You tell Plate Calculator the weight you want to lift.
Plate Calculator tells you what plates to put on the bar. User: Alexa, open plate calculator.
Alexa: Welcome to plate calculator. How much weight do you want to lift?
User: two hundred twenty
Alexa: To lift 220 pounds, load the following on each side, 1, 45 pound plate, 1, 35 pound plate, 1, 5 pound plate, and 1, 2.5 pound plate. If you don't want Alexa to ask you for the weight you want to lift:
User: Alexa, tell plate calculator two hundred twenty.
Alexa: To lift 220 pounds, load the following on each side, 1, 45 pound plate, 1, 35 pound plate, 1, 5 pound plate, and 1, 2.5 pound plate. If you need Alexa to repeat the last thing said:
User: Alexa, tell plate calculator to repeat.
Alexa will then repeat the last thing said. If you need help using plate calculator:
User: Alexa, ask plate calculator for help.
Alexa will tell you the commands you can say when using plate calculator.
The list of commands Alexa will speak is long.
You can stop Alexa at any point by saying: Alexa, [one of the commands you have heard].
Example of how to stop Alexa while listening to the list of commands:
User: Alexa, bar weight.
Alexa will then tell you how much the bar weighs. -- SUMMARY OF THINGS YOU CAN SAY:
Alexa, open plate calculator.
Alexa, tell plate calculator [weight you want to lift].
Alexa, tell plate calculator [percentage] percent of [weight].
Alexa, tell plate calculator to calculate.
Alexa, tell plate calculator to repeat.
Alexa, ask plate calculator for help.
Alexa, tell plate calculator unit of measure.
Alexa, tell plate calculator bar weight.
Alexa, tell plate calculator collar weight.
Alexa, tell plate calculator plates.
Alexa, tell plate calculator rounding.
Alexa, tell plate calculator cancel subscription. -- POUNDS or KILOGRAMS
User: Alexa, tell plate calculator unit of measure.
Alexa: Unit of measure is pounds. Do you want to change unit of measure to kilograms?
User: yes
Alexa: Unit of measure has changed from pounds to kilograms. -- BAR WEIGHT
Default bar weight in pounds is 45.
Default bar weight in kilograms is 20.
User: Alexa, tell plate calculator bar weight.
Alexa: Bar weight is 45 pounds. Do you want to change bar weight?
To change bar weight see: -- PLATE CALCULATOR PLUS below. -- COLLAR WEIGHT
Default collar weight in pounds and kilograms is 0.
User: Alexa, tell plate calculator collar weight.
Alexa: Each collar weighs 0 pounds. Would you like to change collar weight?
To change collar weight see: -- PLATE CALCULATOR PLUS below. -- PLATES
Default plates in pounds are: 45, 35, 25, 10, 5, 2.5. Default plates in kilograms are: 20, 15, 10, 5, 2.5, 1.25
To change plates see: -- PLATE CALCULATOR PLUS below. -- ROUNDING
User: Alexa, tell plate calculator rounding.
Alexa: Rounding is down. Do you want to change rounding to up?
User: yes
Alexa: Rounding has changed from down to up. Rounding happens when no plate combinations equal the weight you want to lift.
Example:
The weight you want to lift is 137 pounds.
If rounding is down, 137 pounds rounds down to 135 pounds. If rounding is up, 137 pounds rounds up to 140 pounds. -- PLATE CALCULATOR PLUS
If you want to change any of these: Bar weight
Collar weight
Plates You need a subscription to Plate Calculator Plus. Please go to the following link for Comments, Questions or if you need more information: https://adelgrenllc.com/platecalc.html