able to enter the weight information. Without Full and Empty Bottle weights added to the Item’s detailed information, your results will be far less accurate. At a minimum we recommend adding a Full Bottle weight for each Item you intend to weigh.