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Introduction

This document provides instructions for setting up Coat Switching. This process allows the entry of one lens coating to another.

Driven by pricing lite-ups
The operator can enter color as it appears to the eye.
Color sub still available. Either or both can be used (Lite-up can prevent substitution).
Up to 40 levels (color sub has 1 level only)
The program first checks for lite-ups NOT to switch, then looks for Exact Matches, then for Okay To Switch.
Option to force Manufacturers
Switched color used for lookup in blank selection

The operator will always enter the color of the lens as it appears to the eye. So, for example, a job using an uncoated, scratch-coated, or an AR lens out of the box gets entered as “W.” All modifiers to the lens are done via lite-ups on the pricing page within order entry. So, for example, if the ECP specified Crizal, the operator would accept the default color (“W” or “SRC”) and then light up Crizal.

After entering the job, blank selection will first look at the “Don’t Switch by lite-up” data. It allows conflicting combinations of lite-ups not to do coat switching. For example, the first record shows for stock lenses, if lite-up 2,2 is on (Solid Tint), and lite-up 2,18 is on (Crizal), blank selection will NOT coat switch. One can also override and prevent the original Optifacts nominal color substitution by lite-up. This screen section will also allow an entry to prevent STK/SF splitting in blank selection.

If there are no conditions that will prevent switching, the center section data gets checked to see if there is an exact match for the entered color. It can optionally force the use of a specific manufacturer. There can be more than one record within the entered color and lite-up for stock or semi-finished. If more than one is found, they get sorted by the priority number.

If no exact matches are found, the program then looks at the third section of the screen to see an okay switch for a lite-up.

Once a good record gets found in supplier_priority, the program blank selects this changed color code and specified manufacturer if entered. Thus, only one record gets considered in supplier_priority each for stock and semi-finished.

Procedure

From the Optifacts main menu:

Select Option 8 - Blank Selection and press Enter.

Select Option 10 - Coat Switch Editor and press Enter.

The Coat Switch Editor displays. The active table is the No Switch table

Don't Switch by Lite-up

Press “Q” and Escape to query existing entries that are in the No Switch table.
Press “A” to add a new record or “U” to update an existing record.

The Don’t Switch by lite-up fields define a lite-up that will not switch in the No Switch table.

Example: Activating coat switching on a product that has a tint would not be desirable. An uncoated product is preferred.

STK Flg - This field is left blank when activating F/SF blank splitting (-3/-3). However, if both finished and semi-finished need switching, two separate entries MUST be made.

1 – Will change stock finished lens.
2 – Will change semi-finished lens

Num and Bit - Both of these fields work in conjunction with each other. The Num/Bit values represent the lite-up that is defined.

NoNum and NoBit - Enter the pricing number from 0-16 or -1/-2/-3

-1/-1 – To never switch the above lite-up; otherwise, enter a num/bit that will conflict with the above lite-up and should not switch.
-2/-2 – Prevents nominal color substitutions.
-3/-3 - Prevents Finished/Semi-finished blank selection splitting.

Press Escape to save the data.

Exact Coat Match for a Lite-up

The second table is the Coat Match table.

To activate the Coat Match table, press “T,” and the [ ] brackets will move down to the second portion of the screen, enabling data entry.
Press Q and Escape to query existing entries that are in the Coat Match table.
Type A to add a new record or U to update an existing record.

The Exact Coat Match for a lite-up field defines what products you can substitute for another in the Coat Match table.

Example: If a hard-coated finished lens can’t be found, but an uncoated finished lens can be found, you can set it to tell the system to pick the uncoated lens and process the job using a hard coat lite-up.

STK Flg - To switch both finished and semi-finished, you MUST make two separate entries.

1 – Will change stock finished lens.
2 – Will change semi-finished lens

Num and Bit - Both of these fields work in conjunction with each other. The Num/Bit values represent the lite-up that is defined.

Entered Clr - Standard color code entry in the color field to be defined with the Num/Bit field.

Priority Number - Define the priority of the defined scenario. Valid priorities are from 1 through 20, with the lower number representing the higher priority.

OK Mfr - Defines a specific manufacturer to switch. If the switch is to work with specific but not all manufacturers, you MUST make separate entries. Otherwise, leave this field blank to represent all manufacturers.

OK Clr - Defines what coat is ok to switch.

Example: The following setup says that when a stock lens (1) and a lite-up of (2/16) AR is selected, and a color code of SRC entered, the lens pick will switch to a finished lens with a color of AR if it is available.

Okay Coat Switch for a lite-up

In the Coat Switch table, the Okay Coat Switch for a lite-up fields is the same as the Exact Coat Match for a lite-up fields. The only difference is that it’s a secondary table to catch products that can’t be entered into the No Switch table.

Stk Flg – To switch both finished and semi-finished, you MUST make two separate entries.

1 – Will change stock finished lens.
2 – Will change semi-finished lens

Num/Bit - Both of these fields work in conjunction with each other. The Num/Bit values represent the lite-up that is defined.

Entered Clr - Standard color code entry in the color field to be defined with the Num/Bit field.

Priority Number - Define the priority of the defined scenario. Valid priorities are from 1 through 20, with the lower number representing the higher priority.

OK Mfr - Defines a specific manufacturer to switch. If the switch is to work with specific but not all manufacturers, you MUST make separate entries. Otherwise, leave this field blank to represent all manufacturers.

OK Clr - Defines what coat is ok to switch.

Example: The following setup says that when a stock lens (1) and a lite-up of (2/16) A/R gets used, and a color code of SRC entered, the lens pick will switch to a finished lens with a color of AR if it is available.

Press "E" to exit.

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