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E-WMS - General scanner settings

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Introduction

This document describes the E-WMS general scanner settings, in menu System, E-WMS, Scanners, General scanner settings. The settings apply when using E-WMS ASP, unless otherwise stated and the screenshots and functionality are based on product update 415. 

Description

Once scanner settings are defined, these need to be assigned to each device in menu System, E-WMS, Scanners, Scanners. You can use one general settings profile for all devices, or you can set up specific profiles per individual device. Please also read document General notes on scanner settings. When using WMS ASP, starting a main menu on the scanner is enough to read changed settings.

After selecting menu System, E-WMS, Scanners, General scanner settings you can create a new profile by pressing New, or edit an existing profile by using Open. You can only delete profiles which are not linked to devices. 

Name
Unique code referring to this settings profile (12 characters).

Description
Description of this settings profile (60 characters).

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Section: Available modules

These options will show or hide specific main menu's on the hand terminal. All options in this maintenance screen are shown regardless of your E-WMS license, but visibility in the scanner menu primary depends on the E-WMS license.

Sales Order Fulfilment show or hide menu 'Order picking' > 'Order picking' and 'Order packing'
SSCC Shipment Tracing show or hide menu 'Order picking' > 'Shipments'
Receipts Registration show or hide menu 'Receipts'
Stock Transfers show or hide menu 'Stock Transfers'
Stock Inventory show or hide menu 'Stock Inventory'
Replenishment show or hide menu 'Replenishment'
Stock Transactions show or hide menu 'Transactions' > 'Stock Transactions'
Sales Entry show or hide menu 'Transactions' > 'E-Mobile sales'
Purchase Entry show or hide menu 'Transactions' > 'Purchase orders'
Production Issues show or hide menu 'Production' > 'Issues'
Production Receipts show or hide menu 'Production' > 'Receipts'
Item/Stock view show or hide menu 'Item / Stock view'
   

Production menus
Choices 'Production Issues' and 'Production Receipts' are available from release 415. In release 414 and earlier, only option 'Production' was available.

When selecting just one of menus 'Production Issues' or 'Production Receipts', this submenu will be shown directly as choice in the main scanner menu, instead of menu 'Production'. When only menu 'Production Issues' is enabled and also, through production issues settings, only one of submenus 'Issues' or 'Issues with list' is enabled, then 'Production issues' will show as main scanner menu option, but this issue submenu will directly be started.

When both 'Production Issues' and 'Production Receipts' are disabled, or your license does not contain E-WMS Production, then the Production menu will not show at all.




Section: General  


Default picker

Used for WMS CAB only. Here you can enter the default user ID to be used when starting WMS on the hand terminal. Default, this value is empty and the hand terminal user will be determined from the hand terminal configuration file CONFIG.DAT. With this setting it is possible to link a non-default order picker to WMS transactions. CAB RF is required to link a specific hand terminal user ID to transactions, after processing.

Display which value?
Applies to old offline CAB client only. Refers to the 'default picker', default set to 'Never'. Following choices are possible:

  • Default value: use the value configured in 'Default picker' and show following screen when starting WMS CAB, prefilled with the value from 'Default picker':
  • Never: do not show this Picker ID screen and use the default value from 'Default picker' (also when that value is empty)
  • Empty: show the Picker ID screen when starting CAB but do not prefill the user ID
 
Scanner prefix
If you configured a prefix on your hand terminal, you have to configure the same prefix for E-WMS. A usual prefix would be "(" or "{" (without the quotes). This setting is for WMS ASP only, use CONFIG.DAT for WMS CAB.

Scanner suffix
 
If you configured a suffix on your hand terminal, you have to configure the same suffix for E-WMS. A usual suffix would be ")" or "}" (without the quotes). This setting is for WMS ASP only, use CONFIG.DAT for WMS CAB.

