TEC TEC Software Solution SCALE VIEW V4 Owner’s Manual Original Oct, 2004 (Revised ) Document No. OM-SW4 TOSHIBA TEC AMERICA RETAIL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
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Table of Contents Getting Started Creating the Databases ........................................................................................................1 PLU Maintenance Form ........................................................................................................2 Data Maintenance PLU Maintenance Add New PLU ..................................................................................................................3 Saving PLU’s ................................................
Table of Contents Main Menu Sort/Search Database .........................................................................................................20 Sending Batches .................................................................................................................20 Set Back Function ...............................................................................................................21 View ......................................................................................
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Getting Started Getting Started Creating the Databases When Scale View is installed the PLU, Ingredient and Nutrition databases are empty. The screen below shows an empty PLU database. The PLU, Ingredient or Nutrition databases can be created by either of the following methods: 1.) Uploading and then Importing the information from one scale or any number of scales. Note: This method should only be performed by the installing TEC Dealer. 2.
Getting Started Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual PLU Maintenance Form You should see the PLU Maintenance Form shown below. For those of you familiar with other versions of Scale View you will notice that the PLU Maintenance Form contains some changes. A lot of these changes have been incorporated to support the new SL5300 Series Scale along with the SL9000 Series Scales that were previously supported. You will notice several blue fields. These blue fields are only used by the SL5300 Series Scale.
Data Maintenance Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Data Maintenance Add New PLU The Add New PLU button allows you to add a new PLU number to the database. The status of your PLU database will determine what happens when you press the Add New PLU button. For example, if your PLU database is empty and you have just “double-clicked” on the PLU Table screen you will see the PLU Maintenance Form with PLU Number 000001 with a Commodity Descriptor of ADDNEW and a department number of 000001.
Data Maintenance Field Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Requirement Unit Price When the unit price of a Weigh Mode PLU is set to $00.00 you must set the Price Per field to Lb Open. When the unit price of a By Count Mode PLU is set to $00.00 you must set the Pieces field to “0” and the Price Per field to Lb Open. Failure to do this will result in PLU DATA ERROR when recalling those PLU’s. Sale Price If the Sale Price field is set to any number larger than $00.
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Data Maintenance Keep in mind that you can take advantage of the special features in a scale by using the same techniques when editing PLU’s in Scale View. For example, if you only place information on Commodity Line 1 and Commodity Line 3 in a PLU and the total number of characters on each line is less than 25, the printed Commodity Name will be in large letters. Delete PLU PLU’s are deleted individually and not by batches when using the Delete PLU button.
Data Maintenance Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual If you click on the check box and then click on the Edit Ingredient button you will be editing an Ingredient Message for the SL9000 Scale. An ingredient message that is programmed for a PLU in the SL9000 is automatically attached to the PLU record. The SL9000 does not use Ingredient Numbers like the SL5300.
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Data Maintenance Note that in the SL5300 Ingredient Edit screen the PLU Number is grayed out and the Department Number and Ingredient Number fields are highlighted. This is because the SL5300 uses the Ingredient Number when storing Ingredient Messages. This Ingredient Number is used to provide a link in the PLU to the Ingredient Message stored in the Ingredient memory area in the scale.
Data Maintenance Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual With the exception of the two items mentioned previously, the Ingredient Message Edit Screen functions are the same for both the SL5300 and the SL9000 model scales. There are some new features in the Ingredient Message Edit function that make creating and editing Ingredient Messages much easier.
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Data Maintenance Maximum Characters per Line Another feature that is available in the Ingredient Message Edit function is the ability to set the maximum number of characters allowed for each line in the Ingredient Message. This feature can be used to ensure that Ingredient Messages contain the correct number of characters that can be printed on a certain label width.
Data Maintenance Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual When both the SL9000 and the SL5300 are programmed in the same department and contain Ingredients, a set of Ingredients will be required for each scale. This is necessary because of the differences in memory management in each scale. There is a special feature in Scale View that allows you to maintain these separate Ingredient databases very easily.
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Data Maintenance Saving Ingredients After you have entered all the necessary lines of your Ingredient Message you will need to save the information to the appropriate database. To do this simply press the Save button at the top of the Ingredient Message maintenance form. You will be prompted with three choices. If you answer YES the Ingredient Message will be saved to the database and added to a batch.
Data Maintenance Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Add/Edit Nutrition There are separate databases for the SL9000 Nutrition Information and the SL5300 Nutrition Information because the SL5300 has multiple Nutrition Information templates available.(See SL5300 Owner’s Manual). Also the databases are separate because the SL9000 Nutrition Information is stored with the PLU record and the SL5300 stores Nutrition Information in a separate area of memory.
Data Maintenance Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Field Requirements Servings per Container Field limited to 30 characters and spaces including field title characters. Template allows for 18 but only the first 8 will be accepted and printed due to the length of the title field characters (22). Calories, Calories from Fat Field limited to 4 characters. Total Fat, Saturated Fat, Cholesterol, Sodium, Total Carbs, Fiber, Sugars, Protein Field limited to 5 characters.
Data Maintenance Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Field Requirements Servings per Container Field limited to 32 characters and spaces including field title characters. Template allows for 20 but only the first 10 will be accepted and printed due to the length of the title field characters (22). Calories, Calories from Fat Field limited to 4 characters. May include one decimal point as one of 4 characters.
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Data Maintenance Saving Nutrition After you have entered all appropriate Nutrition Information press the Save button. You will be prompted with three options just like the PLU and Ingredient save functions. If you answer YES the Nutrition Information will be saved to the database and added to a batch. If you answer NO the Nutrition Information will only be saved to the database. If you answer CANCEL the Nutrition Information will be discarded.
