Gravimetric measuring system, comprising - a scale having a weighing chamber surrounded by a weighing chamber wall (23, 24, 26, 28), an electromechanical weighing system, and an electronic control apparatus for controlling the system operation according to rules stored in a memory of the electronic control apparatus; as well as - a plurality of functional modules (14, 16) which can be inserted, as required, into module receptacles arranged on the weighing chamber wall, wherein each module receptacle has a device-side identification interface component and each functional module has a corresponding, module-side identification interface component, and wherein the control apparatus is designed to identify each functional module (14, 16) inserted in a module receptacle through interaction between the respective device-side and module-side identification interface components (30a, b) and to select one of a plurality of operating variants on the basis of rules stored in the memory, characterized in that the scale comprises a cooling apparatus, controllable by the control apparatus, for cooling the weighing chamber, and the control apparatus is designed to control the cooling apparatus a) with a static cooling capacity (P st) which is dependent on the type and number of identified functional modules (14, 16) that generate heat during operation, b) or to constantly maintain a specified weighing chamber temperature by means of regulation, the regulation parameters of which are dependent on the type and number of identified functional modules (14, 16) that generate heat during operation. - a scale having a weighing chamber surrounded by a weighing chamber wall (23, 24, 26, 28), an electromechanical weighing system, and an electronic control apparatus for controlling the system operation according to rules stored in a memory of the electronic control apparatus; as well as - a plurality of functional modules (14, 16) which can be inserted, as required, into module receptacles arranged on the weighing chamber wall, wherein each module receptacle has a device-side identification interface component and each functional module has a corresponding, module-side identification interface component, and wherein the control apparatus is designed to identify each functional module (14, 16) inserted in a module receptacle through interaction between the respective device-side and module-side identification interface components (30a, b) and to select one of a plurality of operating variants on the basis of rules stored in the memory, characterized in that the scale comprises a cooling apparatus, controllable by the control apparatus, for cooling the weighing chamber, and the control apparatus is designed to control the cooling apparatus a) with a static cooling capacity (P st) which is dependent on the type and number of identified functional modules (14, 16) that generate heat during operation, b) or to constantly maintain a specified weighing chamber temperature by means of regulation, the regulation parameters of which are dependent on the type and number of identified functional modules (14, 16) that generate heat during operation. wherein each module receptacle has a device-side identification interface component and each functional module has a corresponding, module-side identification interface component, and wherein the control apparatus is designed to identify each functional module (14, 16) inserted in a module receptacle through interaction between the respective device-side and module-side identification interface components (30a, b) and to select one of a plurality of operating variants on the basis of rules stored in the memory, characterized in that the scale comprises a cooling apparatus, controllable by the control apparatus, for cooling the weighing chamber, and the control apparatus is designed to control the cooling apparatus a) with a static cooling capacity (P st) which is dependent on the type and number of identified functional modules (14, 16) that generate heat during operation, b) or to constantly maintain a specified weighing chamber temperature by means of regulation, the regulation parameters of which are dependent on the type and number of identified functional modules (14, 16) that generate heat during operation. a) with a static cooling capacity (P st) which is dependent on the type and number of identified functional modules (14, 16) that generate heat during operation, b) or to constantly maintain a specified weighing chamber temperature by means of regulation, the regulation parameters of which are dependent on the type and number of identified functional modules (14, 16) that generate heat during operation.