IPAC Software Documentation
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4. 9000 16 IPAC should be up and running at all times to collect the data that is being generated at the scale stations If you must close the application do so briefly as the scale stations will store up to 300 transactions while the PC is off Once the on board storage of 300 is full the scale stations will be shut down until the PC is up and running again User Manual page 2 TSWA IPAC System Set Up amp Maintenance Prior to operating the system you will need to do three things 1 Define a product database consisting of Product ID s descriptions Minimum weight and maximum weight 2 Define an operator database 3 Define the system parameters The next three sections will describe these functions O Password Enter Operator 1 0 peer Enter Password w OK X Cancel Figure 2 Prior to editing products operators transactions or system configuration the system will If an operator database has been built prompt you to enter an operator ID and Password Figure 2 To do so key in your operator ID and hit ENTER or TAB Next key in your password and hit ENTER or TAB Hit ENTER or click the OK button and your ID and password will be verified System Parameters To configure the necessary system parameters select Maintenance System Configuration from the main menu and the System configuration form will appear Figure 3 At this time the following parameters may be modified e Com
5. by the scale operator to retrieve the product record at weighment time This number can be up to six digits long Product Description Up to 32 characters used to describe this product The description is not used at the scale or printed on the label UPC Code If used this number should consist of a 7 digit mfg ID and a 6 digit item number Descriptions Up to three lines of 32 character descriptions These three lines of description will optionally be printed on the label User Manual page 5 TSWA IPAC System Date 1 Date 1 is the first of three dates that can be printed on the label The number of days input in this field will be used to calculate the printed date The printed date will be the weighment date plus this figure Date 1 Description Description to be printed for Date 1 such as Sell By Use By etc Date 2 Date 2 is the second of three dates that can be printed on the label The number of days input in this field will be used to calculate the printed date The printed date will be the weighment date plus this figure Date 1 Description Description to be printed for Date 2 such as Ship By Use By etc Quantity Quantity can be optionally printed on the label Label Format Label Format tells the system which stored label format to print for this product Weight Type Exact Weight when selecting Exact Weight the label will be printed with the actual weight of the product and the s
6. code the system will prompt you to input two different 32 character descriptions UPC number Date 1 Description such as Sell by Consume before etc of days till future date Date 2 Description Date 2 of days default tare weight of pieces Label format and Print Weight Type see figures 22 32 Figure 22 User Manual page 19 TSWA IPAC System Figure 23 Figure 24 Figure 25 Figure 26 Figure 27 User Manual page 20 TSWA IPAC System Figure 28 Figure 29 Figure 30 Figure 31 User Manual page 21 TSWA IPAC System Figure 32 Next you will tell the system if the exact weight should be printed on the label or if the system should print and accumulate the target weight of the product or No weight is to be printed To select press the 1 2 or 3 key at the weight type selection screen If you select type 1 the system will always print the exact weight of the product on the label and will not perform a check weigh function If you select this weight type you are finished defining the product If you select weight type 2 the system will prompt you to input a minimum maximum and target weight for the product If you select 3 the system will not print a weight on the label At weighing and printing time the system will perform a check weigh function prior to printing and if the weight of the product falls within the minimum and maximum pr
7. operator database and if it is found will load it into the Operator Maintenance screen You may change the name and password but you cannot change the Operator ID Once you have made your changes be sure to select Hecord Save from the Operator Maintenance menu User Manual page 8 TSWA IPAC System Find Box Operator to Find Cancel Figure 6 To delete an operator use the find function to load the operator record and then select Record Delete from the Operator maintenance menu To print the Operator database select Record Print from the Operator maintenance menu You can use the Navigate menu or the quick buttons to browse from record to record of the Operator database User Manual page 9 TSWA IPAC System Transactions The system allows you to modify or delete the transactions that are collected in the PC These transactions are stored in daily files such as 20020628 dbf This is an example of the file for June 28 2002 If you need to modify or delete a weighment transaction select Maintenance Transactions from the Main Menu A list of daily transaction files will appear for you to select the day from which the transaction resides Figure 7 D Transaction Files Transaction File Cancel Figure 7 Highlight the name of the file and click the OK button The system will open the file in a spreadsheet style form Figure 8 You may browse the file to look at transactions T
