Rejects and Machines

There is an update that allows a machine to be linked to a department. 

You need to be logged in as Admin user and go into the module to book a reject.

There is a machine icon next to the department.

 Select a department and then click this and the list of machines is shown. 

Tick those that you want to link to the department.

If you want to have a list of departments and reasons in Excel then click on the spreadsheet icon next to the reasons list and this will create a CSV file for review.

Kalahari - inventory

There are some notes on getting started with Inventory here.

Introduction to Kalahari Inventory

Start up Action and Essibox connection

Start up Action.

It is possible to get Annapurna to run a command file whenever it is started. This can be useful to make network connections to Essibox or similar. This will be used for making an Essibox connection.

Connecting Essibox into Annapurna

We need to be able to access Essibox over the network.  

One way is when Annapurna is started to make a connection.

This is achieved by making a batch file called Annapurnabatch.bat 

with the following instruction.

net use \\essibox_server /USER:essibox ""

Do check that the essibox server PC is called essibox_server and if it is not

then change as appropriate.

In the settings / folders

If you want to trace in Essibox and then bring the traces into Annapurna:

Put the traces as \\essibox_server\PMS_OUT

In order for Essibox to get the results from Annapurna

Put VCAGlazer / Folder for glazing files as \\essibox_server\PMS_IN

Amendment - 25.09.13

An alternative batch file which maps both in an out folders and stops if there is a problem.

echo off
set ESSIBOXSERVER=ESSIBOX_SERVER1
set ESSIBOXPASSWORD=""
set ESSIBOXUSER=essibox
echo "Connect to Essibox"
net use y: /d

net use  y: \\%ESSIBOXSERVER%\PMS_IN %ESSIBOXPASSWORD% /USER:%ESSIBOXUSER% 
if errorlevel 1 pause

net use r: /d

net use  r: \\%ESSIBOXSERVER%\PMS_OUT %ESSIBOXPASSWORD% /USER:%ESSIBOXUSER% 
if errorlevel 1 pause

Different prices for Glazing and other extras on External lenses

Please see Glazing Prefix Explanation

Large Searches in Browser

It is often frustrating to make a search which then takes a long time so a couple of changes have been applied.

If a date range has not been specified then a default date range is applied for the last few weeks - the date range can be amended subsequently to expand the search if needed.

If a large search over 5000 records has been detected then a message is shown to indicate that a large search is underway. If you wish to proceed then the estimated date calculation is turned off as this also shows the response time.

Different target times for lenses

Annapurna calculates a target date for an prescription order based on the number of working days that a lens will take and then adding on standard timings for the treatments and other processing.  This is all set in the "Targets" section of the Production menu panel.

Currently the software applies general rules according to whether it is stock or surfaced or buy-in. Sometimes, you may wish to apply different rules.

This update allows the standard value to be overwritten by a value specific for the lens by filling in the box on the lenses data screen. Here, you enter the number of working days for example 2.5 means two and a half working days.  If the field is set to blank then the standard values are used when making the calculation.

The value can be also be added as an additional column in the CSV file if so wished.

Sending Rx Orders - checking the details

In order to make checking of the order easier before the order has been sent then the following updates have been made.

Lens description has been moved - long descriptions were running into each other and typically corridor lengths are the last item and were being lost.

PD, Heights and frame type are shown along the bottom.