Sam4s SPS-500 User manual

SAM4s SPS-500 Series
SAM500
Reference Manual
Version 1.0
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Revision 2.0 - April 1, 2005

SAM500 Reference Manual V1.0 Contents i
Contents
Introduction 5
Overview ...................................................................................................................................5
Polling Features...........................................................................................................5
Program Maintenance Features...................................................................................5
Inventory Features.......................................................................................................5
Inventory Reports........................................................................................................6
Requirements...............................................................................................................6
RS-232C Interface Specifications..............................................................................................8
Installing....................................................................................................................................8
SPS-500 Required Settings........................................................................................................9
S-Mode System Options..............................................................................................9
Define Port Parameters..............................................................................................10
Starting.....................................................................................................................................11
Navigating ...............................................................................................................................12
Mouse and Keyboard.................................................................................................12
Viewing Menus and Selecting Menu Items...............................................................12
Drop-Down List Boxes..............................................................................................14
Check Boxes..............................................................................................................14
Option Buttons ..........................................................................................................14
Scrolling....................................................................................................................14
Stores 15
Overview .................................................................................................................................15
Creating a New Store...............................................................................................................16
Edit a Store ..............................................................................................................................18
Selecting the Default Store......................................................................................................19
Deleting a Store .......................................................................................................................19
Track Inventory Selection........................................................................................................20
Edit ECR Data 21
Overview .................................................................................................................................21
PLU/Inventory Maintenance 23
PLU and Status Groups............................................................................................................23
PLU Data...................................................................................................................25
Inventory ...................................................................................................................26
Barcode......................................................................................................................27
Inventory History ......................................................................................................30
Copy PLU..................................................................................................................31
Status Groups ............................................................................................................32
Edit PLU File by Grid..............................................................................................................33
PLU Price Fast Edits................................................................................................................34
Vendors Maintenance..............................................................................................................35
Add Inventory..........................................................................................................................36
Add Inventory by Item ..............................................................................................36
Add Inventory by Shelf.............................................................................................39

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Add Inventory by Vendor..........................................................................................40
Add PLU Sales ..........................................................................................................42
Repair Inventory Files..............................................................................................................43
Update Inventory from Old Poll File.......................................................................................44
PLU Stock (not part of inventory) Min PLU Stock (not part of inventory).............................45
Communications 47
Polling......................................................................................................................................48
Send Programs to ECR (Download)........................................................................................49
Receive Programs from ECR (Upload)....................................................................................50
Polling Setup File.....................................................................................................................51
Print 53
Daily Poll File..........................................................................................................................54
Create Comma Delimited File...................................................................................55
PLU File Only ...........................................................................................................56
Log File....................................................................................................................................57
Inventory Report......................................................................................................................58
PLU Range...............................................................................................................................59
Consolidated Store Report.......................................................................................................60
Not Found PLU File ................................................................................................................61
Min Level Inventory Report ....................................................................................................62
Inventory Type Report.............................................................................................................63
Cost Report..............................................................................................................................64
Minimum Inventory by Vendor...............................................................................................65
Physical Inventory By Vendor.................................................................................................66
Physical Inventory by Shelf.....................................................................................................67
PLUs by Group (Financial)......................................................................................................68
PLUS by Group (Program Info)...............................................................................................68
PLU Sales With Percentage.....................................................................................................69
Changed PLU Report...............................................................................................................70
Remove 71
Overview..................................................................................................................................71
Old Poll Files...........................................................................................................................71
Log Files (Upload, Download, Poll)........................................................................................72
Utilities 73
Overview..................................................................................................................................73
Display Memory Allocation ....................................................................................................74
Copy a Store.............................................................................................................................75
Copy PLU and Status Group Files...........................................................................................76
Pause Between Stores In Polling .............................................................................................77
Calculate Number of PLUs......................................................................................................77
Set Auto-Polling ......................................................................................................................78
After Polling ............................................................................................................................79
Set Number of Attempts in Polling..........................................................................................81
Backup Poll Data Files.............................................................................................................81
Delete Inventory History..........................................................................................................82
Reset Inventory to History.......................................................................................................83
Physical Inventory Comparison Partial Physical Inventory Comparison ...............................84
Inventory Comparison Procedure..............................................................................85
Manually Adjust Inventory......................................................................................................86

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Convert Polled File to Comma Delimited ...............................................................................87
Import Register PLU File ........................................................................................................88
Copy PLU Price Levels ...........................................................................................................90
Design 500 Flat Keyboard/Design Generic Key Tops.............................................................91
Appendices 93
Structure of Stores ...................................................................................................................93
File Definitions........................................................................................................................94
Structure of Polling Files.........................................................................................................95
PLU Structure..........................................................................................................................97
Troubleshooting Common Problems.......................................................................................98
Hardware...................................................................................................................98
Software ....................................................................................................................98
Cabling Diagrams..................................................................................................................100
Cable Pinouts...........................................................................................................101
Inventory File Management...................................................................................................102
Inventory Products with Multiple Units of Measure..............................................................104
Master PLU Setup...................................................................................................105
Child PLU Setup .....................................................................................................106
How the Inventory Works .......................................................................................107
Export Delivery File ..............................................................................................................108
Manual Revision Record 110