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Introduction

This document provides instructions for setting up Blank Switching. This process allows the entry of one named product while using another lens in production. The tables show the original lens information along with the switched lens information, any applicable lite-ups, calc options, and/or recall options for blanks being switched.

Examples:

• Setup Digital work where you want the job to be entered and priced as one type of design but use another in production.
• Single vision lenses with a coating lite-up and you want it to switch to use a stock finished lens with factory coat.

Procedure

Blank Switch for Digital or Other Semi-finished Lens Jobs

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 8 - Blank Selection and press enter.

Type 12 - Blank Switch Editor and press enter.

The Blank Switch Editor screen displays.

Lens Selection Master

The 1st step in this process you will be working in the Lens Selection Master table ( lens_sel_mst ). Notice that the brackets are on the left side of the screen opening the fields for data entry.  In this table you will enter the data of the lens that will be entered at the time of order entry. (What the operator keys in or is received electronically.)

• Type A to add a record. If you were updating an existing entry, then you would press U to update.

In our following examples: We are switching from a 1.6 material TL, Progressive style P, type VXF Varilux Freedom 3, color TXB Xtractive Brown (this is what they have entered at order entry) to a 1.6 material TL, Single Vision style SV, type NA, color TXB Xtractive Brown (this is the lens that will be used in production).

• Enter all applicable data, pressing enter past each field.
  • CBT Desc - Commercial Brand description or Family Name (or enter “NONE” if you are not using the entry for CBT)
  • System ID
  • Account
  • Type
  • Material - Original Lens Material code.
  • Style - Original Lens Style code
  • Seg Sz - Original Lens Seg Size (or “0” for no seg size) for multi focal.
  • Lens Type - Original Lens Type code (or “NA” for no lens type) for aspheric or progressive lenses.
  • Color - Original Lens Color code.

The following fields are filled in with the defaults and you should not have to change them unless one of the fields needs to be different.

• Sphere - Beginning sphere range to Ending sphere range (inclusive), from lowest minus to highest plus.
• Cylinder - Beginning cylinder range to Ending cylinder range (inclusive), from lowest minus to highest plus.
• Cyl Axis - Beginning cylinder axis to Ending cylinder axis (inclusive),
• Add Power - Beginning add power range to ending add power range (inclusive), from lowest to highest.
• Prog. Fit Ht. - For Aspheric and Progressive, the Beginning fit height to the Ending fit height – maximum value (0 for others), from lower limit to upper limit.
• Thickness - (I) for Industrial, (D) for Dress or (*) for both.
• Groove - (G) for Groove, (N) for Not groove or (*) for both.
• Drill - (D) for Drill, (N) for Not drill or (*) for both.

The following fields are mandatory.

• Priority = Master tables priority number (any number).

• Record ID = Master linking ID number (any number).
  • You may create these entries with a * for material and * for color, using the same priority and record ID, adding to multiple CBTs.  Same for the detail side, for example, the style is SV and the material and color are added with *.  This is because the calculator returns the product that is going to be used according to the product code. (Optifacts Menu 3-14-6 Refer to the Commercial Branding Tool (CBT) Setup document for full details.)  This is for digital only.
• Press Enter past the record ID and you will be taken to the Light-Up Group field on the 2nd screen.

Note: You are still working in the Lens Selection Master table (lens_sel_mst) 

• Enter the lite-up group number into this field and press enter (If the lite-up group is applicable to the master table. If not, leave as 0)
  • This could be a predetermined group number or a new one that you are creating. If it is relative to a specific lite-up, recall option or calc option, you could use that number as reference to make it easier to remember what it is for. For example, on digital jobs, you may want to use group # 12 which is relative to recall option 12 in order entry which forces the system to use SF lenses. This could be applied to all digital where you are switching to a single vision lens and we do not want the system to pick a stock finished lens. Another example would be to use the lite-up number applicable to coating lite-up  used at order entry that you want to use to trigger the switch from SF with a coating lite-up to a Stock Finished AR lens. For further details on this, please refer to the instructions later in this document on Switch SF with Coat Lite-up to Coated Stock Finished Lens. 
• Enter the Min Fit Height and press enter (if applicable).
• Press Escape to save the data.
• Type E to exit back to the menu.
• Press Escape to return to the Optifacts main menu.

Lens Selection Master Table Example

Lens Selection Detail 

The 2nd step in this process you will be working in the Lens Selection Detail table ( lens_sel_mst ). Notice that the brackets are on the right side of the screen opening the fields for data entry.  In this table you will enter the data of the lens that will be used in production. (The lens we are switching to.)

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 8 - Blank Selection and press enter.

Type 12 - Blank Switch Editor and press enter.

The Blank Switch Editor screen displays.

• Type Q to query.
• Enter search criteria for the entry you just created.

• Press Escape to perform the search
• Press T for table.

Notice that the active table in now the Lens Selection Detail ( lens_sel_dtl ) and the [ brackets ] have moved to the right side of the screen opening up the fields for data entry. 

• Press A to add a record. If you were updating an existing entry, then you would press U to update.

Type in all of the applicable data pressing enter past each field.

• Priority - Priority number for multiple selection options. 

