The ScaleDeviceType defines the structure of an Object of the ScaleDeviceType. Figure 16 shows the hierarchical structure and details of the composition. It is formally defined in Table 17.
The ScaleDeviceType is an abstract ObjectType. An Object of a subtype of the ScaleDeviceType represents a scale. The ScaleDeviceType contains all information that is relevant for most of the scale types. The system is modeled with a finite state machine and contains primary information about the state and the status of the system.