EAN128 group separator

If you configured a group separator on your hand terminal, you have to configure the same symbol for E-WMS. A usual group separator would be "$" or "=" (without the quotes). This setting is for WMS ASP only, use CONFIG.DAT for WMS CAB.


EAN128: Strict 10/21
This setting was introduced in release 408 and offers the possibility to accept GS1-128 (EAN128) '10' or '21' for batch- or serial number items (WMS ASP only). Default, this setting is enabled.
Enabled: E-WMS will recognize only application identifier '10' for batch numbers, and '21' for serial numbers.
Disabled: E-WMS will recognize both GS1-128 application identifiers 10 or 21 for serial number items or batch items. When both identifiers are present in the same barcode, then the item type (serial or batch) decides what identifier is accepted.
This document provides more information on supported GS1-128 application identifiers in E-WMS.


EAN128: AI 90
This setting, available from release 414, determines whether, and how, the GS1-128 Application Identifier '90' is interpreted by E-WMS.

Application Identifier (AI) 90 is free usable, where the content is mutually agreed between trading partners. The maximum length is 30.
Since this is a variable-length AI, it has to end with a GS-1 128 'data terminator', when followed by another AI.

You can use AI 90 for one of following entities:   

  (None) the content of a scanned AI 90 is disregarded  
  Item code the content can either be an Exact Globe Next item code, or a WMS scan code - depending the WMS module setting 'scan code'  
  Serial / batch number applied as S/B number, depending the item type (batch- or serial number item).
An Exact Globe Next S/B number can be no longer than 20 characters.
 
  Quantity Quantity as offered with AI 37, no decimals  
  End date Format YYMMDD  
  Start date Format YYMMDD  
  SSCC number Can be used to scan SSCC numbers in order picking, or to scan WMS SKU numbers  
       

When a scanned barcode would contain both a regular AI and AI 90 for the same entity, then the value scanned with AI 90 has priority.
So in this sample barcode, where both AI '10' and '90' are offered, the scanned batch will be 'B02':  (K020871749697108110B01$3710$90B02).



Use Code Identifier
ASP only. This functionality improves recognition of different type of barcodes used in a warehouse.  When used, code identifier also has to be configured on your hand terminals. When doing so, each type of bar code (CODE39, EAN128, Datamatrix) scanned returns a unique code. Please see document E-WMS - Code Identifier for more information on the 'code identifier'. Possible choices for this setting are:

  • None: default, code identifier is not used
  • Symbol: use code identifier type 'Symbol', available from product update 399
  • AIM: use code identifier type 'AIM', available from product update 408


Use EAN128 in 2D bar code
This setting, available from release 413, determines whether E-WMS should start GS1-128 (EAN128) decoding for scanned 2D barcodes like Datamatrix and QR, when 'code identifier' is enabled. Since the content of these barcodes is not regulated, E-WMS does default not recognize GS1-128 content from these barcodes. When previous setting 'Use Code Identifier' is set to 'None', then this setting does not apply, and is disabled.

Enabled: E-WMS starts GS1-128 decoding from texts scanned from Datamatrix or QR barcodes (Symbol code id 'P00' and 'P01' and AIM code id ']d' and ']Q')
Disabled: GS1-128 decoding is not started, the scanned text is passed 'as-is'


Release order
This setting, available from release 412, determines what action should be taken when leaving an order, after not (completely) picking that order.
This applies only to orders which were not sent picking to a specific scanner (so sent to 'all scanners' or to a scanner group), and applies to two scenarios:
1. just looking in the order lines of an order and then leaving that order without picking anything
2. picking part of a order and then choosing STOP/'Skip order for now'
This gives the possibility to have the order continued by a colleague order picker.

Please see this document for explanation of the available options.



Section: Item    

Alphanumerical
CAB and ASP. Determines whether you allow only digits when scanning item codes, or allow alphanumerical characters. Enabled: alphanumerical characters are accepted when scanning an item code (default). Disabled: only digits are allowed in item code input. This setting is primary intended for use with the CAB off-line client, and when item validation is not enabled; since with ASP an item code is always validated.

