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Introduction
This document provides instructions for adding, editing, deleting and managing your automatic lite-ups.
With this editor, you are given great flexibility over your lite-up options. You can activate or deactivate one or more lite ups based upon almost endless conditions.
With the capabilities of automatic lite ups, the layout operator will no longer be required to keep as many notes regarding customer requests, marketing events, lens packages, etc. For those accounts that want special coatings, or do not want certain options applied to the Rx, then automatic lite ups can turn these on or off without any operator intervention.
Special pricing packages can also be activated automatically without any operator intervention, by simply adding a few entries to the automatic lite ups. An example could be an automatic lite-up for a polarized lens package, by adding entries that will automatically turn on the polarized lens package whenever a lens color of PG3 or PB3 is used, resulting in one less item the entry operator needs to remember.
It is possible to have separate lite-ups for glass and plastic sharing the same lite-up number, since only one of them need be displayed at a time. In such a situation, automatic and dependent lite-ups cannot be used in conjunction with these lite-up numbers.
Procedure
Automatic Lite-up Options Report
It is recommended that you run the Automatic Lite-up Options report from Optifacts menu 5-4-6 to print a list of existing automatic lite-ups.. You can review the report to see if the automatic lite-up you are adding already exists. You can also decide what number to use and placement of the new entry. Once you have the information you can proceed to setup your automatic lite-ups.
Add/Edit Automatic Lite-ups
This option will allow you to create or edit automatic lite ups.
From the Optifacts main menu:
Type - 3 Editor Utilities and press enter.
Type 4 - Pricing Editor and press enter.
Type 5- Automatic Lite-up Options and press enter.
Type 1 - Add/Edit Dependent Lite-up Options and press enter.
The Add/Edit Automatic Lite-up Options screen displays.
Edit an Existing Automatic Lite-up
You will be prompted for the account number or pricing group to apply this automatic lite up to.
If any entries exist for that account number or group, you will be prompted if you wish to add a new entry, responding Yes will skip the current entry and begin adding a new entry, responding No, will begin editing. Pressing Escape (Esc) at the account/group number prompt will return you to the Automatic Lite Up Editor Menu. Pressing Escape at any of the other field prompts will return you to the account/group number prompt.
- Type N to edit an existing entry.
The system proceeds into Edit Mode.
The 1st entry is displayed. The number of entries is shown at the bottom of the screen.
- If you wish to edit the current entry, type Y to make any necessary changes. Enter through all the fields to save the data.
- Type N to scroll through the entries until you find the one you need to edit.
Add a New Automatic Lite-up
When you have reached the last entry in the series for the account number or group specified, you are then prompted if you wish to add an entry. Responding Yes will begin adding a new entry, responding No will return you to the Automatic Lite Up Editor Menu.
Note: When adding a new entry, the fields may display the values from the last entry displayed. This is normal and you may change them to the required values for your new entry.
- Type Y and press enter to add a new entry.
The Add/Edit Automatic Lite-up screen displays.
Automatic Lite Up Option Fields
Account Number
- Enter the specific account number or pricing group to apply this automatic lite up to, or enter 0 to apply this option to all accounts. When specifying a pricing group, you must precede the group number with a minus symbol (-); this is a flag for Optifacts to know it is a pricing group, and not a specific account.
Override Or Add-On Lite-Ups
- This option is not available if you entered an account number of 0. This option allows you to add to or separate from the generic entries (account 0), when you are creating entries for an account or pricing group. Choosing Add-on signifies that this automatic lite-up will be active in addition to the generic automatic lite-ups. Choosing Over-ride signifies that the generic entries will not be active, and only the entries specific to the account/pricing group will be active.
Priority Number
- Enter a number 1 through 32767 for lite-up priority. Lesser numbers have higher priority. Priority numbers will be processed from highest to lowest first for generic entries, (account 0), second for pricing groups, and last for specific accounts.
Manufacturer Code:
- Enter the manufacturer code for the automatic lite-up or enter an asterisk (*) for all manufacturers.
Material Code.