• Material - Selected Lens Material of the lens that will be used in production.
• Style - Selected Lens Style of the lens that will be used in production.
• Seg Size - Selected Lens Seg Size of the lens that will be used in production (or “0” for no seg).
• Lens Type - Selected Lens Type of the lens that will be used in production. (or “NA” for no type).
• Color - Selected Lens Color of the lens that will be used in production.
• Mfr - Selected Manufacture Code of the lens that will be used in production (enter a forced manufacture code (- must precede mfr code) or leave the Default of “-“ if not needed).
• Add Power - Add Power of the lens being switched to if needed (or leave default of -99.0 to not change).
• Calc as Entered or Switched - Calculate as either (E) Entered or (S) Switched. Typically S.
• Price as Entered or Switched - Price as either (E) Entered or (S) Switched. Typically E.
• Blk Sel Failure Goes to - If Bank Select Failure leave as either (E) Entered or (S) Switched. Typically S.
• Allow Coat-Switching? - (Y) to allow Coat-Switching, (N) to not allow Coat-Switching.
• Allow Inventory Deplete? - Enter (Y), if stock status is D and zero QOH, don't select lens; Enter (N) to ignore stock status.
• Allow Inventory No QOH? - Enter (N) if zero QOH, don't select lens; Enter (Y) to ignore QOH.
• Light-up Group Dtl Number - Enter optional light-up group detail records to use (or 0 for none).
• Press Escape to save the data.
• Type E to exist
• Press Escape to return to the Optifacts main menu.

Lens Selection Detail Table Example

Lens Selection Lite-up Group

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 8 - Blank Selection and press enter.

Type 12 - Blank Switch Editor and press enter.

The Blank Switch Editor screen displays.

• Type Q to query.
• Enter search criteria for the entry you just created.

• Press Escape to perform the search
• Press T twice.
• Press A to Add a record

The cursor will return to the Lite-up Group Dtl Number field on the 1st screen and the fields will open for editing in the Lens Selection Lite-up Group Detail table.

• Type the applicable group number and press enter
• Press enter past the price num and bit fields until you reach the calc or recall option field (depending on which you are needing to work with).

Note: To find the  num and bit for your lite-ups, go to Optifacts menu 11-14 Report: Price Options Available. Print the report. It lists all the lite-up numbers with the num and bit for each.

• Set or Unset the option.
  • Type S to Set. This will turn on the selected option.
  • Type U to Unset. This will turn off the selection option.
• Press escape to save the data.
• Type E to exit the screen.

Lite-up Group Detail Table Example

Semi-Finished Blank Switch Examples

Here is an example of a record that has 1 Master record with 2 Detail records:

Master Lens Entered: Style SV Type NA Color T8G with coating lite-up.

1st choice Priority 10 Detail Switched to: Style SVST Type NA Color 8GA.

2nd choice Priority 15 Detail Switched to Style SV semi-finished Type NA Color T8G with coating lite-up

In the following example we are switching the type code from EA to TL with recall option 12.

In the following example we are switching the color from T8B to TEB with recall option 12.

The following is a couple examples of Digital Blank Switch.

Master Lens entered CBT Vx Comfort 2 DRX Material TLT Style P Type CDR Color EBS

Detail Lens switched only the color from EBS to SBF

Master Lens entered CBTAutograph II+ 15MM Material TR Style P Type A2X Color SRC

Detail Lens switched to Material P Style SV Type NA Color SRC

Blank Switch Semi-Finished Lens with Coating Lite-up to Coated Finished Lens

Remember:

All of the rules and warnings with regard to returning to the main menu and priority numbers shown in the sections above, are relevant to entries for switching to Semi-Finished to Stock Finished Lenses as shown below.

Lens Selection Master Table

• Create the entries with all of the criteria of the semi-finished lens that you want to switch with a power range that relates to a finished lens with a factory AR that you have in your inventory and want to use.

Example

• Press enter after the Record ID number is added which takes you to the next screen. 
• In the Group Light-Up field enter the number of the Light-up that you want to use to trigger the switch. We are using the light-up number in this field to make it easier to know what the switch is related to.

Example

• Press escape to save the data.
• Type E to exit
• Press escape to return to the Optifacts main menu.

  It is very important to exit back to the main menu after each step in the lens_sel_mst table before going any further.

Lens Selection Master Lite-up Group

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 8 - Blank Selection and press enter.

Type 12 - Blank Switch Editor and press enter.

The Blank Switch Editor screen displays.

• Type Q to query.
• Enter search criteria for the entry you just created.

• Press Escape to perform the search
• Press T for table until the [ brackets ] are in the Lens Selection Master Lite-up Group ( lens_sel_mst_lgrp ) table on the left side of the screen s shown in the example below.

• Press A to Add a new record.

• Enter 25 in the Light-up Group field and press enter until you reach the field for the Price Light-up: Num and Bit. 

• Here you will enter the num and bit that belongs to the coating light-up 25

Note: To find the  num and bit for your lite-ups, go to Optifacts menu 11-14 Report: Price Options Available. Print the report. It lists all the lite-up numbers with the num and bit for each.

• In the field Set/Unset enter S.  This will trigger the switch to work when this light-up is on and the order falls within the specified Style, Material, Color and Power in the Lens Selection Master table as shown above.

Example

In addition, we do not want this switch to happen if there is a Tint on the order as we are not able to apply a tint to a finished lens with AR.

To prevent this switch from happening:

• Add another entry to the Group Light-up 25
  • In the Price Light-up field enter the num and bit of the Tinting Light-up
  • Enter U to Unset the blank switch. 
• Press Escape to save the data.

Example

• Type E to exit.

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