(Includes changes since 6.44.00)
Digital Surfacing
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:
Devices
Fixed issue where NPD was no longer being sent to the devices (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).
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).