Release date: est Sept 2015
(Includes changes since 6.44.00)
Digital Surfacing
Digital Interface From Order Entry
Interfaces with digital calculators can now be done either directly from the order entry screen, or using the Digital Processor. Previous versions of Rx-Universe always used the Digital Processor to communicate with digital calculators.
The advantage of communicating with digital calculator(s) directly from order entry is that the user can see the results of the digital calculation directly from within order entry, and the work ticket that is printed, from OE, includes the results of the digital calculation.
The dis-advantage of doing digital calculations directly from Order Entry is that the user must wait for the communication with the DS calculator to finish before being able to finish entering/modifying the order. For a digital calculator that is located locally, this should be a short wait of, at most, a few seconds, but for a web-based digital interface, it could be many seconds, or even minutes.
The "mode" of communication can be set on the Digital Type setup for each manufacture. Note that this option affects only manually entered orders in Rx-Universe - orders sent electronically will still be processed by the Digital Processor.
When the "Interface at OE" is checked, digital jobs will communicate directly with the LDS calculator from order entry, and the digital processor will NOT process these jobs. The Digital Processor will, however, continue to process any jobs being received electronically from other systems.
The "Timeout for LMS files in OE" specifies how long, in seconds, the order entry session should wait for a response from the digital calculator.
Within order entry, when a digital job is entered, and the "F9/Calcs" button is pressed, the connection to the calculator is initiated. A series of messages will be displayed showing the progress of the communication.
Once the communication is complete, and results received, the results are available just as for a toric (non-digital job). Clicking the device icon will display the calculation results screen:
If results are not received back within the timeout period, an error will be raised:
An appropriate error will also be saved as the "digital status" of the job:
For Zeiss digital jobs, if the option "Print Zeiss Digital Ticket at Digital Processor" on the Digital tab under System Parameters is checked, then the Zeiss Digital Ticket will be printed when the LMS file is received back from Zeiss (within Order Entry).
Generating Prism for Digital Jobs
A new option has been added to the device setup to allow sending any prism that wasn't blocked, to a generator for digital jobs. When checked, this causes digital jobs to be run the same as toric jobs; the maximum amount of prism supported by the blocker will be blocked, and any remaining prism sent to the generator. If a generator does not support prism on digital jobs, this option should be UNchecked:
If not all prism can be blocked, and the generator does not allow GPRVM to be sent for digital jobs, then an error will be raised when the job is requested by the generator, and the job not manufactured. This will prevent jobs from being manufactured without the correct amount of prism.
Devices
Fixed issue where NPD was no longer being sent to devices which requested it for IOT digital jobs (version 6.44.01).
The re-use database wasn't being correctly updated, and correct block records were not being read. This has been corrected (version 6.44.04).
Modified device interface to use Zeiss digital with Schneider equipment (version 6.44.05).
The device interface has been changed to send GAX as a decimal value, not an integer. If LAPAX is received, it will be saved and returned to devices when required (version 6.44.06).
Modified device interface to check if one-eye switch is set on interface, then the job number will be job+0 for the right eye, and job+1 for the left eye. We will parse the job number for the eye, and then send only the information for the eye that was requested (version 6.44.08).
A new option has been added to the "Tracer" tab of the device setup; when the "Combine L/R traces" option is checked, the lab can trace the left and right sides of a frame separately, and have them merged together when the second eye is received. 
Note that when using this option, care must be taken not to trace the right eye of one frame, and the left eye of a different frame, for the same tray at slightly different times (for doing so will cause the eyes to be combined into a single trace!).
Reports
The Stock Costing Report was modified to use the standard cost (vendor cost 1) instead of the average cost when determining the value of excess stock (version 6.44.02).
Order Entry
The PCL and PCI work tickets have been changed, for uncuts without frame, to print the User ELLH (version 6.44.04).
Order entry has Increased the allowable limit of the sphere to +/- 49.99 D (version 6.44.04).
When auto-attaching a trace to an order, if a CCIRCUM value exists, it will be removed since it resizes the new trace (version 6.44.07).
Databases
A new checkbox has been added to the Device Interface Parameters on the Other tab; “Send one eye based on barcode” (version 6.44.08).
System Settings
Two new checkboxes have been added to the Surf2 tab; “Use A4 paper for WT” and “Separate barcodes for left and right eyes” (version 6.44.08).
Pricing
Invoice Export to XML has been modified to add an option to allow export to CSV (version 6.44.09).