Min. number of characters
CAB and ASP.  General validation on the length of a scanned item code, to avoid scanning wrong data in the 'item code' field. Default value is '1'. This setting is primary intended for use with the CAB off-line client, when item validation is not enabled; since with ASP an item code is always validated.

Max. number of characters
CAB and ASP. General validation on the length of a scanned item code, to avoid scanning wrong data in the 'item code' field. Default value is '30'. This setting is primary intended for use with the CAB off-line client, when item validation is not enabled; since with ASP an item code is always validated.

Accept scancode only
ASP only, for CAB this setting is available in file csettings.dat. This setting is intended to prohibit scanning item codes instead of scan codes. This way you ensure that, for example, always an EAN128 bar code (which includes the item scan code) is scanned, and an item code is not typed in or chosen through the item code browser. Disabled: both scan code and item code are accepted (default). Enabled: scanning or entry of item codes is not accepted, only scanning or entry of scan codes (either WMS scan codes or the scan code in item maintenance) are accepted. Error message "Item code: Scancodes only" will show when an item code is scanned in stead of a scan code. For this setting to work, the general WMS module setting scan code also has to be set to 'scan code' (for each process, for example WMS Receipts in menu System, General, Settings)

Item info: show sales price
This setting is available from release 404 and determines whether the item sales price is visible or not, when viewing item general information (stock, main location) on the hand terminal.



Section: Location    

Alphanumerical
CAB and ASP.  This setting is primary intended for use with the old CAB offline client, when location codes can not be validated. Determines if you allow only digits when scanning a location code, or allow also alphanumerical characters. Enabled: alphanumerical characters are accepted when scanning a location (default). Disabled: only digits are allowed. In ASP you will see an error message when this validation fails, in CAB only digits can be entered in a location field.

Min. number of characters
CAB and ASP. General validation on the length of a scanned location code, to avoid scanning wrong data. Default value is '1'. This setting is primary intended for use with the CAB off-line client, when location codes can not be validated.

Max. number of characters
CAB and ASP. General validation on the length of a scanned location code, to avoid scanning wrong data. Default value is '10'. This setting is primary intended for use with the CAB off-line client, when location codes can not be validated.
 


Section: Batch number    

Alphanumerical
Determines if you allow only digits when scanning a batch number, or allow also alphanumerical characters.
Intended for receipts processes, to standardize scanning of batch numbers. In issuing processes, it is also validated whether the batch number exists as master data.
Enabled: alphanumerical characters are accepted when scanning a batch number (default).
Disabled: only digits are allowed.

Min. number of characters
General validation on the length of a scanned batch number, to avoid scanning wrong data. Default value is '1'.

Max. number of characters
General validation on the length of a scanned batch number, to avoid scanning wrong data. Default value is '20'.

Truncate when longer
This setting was introduced in 405. When enabled, scanned batch numbers are automatically truncated at the length configured in 'Max. number of characters'.
When disabled (default), you will get an error message when scanning too long batch numbers.



Section: Serial number    

Alphanumerical
Determines if you allow only digits when scanning a serial number, or also allow alphanumerical characters.  Intended for receipts processes, to standardize new serial numbers. In issuing processes, it is also validated whether the serial number exists as master data. Enabled: alphanumerical characters are accepted when scanning a serial number (default). Disabled: only digits are allowed.

Min. number of characters
General validation on the length of a scanned serial number, to avoid scanning wrong data. Default value is '1'.

Max. number of characters
General validation on the length of a scanned serial number, to avoid scanning wrong data. Default value is '20'.

Truncate when longer
This setting was introduced in 405. When enabled, scanned serial numbers are automatically truncated at the length configured in 'Max. number of characters'.  When disabled (default), you will get an error message when scanning too long serial numbers. When truncating serial numbers, the risk of getting serial numbers which are not unique, will become higher. 

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