Scheduled Batches Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Scheduled Batches Sending Batches using the Windows® Task Scheduler Scheduled batches can be performed using the Windows® Task Scheduler. Please refer to the appropriate version Windows® Manual or the Help Menu for scheduled task setup procedures. Each department will require separate scheduled tasks. Scheduled tasks will not execute correctly if Scale View is in operation.
Scheduled Batches Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Delete Multiple PLU’s To delete multiple PLU’s for a department follow the Windows® Task Scheduler instructions for adding a task and add the command line switch as shown. delete,1 The 1 is fixed. (department information is included in the “delete.txt” file.) There is a space between the “ mark and delete. To delete multiple PLU’s in the department you will need to create a file named “delete.txt”. The “delete.
Scheduled Batches Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Delete Ingredient Numbers (SL5300 Only) In the SL5300 scales you can delete Ingredient Numbers without deleting PLU’s because they are stored in separate areas of memory. This is not the case in the SL9000 scales, to delete an Ingredient Message in the SL9000 you will need to delete the PLU. We also have the capability in the SL5300 to delete either a single Ingredient Number in a department or a range of Ingredient Numbers in the department.
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Scheduled Batches Delete Nutrition Numbers (SL5300 Only) In the SL5300 scales you can delete Nutrition Numbers without deleting PLU’s because they are stored in separate areas of memory. This is not the case in the SL9000 scales, to delete a Nutrition Message in the SL9000 you will need to delete the PLU. We also have the capability in the SL5300 to delete either a single Nutrition Number in a department or a range of Nutrition Numbers in the department.
Main Menu Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Main Menu Sort/Search Database There are six ways to sort the database; the default sort order is DEPTPLU. Anytime Scale View is opened, the database will be sorted and displayed by DEPTPLU. The first button sorts by either Department Number or PLU Number. When sorting by Dept, the PLU numbers might not be listed in numerical order and when sorting by PLU the Department numbers might not be in numerical order.
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Main Menu When one of the Batch buttons is depressed a window will open asking you to select the department to which you want to send all pending batches. Select the appropriate department and press the yes button. If there are any pending batches of any type that have not been sent to the scales in that department they will be sent now. After batches have been sent successfully to all scales in the department, the “batch” flags for the items in those batches will be reset.
Main Menu Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual After selecting the desired Sale Number press the YES button. A confirmation screen will appear; press the YES button and all of the PLU’s associated with this Sale Number will have their Sale Price and Sale Number fields set back to all zeroes. Selecting YES will also set the “batch” flag for the PLU’s that had a Sale Price. To send the updated prices to a scale, click on the PLU Batch Download button and select the appropriate department number.
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Main Menu Reports There are several reports available in Scale View. These reports can be displayed on the screen, printed to a connected printer or exported in various file formats. There are reports that can be performed on both scale models and some only used for the SL5300. All reports available are programmed data only, there are no financial report capabilities in Scale View V4.0.0.
Main Menu Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual PLU SPrice Report provides a list of all items by department number then PLU number. It includes the current price field and the Sale Price field with the Sale Number. It also shows Commodity Line 1 of the PLU’s descriptor. SL9000 Reports PLU/NUTRI Batch Report displays a list of all PLU’s by department and their PLU “batch” and Nutrition “batch” flag status.
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Main Menu SL9000 Ing Report shows a list by department of all SL9000 PLU’s in the database and their Ingredient Message. SL9000 Nutr Report displays a list by department of all SL9000 PLU’s in the database and the Nutrition Information programmed for those PLU’s.
Main Menu Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual SL9000 Ing Batch Report provides a listing of all SL9000 PLU’s in the database that have an Ingredient “batch” flag turned on. The department number, PLU number, first line of the Ingredient Message and the “batch” flag status are displayed. SL5300 Reports SL5300 Ing Report provides a list by department of all SL5300 Ingredient Numbers that are in the database.
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Main Menu SL5300 Nutr Report displays a list by department of all SL5300 Nutrition Numbers stored in the database. All programmed Nutrition Information for the Nutrition Number is shown. SL5300 Ing Batch Report provides a list by department of all Ingredient Numbers with their Ingredient Number “batch” flags turned on.
Main Menu Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual SL5300 Nutr Batch Report displays a list by department of all Nutrition Numbers in the database with their Nutrition Information “batch” flags turned on. SL5300 PLU Ingr No Report uses the PLU Detail report to display the SL5300 PLU programmed data including the Ingredient Number programmed for each PLU.
Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Main Menu SL5300 PLU Nutr No Report uses the PLU Detail report to display the SL5300 PLU programmed data including the Nutrition Number programmed for each PLU. Choosing a Report To select a specific report press the Report button on the Main Menu. The Report Selection screen will appear. Depending on the report type select you will have the option of selecting the report to run in an individual department or all departments.
Main Menu Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Reports may be viewed on the screen in different magnifications or printed to any attached printer. They also may be exported in several different formats. These functions are accomplished by clicking on the appropriate buttons on the bottom of the report screen.
Error Messages Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual Error Messages Error Message Explanation Mismatch Data Length TMCC text file format is incorrect – check Scale Table file format version against setting in scale (Initial set 9 bit 7: 1 = Version 2.3; 2 = Version 2.8). Refer to Scale Table settings and Initial Set Information. SL9000DRV.EXE is not found This is the TMCC driver (SL9000DRV.EXE). This error may display when running the Scale View for the first time.
Error Messages “Run Time error 76” when trying to access TMCC log Scale View V4.0 Owner’s Manual The file “notepad.exe” is not found in the default directory. The default directory for Scale View for “notepad.exe” is “C:\Windows”. This error usually occurs with Windows NT, Windows NT WS and Windows NT 2000. To correct this first confirm that there is not a “Windows” subdirectory. If there is no “Windows” subdirectory you must create one and copy the file “notepad.exe” into it.
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