- Enter the material code for the automatic lite-up. Use the same code as entered in Layout, or enter *P for all plastic materials, (including high indexes and polycarbonate), enter *G for all glass materials, or enter an asterisk (*) for all materials to price from this list. Entering a specific material code will lock out any other material code from activating this automatic lite-up. If multiple materials will use the automatic lite-up, you must create an entry for each material, or if possible, use *P or *G.
Lens Style
- Enter the lens style for this automatic lite-up. Do NOT include any suffixes, (ST, I, U, etc.), and do NOT include seg sizes.
Lens Type
Enter the lens type code for this automatic lite-up, or enter *L for all lenticular lenses, or *F for all full field lenses. Enter an asterisk (*) to have this auto lite-up active for all special lens types. Enter specific lens type codes for progressives or full fields just as you would in layout.
Edged and/or Uncut
- To activate this lite-up, Enter E for Edged jobs, U for Uncut jobs, or * for all jobs.
Finished and/or Semi-Finshd
- Enter F for Finished lenses (Stock lenses), S for Semi finished lenses, or * for all.
Industrial and/or Dress
- Enter I for Industrial thickness Rx’s, D for Dress thickness Rx’s, or enter * for all thicknesses. Optifacts will recognize an Rx as being Industrial thick only if the lens style is entered in layout with the I suffix. ( SVI or DI)
Seg Size(s)
- Enter the beginning and ending seg sizes to have this automatic lite-up active for. Entering the same beginning and ending values would lock out any other seg sizes from activating this lite-up. The ending seg size must be equal to, or greater than, the beginning seg size. You can also optionally specify SV lenses only with a beginning and ending seg size of 0, or specify progressives and executives with a beginning and ending seg size of 99
Diameter(s)
- Enter the beginning and ending lens diameters to have this automatic lite-up active for. Entering the same beginning and ending values would lock out any other lens diameters from activating this lite-up. The ending diameter must be equal to, or greater than, the beginning diameter.
Base Curve(s)
- Enter the beginning and ending base curve to have this automatic lite-up active for. Entering the same beginning and ending values would lock out any other base curve from activating this lite-up. The ending base curve must be equal to, or greater than, the beginning base curve.
Add Power(s)
- Enter the beginning and ending add powers to have this automatic lite-up active for. Entering the same beginning and ending values would lock out any other add power from activating this lite-up. The ending add power must be equal to, or greater than, the beginning add power. Note that entering a beginning and ending add powers of 0.00 signifies single vision lenses.
Color(s)
- Enter up to five (5) color codes to have this automatic lite-up active for or enter an asterisk (*) in the first field to signify all colors. Enter the color code exactly as you would in layout. If editing, you may press the space bar on an entry to remove that color.
CBT Description
- Enter the CBT (Commercial Brand Name) that this automatic lite-up entry is applicable to.
Default Option(s)
- Enter up to five (5) lite-up numbers to automatically turn on or off. Use O to specify turning the option on, and F to specify turning the option off. When entering lite-up numbers, the full number and text description will be printed in the upper right corner of your screen.
You will be asked to confirm the data.
Are The Entries Correct (Y/N)?
- Type Y to save the data.
- Type N to return to the screen to make your corrections.
- Press Escape to exit.
Delete an Automatic Lite-up
This option will allow you to delete automatic lite ups.
From the Automatic Lite-up Options menu:
Type 2 - Delete Dependent Lite-up Options and press enter.
The Delete Automatic Lite-up Options screen displays.
You will be prompted for the account number or pricing group you wish to delete this automatic lite up from.
The system enters delete mode.
If any entries exist for that account number or group, you will be prompted if you wish to delete the entry displayed, responding Yes will delete the entry, responding No will skip the current entry and go to the next entry, where you will again be prompted. You may also press the Escape (Esc) key to start over at the account/group number prompt. If no more entries exist for the account number or pricing group specified, you are returned to the Automatic Lite Up Editor Menu.
The screen displays indicating at the bottom left side of the screen how may entries exist for the specified account number.
Would you like to Delete this one (Y/N)?
- Type Y to delete the entry.
- Type N to scroll through the rest of the entries or press escape to restart.
Once you have found the entry you want to delete:
- Type Y to delete the entry.
The entry is deleted. You will see a confirmation message at the bottom of the screen.
- Press escape to exit.
