VCADevice Tracing with Annapurna

If VCADevice is being used with Annapurna, it is now possible to record the user making the tracing into Annapurna.

VCADevice is started with parameter LOGIN. This will prompt for user name and password which is checked against the Annapurna users list.

When VCADevice sends a tracking update to Annapurna, the user name is passed over as well as the machine making the trace.

July Updates (Annapurna 321)

Production.

Two new functions added.

Assign Tray – will allow a tray to be assigned to a job if a tray was not entered at order entry.

View Glaze – incorporates the glazing assembly program. This will record jobs onto the assembly bench and advise assembler on relevant facts.

Shipping.

All orders is now restricted to All orders completed in last 7 days to avoid dragging in very old orders.

Reports

Report 19 – Product filter now works.

Report 19 – Lens + coating lines now handled correctly.

Report 1 – Inactive customers is now restricted to inactive BUT active in the 3 months before the start of the report.

Order Entry.

Bug fix – Automatic EDI on Wholesale order was stopping on confirm pricing screen.

Bug fix – Wholesale ordering, stock levels was showing whole line in Red(Strawberry) colour rather than the column.

Bug fix – Page numbers and Wanted date now implemented on wholesale page print.

Bug fix – If chose to suppress quantities with zero lines then lines per page went awry.

Bug fix – Default Order type was not always working, sometime went back to Uncut.

Bug fix – If a lens was marked as requiring tinting then it was causing a program eror – fixed.

Speeded up loading the lenses.

Frame picking selection can now sort on columns.

If finished lenses are obtained from outside supplier then the target is taken from the Outsource setting and not the finished setting.

Wholesale Orders – columns can now be sorted, useful for sorting into bin location order.

Data

Frame data now includes Sunglass checkbox.

Deploy Data is now faster.

Pricing.

Bug fix: First column in design prices was disappearing on smaller screens when software was resizing the columns to fit.

Tidy.

There are many weekly folders created for logs and other purposes. In the tidy screen, there is now an option to ZIP the weekly folders over 3 months old.

Packages.

Added a new discount type, Source Discount, set on packages based on supplier (typically own brand) so do not have to set packages for all lenses. This will then apply a discount for sales.

Compensated Powers screen.

A print button has been added to print the screen.

Automatic.

There is new runtime parameter CLOSEEDI. This will open Annapurna, scan EDI folder, process in Automatic mode and then close. It is intended for launching from Santiago.

Rx Ordering.

If the finished supplier is specified as CSV-xxxxxx then the order is added to the RX queue for the supplier xxxxxx. This is to allow non-Orinoco suppliers to be sent finished orders albeit in the Rx CSV.

Browse Orders

Bug fix: Search by Salesman now working

General

Sorting on numeric columns made to be in number order.

Font setting improved.

Purchasing.

There is a new option to allow over delivery of items ordered to be accepted.

For Under-delivery there is also a new option to close the line to indicate no more items will be delivered.

Glazing Assembly

Added Prism, error messages for uncut, remote edge jobs.

Added Production message.

Tracer

Added user configure on vca over Ethernet.

MEI Interface.

SWIDTH (Segment Width) is added to the fields maintained in MEI interface file.

Lens Inventory

Bug fix: Allow bin to be reset back to blank.

Frame Inventory.

Bug fix: Sorting on columns is enabled.

Inventory.

Viewing Count transaction shows the original count and value is the change in value of the movement.

View Job

New icons added to allow Guidance and Production messages to be set.

Guidance message is shown in Assign Tray.

Production message is shown in Glazing Assembly.

Customer.

New button added to clear form.

Filter works on Post code.

Orinoco.

Bug fix: Mapping did not always work as the item to be mapped to had to be expanded first. Now, check added to expand the tree to show the item before mapping is applied.

Additional Courier Labels

If you have a local courier then it is also possible to print labels and record orders with that Courier as well as with DX.


To do this,  lets assume that we are going to add courier Local.

In Settings set

Courier
Courier Codes to Local


We also need to set a shipping code in the customer record that are going to use the Courier. Select a customer and in the Shipping use the ? to add code LOC and Description Local.  Local can then be selected from the drop down list.  Set other customers to this Shipping when you are ready.

Go into Reports / Courier.

Local will be in the  drop down list. Select this and

Set Shipping group to LOC.
Set Lab ID   eg your name
Set Lab Sender code  eg your account number with the courier.
Set Next Number   eg 1000.

In order for the label print to be made the layout files need to be set up. The easiest will be to use the DX layout and then modify that.


Copy courier_DX.layoutdefs  files in layout_files to courier_loc.layoutdefs
Repeat for courier_DX.layoutfiles to courier_loc.layoutfiles


Replace the loc with first three characters of the courier code set in the first step, so if you are using Royal Mail then ROY.