8. 17 TSWA IPAC System System Setup Product Database Maintenance To maintain your product database press the 1 key and the Product Edit menu will appear on the screen giving you three choices Add Edit Products Delete Products and Exit To select a function from the menu you will press the associated numeric key from 1 to 3 and the system will initiate the process Following is a description of each of these functions Figure 18 To add or modify products from the WPI 135 press the 1 key at the Setup menu and the Product code input prompt will appear see figure 19 Input the product code that you wish to add or modify and hit enter The system will search the product code database to Figure 19 determine if you are adding a new product or modifying an existing one If the product code entered is not found in the product database the system will display Prod not found Add allowing you to re enter the product code if you feel the entry was mistakenly typed To add the new product press enter at this prompt and the system will step you through each field of the product just as it will if this is an existing product User Manual page 18 TSWA IPAC System Figure 20 If you are adding a new product and you get the message as in figure 10 that the product database is full you know that you have exceeded the capacity of 500 products Figure 21 Once you have successfully input the product
9. 17 38 PROUCTION DATE 18 17 38 TIME 10 50 45 0 TARGET 0 ACTUAL FALTA 000005 STATUS Figure 9 User Manual 11 TSWA IPAC System Setting Scale Hot Keys JTS WA IPAC System Set Scale Hot Keys 2 OF Fikey sf rel Gf F3 fons F3 Kev 0274 2 ree kj F5 0 F11 A 4 Clear Em EX Save Cancel Close Acea ERzee Ge TSW Automation Inc Nashville E15 356 8785 Www tewa cnrr cj 2002 TS Automation Inc Figure 10 Choose Maintenance then Set Scale Hot Keys from the main menu to activate the Hot Keys form IPAC allows you to establish some product bases Hot Keys at the scale station By setting a product code to any of the 12 function keys the system will label the function key which allows the scale operator to press the associated key for the desired product and begin the weighing process This allows the operator to bypass the product code entry routine To set the function keys select a product code from the drop down box beside each of the function key descriptors To clear the form click the Clear key To clear the scale press the Clear button and then the Transmit button and the system will clear the hot keys in the scale Leave the F1 key blank if you want to allow the operator to key in product codes and use hot keys
10. TSW Automation Inc IPAC System Documentation Pe TATION 6115 Robertson Avenue Nashville TN 37209 P 615 356 8785 F 615 356 8744 www tswa com TSWA IPAC System Table Of Contents System Overview IPC Operation Hardware Setup User Manual page 1 TSWA IPAC System System Overview The IPAC System uses an office based PC and the Weigh Tronix Solution series Indicator to Identify Pallets and Cartons in a commodity packing environment IPAC generates barcode based identification labels and PC based production reports The IPAC system provides product data to the scale stations and in return the scale station provides completed weighment data back to the PC IE IPAC Identifying Pallets and Cartons System Maintenance Analysis Utility Help Exit Data Exceptions Pallet Box Product Time Date Minimum Maximum Target Actual Unit 102080900001 00001 000001 15 41 32 08 08 02 102060800001 0000 2 000001 16 41 44 08 06 02 102060800001 00005 000001 16 41 50 08 06 02 102060800001 00004 000001 16 42 09 08 06 02 102060800001 00005 000001 16 42 20 08 06 02 102060800001 00006 000001 16 42 42 08 06 02 G TSW Automation Inc Nashville 15 356 8785 Www carm Figure 1 PC Operation 11 0000 11 0000 11 0000 11 0000 11 0000 11 0000 cy 2002 TS Automation Inc 10 0000 10 0000 10 0000 10 0000 10 0000 10 0000 10 9000 b 10 3000 Ib 3 8000 16 3 2000 16 10 3000 Ib 10
11. To transfer the hot keys to the scale click the Transmit button User Manual page 12 TSWA IPAC System Analysis Transaction Reports To generate transaction reports from the Production Analysis System Select Analysis Transaction Heports from the main menu and the Transaction Reports from appears Figure 11 As indicated by the Report Type section a report can be generated by Time and Date Product Shift or by Operator Select the type of report desired by highlighting the desired report D Transaction Reports Report Selections Date Summary Product Summary Transactions sorted by Lat Lot Summary Shift Product Lot Summary Transactions sorted by Product Transactions sorted by Shift Product Lot Record Selection C Accepted Weighments C Rejected Werghments Both Stan Date 06 28 2002 v Production Date B End Date 06 28 2002 C Actual Date Destinatic Screen C Printer Start Report Close Figure 11 Enter the starting and Ending date for the report Any data within this data range will be included in the report After choosing the destination for the report Screen or Printer click the Start Report button If you select Screen as the report destination the report viewing form will appear on the screen and will begin to load the results of the report Figure 12 If there are a large number of records being retrieved be patient as it may take a few moments User Manual
