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The “Blocker Maximum Prism” field deserves explanation as it is used for the digital interface. This parameter does not specify a limit for prism to be included in a design (this is determined by the DS processor itself), rather, it operates as a Y/N switch to specify whether the lab supports blocking prism or not. If set to 0.0, then parameter PBOK=0 is sent to the digital engine, indicating that the lab will block a maximum of 0 dioptres of prism; any non-zero value will send PBOK=1, indicating that the lab can block some (or all) prism. The amount of prism to be blocked will be sent back to Rx-Universe in the LMS file in the KPRVM parameter. Note that the digital vendor must support the use of PBOK - for some vendors, the setting for prism is controlled (or set) by the calculator, and sending PBOK has absolutely no effect on what the calculator calculates.
Prism on the Generator
Some generators permit GPRVM (generated prism) to be sent to used for digital jobs, and others do not. In general, prism will be sent to a generator (GPRVM) for a digital job only if the blocker could not block all prism requested by KPRVM, or if the calculator explicitly sends back GPRVM in the LMS file, thus explicitly asking for a certain amount of prism to be generated.
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However, if the "Send GPRVM for digital jobs" is not checked, then the job will NOT be sent to the generator, because generating the lens without the required prism would ruin the lens. In this case, the device screen will show "Prsm", and as long as the device is set up to receive a status message, a message will be sent to the generator indicating that "Not all required prism was blocked". The lab may then choose to generator the lens on a generator which DOES support grinding the extra prism required.
Epson-Seiko Calculator
In the case of Epson-Seiko, they support either blocking prism or incorporating it into the design, but not both at the same time. This is controlled by a setting in the Epson-Seiko DS calculator itself. This cannot be selected on a per-job basis, and the Epson-Seiko calculator ignores the PBOK label if sent in the .LDS file, which would normally be used by the LMS to indicate whether or not blocking prism is to be used.
In addition, Epson-Seiko does not use the standard VCA labels to identify blocked prism, so the device setup screen must be set in Rx-Universe to agree with how the Epson-Seiko calculator is set up. In the device setup for Epson-Seiko, if blocked prism is to be used, the LDPRV? = KPRV? field must be checked.
Indo
Indo always blocks prism and sends it back in the KPRV* fields, so the setting of the prism fields in Rx-Universe has no effect for Indo.
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