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Introduction
This document provides instructions for enabling the Future Messages feature. This feature allows customer service to define a message to appear at a future tray track station along with forcing it to become a Stop Job at that point.
Procedure
Setup
Add Custom Configurations
From the Optifacts main menu:
Type Select Option 3 - Editor Utilities and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 6 – Configuration Editor and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 6 – Edit Custom Configuration and press enterEnter.
- Press Q ‘Q’ to Query.
- Ensure that the table below exists.
If the table does not exist:
- Type A Press ‘A’ to add a new record.
- Enter all the information as per the example (s) below.
- Press Escape to save the data.
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Only enable the following custom configuration if you do not want to allow station messages on the site. (Typically used on a multi-instance with no actual track station activity). |
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Only enable the following custom configuration if you do not want interface files to |
move aside. If this IS enabled, interfaces can still run a stopped job. This configuration allows the tray to continue to be processed by interfaces. However, |
the job |
is blocked at mail out, verify, and assigning to stations (other than interface stations). If NOT enabled, interface files |
get moved so that the interfaces cannot run a stopped job. |
Add Tray Track Station
Add a tray track station called “CONTINUE JOB”. This can be ‘CONTINUE JOB.’ You can use any station number and station type, but it must be called “CONTINUE JOB”. This is named ‘CONTINUE JOB.’ This station gets used for scanning through to clear the STOP JOB state of a station message.
From the Optifacts main menu:
Type Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 12 – Tray Track Configuration and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 2 – Sub-master Station Number Setup and press enterEnter.
- Press Q ‘Q’ to Query.
Ensure that the following entry shown below exists.
If the entry does not exist:
- Type A Press ‘A’ to add a new record.
- Enter all the information as per the example below.
- Press Escape to save the data.
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This can be any station number and station type, but it MUST be named |
‘CONTINUE JOB.’ |
Customer Service
Add a Future Station Message in Quick Look-up
Type Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 1 – Quick Lookup and press enterEnter.
Select a tray in Quick Lookup that you’d like to add a Future Station Message
to and enter.
- Press the ‘F’ key.
- To Press ‘A’ to add a station message press 'A'
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If the custom configuration of |
‘NO STATION |
MESSAGES’ is enabled, you |
see the |
following warning, and |
you won’t be able to proceed. |
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The Add ‘Add Future Station Message for Tray Tray’ window displaysis displayed.
- Type in Enter the station number where you want the message to appear.
The station name will appear appears below the prompt. Please note that the message will only appear appears if you use the Station Assignment screen for that station number – it will not won’t work for order entry, interface, mailout, or verify stations that do not use the Station Assignment screen.
- Type Press ‘Y’ if you’d like this to be treated like a STOP ‘STOP JOB. ’
When the message appears at the required station, we will also call the stop job script, which will move moves aside all interface files and not won’t allow you to assign the tray to be assigned to any other station. The message will continue continues to appear when scanned into any other station through the Station Assignment program until the tray is gets cleared. The tray will You have to be scanned scan the tray has into the CONTINUE JOB ‘CONTINUE JOB’ station in order to move the interface files back in place and to allow continued production for the job.
- Type Press ‘N’ if you’d like this message to only appear when the tray is gets scanned through the required station.
- Then, type in the message you would like to appear.
- Press enter Enter past the last message field to save the data. If you press escape Escape, the message will not be savedwon’t save.
- Press any key to exit.
View Station Messages in Quick Lookup
If a job has a station message, you see the 'S' indicator will be shown ‘S’ indicator on the far right side of the job row.
- Select a tray in Quick Lookup that you’d like to view any entered station messages and hit the ‘F’ key.
- Type 'V' Press ‘V’ to view the station message
To the left of each message
it will state “STOP MESSAGE”, it states ‘STOP MESSAGE’ if the message
will stopstops the job or
“NO STOP”‘NO STOP’ if the message is
just toview only. To the right of each message, it
will showshows the date and time the message
waslast viewed at the station
, if it has been viewed.
Tray Track
View Messages in Station Assignment
Type Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 7 - Station Assignment and press enterEnter.
- Scan a tray with a station message into the station with the message.
The tray will be gets updated to that station.
If this was
entered asa stop message, the interface files
will beget moved, and the job
will notwon’t be assigned to another tray track station until it
isgets scanned through
CONTINUE‘CONTINUE JOB.
’ The message,
along with the additional “Thisand ‘This Job has been
STOPPED”STOPPED,
will appear’ appears at each scanned station
it is scanned into, until it goes through
CONTINUE JOB. Noticethe ‘CONTINUE JOB’ station. Notice in the diagram below that the tray
hasdid NOT
beenget updated to the next station.
Try to Verify a Stopped Tray
A stopped tray will not won't allow you to go through Verify.
Mail Out
Try to Mail a Stopped Tray
A stopped tray will not won't allow you to mail it out.
Continue a Stopped Job
When customer service needs to apply a “CONTINUE” ‘CONTINUE’ condition, they will assign the Tray Number of the job to the station number for “CONTINUE JOB”‘CONTINUE JOB. ’
From the Optifacts main menu:
Type Select Option 7 – Tray Track and press enterEnter.
Type Select Option 7 – Station Assignment and press enterEnter.
The Station Assignment window displays.
- Type Enter the station number applicable to the “CONTINUE JOB” station and press enterEnter.
- Scan the tray number and press enterEnter. Alternatively, type enter the job, invoice, or tray number and press enterEnter. (Precede Job with J, Invoice with I)
The tray is gets updated in tray track Tray Track, and the job May may continue further in production.
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