You can then use the layout manager to selecte this layout and modify as needed.

Shape Edit

Shape Editor.

The shape editing function has been updated.

The changes are

• Right and Left can be modified independently. If Overall or Circumference change is made then the changes are made to both the right and left shape. Nasal, Temporal, Upper and Lower changes are made to the selected eye.
• The shape can be rotated if it is felt that the trace is off-axis.
• For rimless frames, the drill data can be edited.

Glazing Assembly

Glazing Assembly.

There is a new option on the production menu. It is also for recording jobs into Assembly but unlike a simple tracking point, it will show the details including shape for the job and allow a reject to be recorded if necessary. The tray number is simply scanned by barcode reader or entered to show the details. It is also possible to use RFID tag on the bench also.

The display of the job details will also update the tracking to show that the job is now in glazing assembly.

Tidy

Tidy Up.

The tidy function in Settings has been extended for the following.

Cut off for Glazing files.

There is now a date cut off on deleting old OMA files in the glazing folder and external folder. The OMA files deleted have to be older than the current date less the number of days entered AND the job mentioned in the OMA file has been deleted.

There is also an option to stop the process, it can be resumed later.

Weekly Archive.

There is now a process to archive the weekly files.

This will scan all the folders below the files folder. If there is the frame hotel configured then it will scan the folders below the setting “Hotel Messenger”.

Each folder where there is a numeric 6 digit number that is a valid date that is preceded by _. Thus is the format that Annapurna uses to create weekly folders.

A list of relevant folders is shown with a tick box along side. There is a button to Zip the ticked folders. When clicked, the contents of the ticked folders are zipped and the folder renamed to have -zip at the end.

Trace Table.

The trace table holds the traces for the jobs. This can take up a lot of room so for old completed jobs it can improve performance to remove the trace data.

It is recommended that Archiving old orders is used as alternative clearing out the trace table.

Updates for Annapurna (319) and others Jun 1st

Inventory

Bug fix: Valuation report took a long time and generated database errors. Made faster and reliable.

There is now an option for frames to create ad-hoc purchase orders rather than based on reorder levels.

Bug fix: The Inventory is now updated immediately when a reject is made. This was a problem with Kalahari and Annapurna being used together.

Bug fix: When creating new frame inventory some data was being retained from last frame.

Bug fix: When setting up a new frame the supplier code was shown and not the name.

Add Order.

Bug fix: On EDI orders when a Send in frame with library code, it was showing as Standard Shape 99.

In Amend prices, zero quantity is now allowed so that out of stock items can still be shown on the order even if zero supplied.

Bug fix: Frame selection – it is possible to still select a library frame if not supplied (it is discontinued / deleted flag that is checked). The supplied flag will be checked for supply frame orders.

Frames Cases are now an item in Sundries.

New setting on Wholesale orders to prevent minus stock levels.

Drafts.

Bug fix: Handle pressing Cancel does not delete the draft.

Annapurna

New feature: There is now an option to specify font for lists, tree views, grids and forms by right clicking on the item.

Track Jobs into a section.

There is now a screen to review the daily counts of jobs into a section and by machine / operator.

Sales Analysis

There is a new option to check product descriptions for cases where the description may have changed in Annapurna, this re-aligns the descriptions.

Credit

There is a new setting to not record return on credit  when selecting job for credit.

Orinoco

Bug fix: In grid entry then changes made on handling up / down arrow.

SLZLang / Orinoco.

It is now possible to connect OPC codes to other OPC code. So scan OPC code A which is linked to OPC code B so code B is ordered by scanning code A.  This will allow substitution of the product.

Kalahari

Bug fix on calculation of centre subs – some circumstances gave unexpected results when data was not correctly configured.

Bug fix: An Oval is not calculated when working to a diameter.

Bug fix: Allow zero add on degressives where the add is implicit in the lens.

Shape Editor.

There are new options added.

First to rotate shape if the trace is slightly twisted.

The option to edit drill data has been placed in here.

If the shape is changed then drill positions are also changed.

Chasing

New option added to Show All watched jobs as well as individual user.

Completed jobs are not automatically removed from list during the day, it is now done as part of backup process.

Webservice

Traceid and Tracefilename tags are interchangeable as used in different places.

When a trace name is passed then trace data is looked in the users trace folder and in the common library folder.

Suggestion Message translation – this now supports wild cards

Bug fix: Handle better when there is missing trace data, messages were misleading.

Reports

Reference has been added to Report 19.

View Glaze

Any saved orders passed for processing are cleared on startup as these orders may have moved on to other sections.