Method of counting a plurality of articles, comprising: - a step of communication between a weighing system and a remote computer system (110, 210) communicating with a plurality of weighing systems, during which an independent indicator housing is utilized, positioned as intermediary for all communications between said weighing system and said remote computer system, such that said weighing system receives from said computer system information representative, for an article class common to a plurality of articles, of: - a constant value, which corresponds to a minimum threshold value below which the weighing system cannot give an indication of the number of current articles weighed; - a tolerance value, i.e. a percentage value, representing the variability in weight of the current article; - a limit value, which represents the value that the tolerance must not exceed, expressed as a percentage of the unit weight; and - a number of a current article to be counted; - a step of said weighing system determining a first limit value as a function of the constant value, the tolerance value and the limit value, the first limit value being equal to the sum of said constant value and the product of the number of articles to be controlled multiplied by the mean unit weight of said articles and by the tolerance for said unit weight; - a step of said weighing system determining a second limit value as a function of the constant value, the tolerance value and the limit value, the second limit value being equal to the sum of said constant value and the product of the mean unit weight of said articles multiplied by said acceptable weight; - a step (740, 745) of said weighing system setting a weight range within which the counting of articles is authorized, as a function of the product of the number of articles multiplied by their mean unit weight, the first limit value and the second limit value; - at least one step (750 to 800) of said weighing system counting a number of current articles representing a weight located in said weight range until the number of current articles to be counted has been reached; and - a step of said weighing system transmitting a signal to the remote computer system representative of the end of the count of the number of current articles to be counted. - a step of communication between a weighing system and a remote computer system (110, 210) communicating with a plurality of weighing systems, during which an independent indicator housing is utilized, positioned as intermediary for all communications between said weighing system and said remote computer system, such that said weighing system receives from said computer system information representative, for an article class common to a plurality of articles, of: - a constant value, which corresponds to a minimum threshold value below which the weighing system cannot give an indication of the number of current articles weighed; - a tolerance value, i.e. a percentage value, representing the variability in weight of the current article; - a limit value, which represents the value that the tolerance must not exceed, expressed as a percentage of the unit weight; and - a number of a current article to be counted; - a constant value, which corresponds to a minimum threshold value below which the weighing system cannot give an indication of the number of current articles weighed; - a tolerance value, i.e. a percentage value, representing the variability in weight of the current article; - a limit value, which represents the value that the tolerance must not exceed, expressed as a percentage of the unit weight; and - a number of a current article to be counted; - a step of said weighing system determining a first limit value as a function of the constant value, the tolerance value and the limit value, the first limit value being equal to the sum of said constant value and the product of the number of articles to be controlled multiplied by the mean unit weight of said articles and by the tolerance for said unit weight; - a step of said weighing system determining a second limit value as a function of the constant value, the tolerance value and the limit value, the second limit value being equal to the sum of said constant value and the product of the mean unit weight of said articles multiplied by said acceptable weight; - a step (740, 745) of said weighing system setting a weight range within which the counting of articles is authorized, as a function of the product of the number of articles multiplied by their mean unit weight, the first limit value and the second limit value; - at least one step (750 to 800) of said weighing system counting a number of current articles representing a weight located in said weight range until the number of current articles to be counted has been reached; and - a step of said weighing system transmitting a signal to the remote computer system representative of the end of the count of the number of current articles to be counted.