TEC Software Solution
SCALE VIEW V3
Owner’s Manual
Original Apr, 2003
(Revised Mar., 2004
)
TEC
Document No. OM-9000
TEC America, Inc.
TEC America, Inc. provides this publication as is without warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or
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make improvements and/or changes in the product(s) and/or program(s) described in
this publication at any time.
Last Revised March 12, 2004
Scale View Owner’s Manual Table of Contents
Table of Contents
DATA MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................... 1
Getting Started .........................................................................................................
Add New PLU ............................................................................................................
Edit PLU’s .................................................................................................................
Delete PLU ................................................................................................................
Add/Edit Ingredients ................................................................................................
Delete Ingredients ....................................................................................................
Add/Edit Nutrition ................................................................................................... 4
Delete Nutrition ........................................................................................................
SCHEDULED BATCHES ...............................................................................................
Send by Batch with Windows Task Scheduler ...................................................... 7
MAIN MENU ................................................................................................................... 8
Sort/Search Database ..............................................................................................
Send PLU’s/Ingredient’s/Nutrition by Batch ........................................................ 8
Set Back .................................................................................................................... 9
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View Button .............................................................................................................. 10
Log ............................................................................................................................. 10
Reports ..................................................................................................................... 1
Export Options .................................................................................................... 11
NOTES: .......................................................................................................................... 1
ERROR MESSAGES ..................................................................................................... 1
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DATA MAINTENANCE
Getting Started
When Scale View is first installed the PLU, Ingredient, and Nutrition databases are empty. The
database(s) can be created by one of two methods: Uploading/importing from selected scale(s) or
from scratch. The installing TEC dealer should only do the upload/import method.
If the database(s) are to be built manually, to add the first record, double click anywhere below
the title “PLU Table” and the PLU Maintenance form will appear.
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Add New PLU
To add a new PLU, double click on any PLU in the database (preferably one in the
same dept), then click the Add button. The cursor will be in the PLU textbox. At this
point a PLU number must be entered, even if you wish to just close the form. Now
enter all the information related to the PLU. If incorrect data is entered in a textbox,
you will here a beep then the textbox will be cleared. For price and discount, a decimal does
not have to be entered; it will automatically format to 2 decimal places. Commodity line 1 must
have at least 1 space due to the “DeptCom1” sort index. For the tare field, make sure to enter the
correct increment depending upon the base weight of the scale. If the base weight is lbs. multirange, the tare must be in 5 increments (i.e. 5,10,155 ounce). Ask
your installing dealer if you are not sure. When setting the PLU
price to $00.00, set Price Per to LB Open. When setting By Count
PLU’s with $00.00, set the pieces count to “0” and set Price Per to
LB Open. The sale price may be higher or lower than the regular
price. When sending PLU’s via complete file download or by batch,
if the sale price is greater than zero, this price will be sent to the
scale. If the sale price equals zero, the regular price is sent to the
scale. The sale number allows 9 different sale “batch’s”
for the entire PLU database. This is explained more in
the Set-Back section. A new PLU must be saved before
the editing of Ingredients or Nutrition is allowed. Before
clicking the save button, decide if the batch checkbox is to be checked or not.
When saving the PLU there are 3 options. “YES: save and add to batch”: this option
will save the PLU and set the batch flag on. “NO: save only”: this option will save
the PLU and set the batch flag off. “CANCEL: no
changes saved”: any changes including the batch
flag will be ignored.
Edit PLU’s
Double click on the desired PLU to edit. Make the necessary changes, and then click save. When
editing, the PLU number cannot be changed but the dept number can. If this PLU belongs in
another dept, enter the desired number, save the PLU, and then delete the original. Tip: The SL9000 can have 4 lines of commodity printed on the label. If only 2 lines are required, by using
lines 1 and 3, the print will be larger provided the number of characters is less than 25.
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Delete PLU
PLU’s are deleted individually and not by batch. To delete an item, double click on
the desired PLU and the PLU maintenance form will appear. Click on the “Del PLU”
button and a message box will appear. Before clicking “Yes” make sure the correct
PLU has been selected. The selected PLU, associated Ingredients and Nutrition (if
applicable) will now be deleted from all scales in that dept. If communications is successful, the
PLU, associated Ingredients
and Nutrition will be deleted
from the database. If there is
an error at any scale (except
“PLU does not exist”), the
item will remain in the
database.
To delete a PLU when there is no scale connected: do not have a scale assigned in the Scale
Table to the same department of the PLU to be deleted.
Add/Edit Ingredients
Each PLU can have up to 38 lines of Ingredients and each line can be 54 characters
long (32 characters if the bold font is selected).
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