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Use a barcode-printing scale (deli, butcher, produce) and scan the sticker in Register. Taliup reads the product and the printed price or weight. You do not pair the scale to the terminal.
The product SKU in Taliup must match the 5-digit PLU programmed on the scale. The item must be in the catalog this terminal uses.

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Two kinds of labels

Weight labels need the product marked Weighable with a unit of kg, g, lb, or oz. Set that in Taliup HQ on the product, or on POS under Menu / Catalog → Inventory when you manage the product.

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Scan in Register

1

Open Register

From Home, tap Register, then Menu or Catalog.
2

Scan the sticker

Use the hardware scanner, or Options → Open Scanner for the camera. Scanning is not available on Open Sale.
3

Choose modifiers if asked

If the item has attributes or modifiers, the add-to-cart screen opens with the scanned price or weight already filled in. Complete required groups, then tap Apply. That selection is what inventory deducts from.
4

Review the cart

Weight lines show the decoded amount with the unit (for example 0.450 kg). Then tap Pay. See Cart and Take payment.
Register cart showing Roast Beef 0.450 kg at $9.90 and a 0.450 kg chip on the Roast Beef tile

Register cart with Roast Beef at 0.450 kg and the Scale counter tiles.

If several products share the same SKU, pick the correct one from the list.

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If the scale does not print labels

Some counters have a scale that only shows the weight. Enter weight is the default on a new terminal. If this one was switched to Scale labels, open Settings → General and set Weighable items back to Enter weight. Then tap the weighable item in Register, type the weight, and confirm. Register multiplies the catalog price per unit by that weight. If the item has attributes or modifiers, choose those next.
Enter weight sheet for Cashews showing 16.00 / kg, weight 1.50 kg, and Total 24.00

Enter weight sheet for Cashews with Weight (kg), live total, and Add Item.

You can still scan a scale sticker in Enter weight — useful for a one-off printed label. This setting stays on this terminal. It does not sync to Taliup HQ. In Scale labels mode, tapping a weighable item does not add quantity 1. Scan the sticker, or switch the setting if cashiers type weight.
Weighable items need a catalog price per unit. Custom price and Weighable cannot be on together.

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Set up the product

Do this once per scale item. Full HQ steps are in Scale items. You can also set Weighable and Unit on POS under Menu / Catalog → Inventory.
1

Match the PLU

Set SKU to the exact 5-digit PLU on the scale. No extra characters.
2

Put it on the terminal catalog

Add the product to the catalog this device is signed in to.
3

Price labels

Leave Weighable off. Catalog price is a fallback only — the sticker price wins at scan.
4

Weight labels

Turn Weighable on and choose a unit whose abbreviation is kg, g, lb, or oz. The unit tells Register where the decimal goes in the printed weight.
In Taliup HQ you can also set Weighable and SKU when you create an item from a catalog or category, or on a Products bulk-upload sheet. See Scale items.

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Labels we read

Register only treats 12-digit (UPC-A) and 13-digit (EAN-13) numeric barcodes in the GS1 in-store 2 family. That is the layout most counter scales print (Hobart, Mettler Toledo, Bizerba, DIGI, CAS, and similar). The 5 digits after the prefix are the PLU. The last digit is a standard check digit. Bad check digits are ignored as scale labels and searched as a normal barcode instead. Price labels may encode 4 or 5 digits of cents. Amounts under 100readthesameeitherway.Aprintedpriceof100 read the same either way. A printed price of 100 or more on a 5-digit field can be read as a 4-digit price — confirm the scale mask with your ISO or partner if high-value stickers look wrong.
We do not read QR codes, Code 128 / GS1-128, or a scale plugged into the terminal. Only the printed UPC-A or EAN-13 sticker.

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If a scan fails