12. are weight of the product You may change any of the three before starting the weighing process If you change either the future days or future date the other will change accordingly Upon changing any of these values the system will return to this display for your confirmation Once you are sure of these values press enter to proceed with the weighing process See figures 39 45 for examples of changing these values Figure 39 Figure 40 Figure 41 User Manual page 25 TSWA IPAC System Figure 42 Figure 43 Figure 44 Figure 45 Once the product information is selected and confirmed the system will prompt one last time before starting the weighing process To cancel at this point press escape at the Start Weighing prompt see figure 46 Figure 46 Once you start the weighing process the weighing menu will appear with three choices PLLBL Print pallet labels and close out a pallet WEIGH Weigh products Print and reprint product labels BACK Delete invalid product weighments User Manual page 26 TSWA IPAC System Figure 47 Weighing Menu Weighing Products To weigh and accumulate a product press the F2 or F3 key from the weighing menu If the system is in auto print mode a label will be printed each time a container is placed onto the scale When weighing products you have two choices 1 F2 PRINT you can weigh and accumulate the product and
13. em into production you will need to configure certain parameters that tell the system how you want it to perform To access the operating parameters hold down the Escape key for approximately 3 seconds or until the system prompts for Setup Password Upon prompting for this password input the default password of 135 and hit enter The system Setup menu will appear Figure 14 Setup menu User Manual page 15 TSWA IPAC System System Setup Operating Parameters To modify the system operation parameters press the 2 key and the system will prompt for the following parameters Figure 15 Screen Save Mins The screen saver will activate when you have not used the scale for a period of time You may define what this period of inactivity is in minutes This is a very important tool in extending the life of the vacuum fluorescent display Figure 16 Wt Trigger Wt Trigger is the amount of stable net weight that must be seen on the scale to trigger a label print This will only work when the system is set to print a label on stability mode User Manual page 16 TSWA IPAC System Figure 17 Printing Type select the label printing mode by pressing 1 or 2 on the keypad Mode 1 requires the operator to press the F2 Print key to trigger a label print each time Mode 2 automatically prints a label upon detection of a stable net weight on the scale User Manual page
14. etup Scale Port 1 Connect to Printer Baud Rate 9600 Databits 8 otopbits 1 Parity None Cable Port 1 Printer 25 Pin Male xmt lt gt 3 recv sc gt 2 gnd sc 7 Scale Port 2 Connect to PC Baud Rate 9600 Databits 8 otopbits 1 Parity None Cable Port 2 Printer 9 Pin Female xmt lt gt 2 recv 3s gt 3 gnd Ss 5 User Manual page 30
15. generate a product label or 2 F8 NOPRT you can weigh and accumulate the product without generating a product label see figure 48 Figure 48 Figure 49 Upon pressing the weigh key if you receive a message such as the one in figure 49 you know that you are attempting to duplicate an accumulation for a product that has been previously weighed Remove the product and place a new product on the scale User Manual page 27 TSWA IPAC System Reprinting Last Label If the printer jams or does not print a quality label you may always press the F4 RPRNT key and hit the enter key to reprint the last label User Manual 28 TSWA IPAC System Printing a Pallet Label without Closing out the Pallet To print a pallet label without closing out the current pallet press the PLLBL key and hit the 1 key see figure 50 The current pallet label will be printed Closing out the Pallet and Printing a Label To close out the current pallet press the PLLBL key and hit the 1 key or enter key see figure 50 The system will prompt End Current Pallet To close out the pallet press the enter key Figure 50 REPRINTING THE LAST PALLET LABEL If you have closed out the pallet and need to reprint the last pallet label press the RPRNT key from the main menu If you have already started a new pallet you cannot reprint the last label Figure 51 User Manual page 29 TSWA IPAC System Hardware S
16. o delete a specific record highlight the record and hit CTRL DEL key combination To view a single record at a time select Formview Figure 9 from the menu User Manual page 10 TSWA IPAC System DO View E dit Transactions OF XJ Elle Search Formview _ Transi Pallet Line Product Shift ActualDate Prod Date Time Target 245104045 124510404 1245104044 124510404 1245104043 124510404 1245104042 124510404 1245104041 124510404 1245104056 124510403 p 1245104035 124510403 1245104034 124510403 1245104033 124510403 1245104032 124510403 1245104031 124510403 12451040210 124510402 1245104029 124510402 1245104029 124510402 L mw c RE 03 4 l l Ilo l lol lo lo ll ll ll 000005 000005 000005 000005 000005 000005 000005 000005 000005 000005 000005 000005 000005 L I 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 B 17 38 8417726 B 17 38 B 17 38 B 17 38 8417728 8417728 8417728 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 5 17 38 10 50 17 10 50 09 10 50 00 10 49 54 10 22 17 10 22 09 10 22 03 10 21 56 10 21 51 10 21 43 10 15 56 10 15 20 10 15 14 co oOo A oO A AAAA AA 0O A b ad Figure 8 DO Edit View Transactions PRODUCT OPERATOR SHIFT 1 ACTUAL DATE 18
17. oduct weight will print and accumulate the target product weight Figure 33 Figure 34 Once you have input all information on the product the system will allow you to save the new product or save the changes by pressing enter at the Save Product prompt To abort your entries press escape at the prompt User Manual page 22 TSWA IPAC System PRODUCT DELETIONS To delete a product press the 2 key from the Setup menu and the system will prompt you to input a product code to delete Input the product code hit enter and the system will prompt Delete product code Are you sure Press escape to cancel the deletion or enter to delete the product Figure 35 User Manual page 23 TSWA IPAC System PALLET PRODUCT WEIGHING To start weighing products for a new pallet press the PALLET key from the main menu The system will prompt you to input the product code to be weighed Input a valid product and hit enter Figure 36 If the product is found in the product database the system will retrieve the product information The product code and descriptions will be displayed for your approval see figure 37 To confirm that this is the correct product press enter at this screen and the system will prompt for the number of labels to print for each weighment Figure 37 Figure 38 User Manual page 24 TSWA IPAC System and will then display the future date date description and t
18. pany Name used as a heading in reports e Communications The communications parameters should only be set by a certified scale technician Do not change these settings e Shift Start Times Input the starting time of each shift in your production schedule e Production Day begins with If your production day begins with shift 1 then data generated on the current day prior to shift 1 will be applied to the previous day s production totals If your production day begins with shift 3 any data generated prior to midnight will be applied to the next day s production totals User Manual page 3 TSWA IPAC System e Active Lines Active lines is used to select which Scale Stations are being used The Active line references the port a particular Scale Station is connected For instance If A scale is plugged into Port number 1 of the Bay Tech You would check the box beside the 1 under Active Lines do this for all Scale stations being used You may have up to 8 lines connected Hardware dependent NOTE Only check the lines that have Scale Stations Connected to them If you check lines that have no Scale Station connected to them the PC program will try to read from those as well and will slow down the updating of the lines that actually do have Scale Stations connected to them LJ System Configuration 2 OF Parameters Company TSW Automation Inc Communication Shift 1 Begins At 07 00 00 Part
19. t Scale Download All Parts to Scale from the product maintenance menu The system will begin transferring the parts and updating a progress bar on the product screen If you get an error message stating the transfer was aborted wait a minute or two and try it again User Manual 7 TSWA IPAC System Operator Maintenance To maintain the operator database select Operators from the Maintenance menu and the Operator maintenance screen will appear Figure 5 From the Operator Maintenance screen you can perform the following functions 1 create new Operators 2 modify existing Operators 3 print the Operator database 4 transmit the Operator database to a scale station O Operator Maintenance IE xc Record Navigate es f si ed Operator ID 2 First lohn Last Name Doe Password Figure 5 Creating a new Operator To create a new operator select Record New from the operator maintenance menu and the cursor will be flashing in the Operator ID Field Input the ID First Name amp Last Name of the Operator and the Password for that Operator When you have input these fields select Record Save from the operator maintenance menu Modifying an existing Operator To change an existing operator select Hecord Find from the operator maintenance menu and the Find box will appear Figure 6 Input the ID of the operator you would like to edit and hit enter The system will search the
20. ystem will check weight the product using the minimum and maximum weights entered Target Weight when selecting Target Weight if a product falls in between certain weight range a label will be printed with a given value not the actual weight example a product falls between 20 Ib and 22 Ib label will be printed with the target weight No Weight When selecting No Weight the label will not print a weight and will not check weigh the product When you have input these fields Select Record Save from the product maintenance menu Modifying an existing Product To change an existing product select Record Find from the product maintenance menu and the Find box will appear Input the ID of the product you would like to edit and hit enter The system will search the product database and if it is found will load it into the Product Maintenance Screen You may change the description minimum target or maximum weights but you cannot change User Manual page 6 TSWA IPAC System the product ID Once you have made your changes be sure to select Record Save from the Product maintenance menu Printing Products To print the product database select Hecord Print from the product maintenance menu You can use the Navigate menu or the quick buttons to browse from record to record of the Product database Transferring products to the scale station To transfer the product database to a scale station selec
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