Scanning - QUORION QMP 2000 series User Manual

11.4 Scanning

When scanning codes are activated in the configuration of the application it is possible to create and/or
delete items on the cash-register either in Program Mode or during transaction when an item is not found.
Furthermore there are some special maintenance procedures which are can be activated in Manager or
programming mode.
It is possible to connect two scanners to the register. You can activate them by programming parameter 56
& 57 also check option# 78 for check digit verification when scanning.
CREATING ITEMS in Transaction Mode
When Option#79 is set the register will prompt for creation of an article when not found. If you
want to create it you must confirm by pressing the SUBTOTAL key or abort by pressing CLEAR (Note
that you can press the CLEAR key at any stage to abort!!). The register will now prompt for:
1 - The PRICE which you must enter on the SUBTOTAL key
2 - The Department which you must enter on the SUBTOTAL key
3 - The Descriptor when Option# 80 is set which you must enter on the
SUBTOTAL key
4 -Now the article is registered.
Note: From Release XX030605 on it is also possible to enter the PRICE directly on a fixed DEPARTMENT key
instead of entering the price and department on the subtotal key.
CREATING ITEMS in Program Mode
When you are in Program Mode# 20 (PLU programming) you can scan the code or enter the code
on the X key. When not found the register will ask you for creation which must be confirmed by
pressing the CR (User Report) key.
DELETING ITEMS in Program Mode
When you are in Program Mode# 20 (PLU programming) can also delete codes. When you enter
ZERO on the X key the register will ask you if you want to delete the current code which must be
confirmed by pressing the CR (User Report) key. Note that the records are only marked for deletion
so they will only free up their space after PLU FILE MAINTENANCE.
PLU FILE MAINTENANCE
When using scan codes the register uses internally an INDEX file which is sorted so the register can
find a code very fast. Because the PLU file can grow very large (max 50000) when using scan codes
the register will store the newly created articles in a separate UPDATE file which is located at the
end of the PLU file. The maximum size of the UPDATE file is HALF of the FREE SPACE in the PLU file.
When for example the free space is 100 you can create 50 new items before the register will give
the message to re-index the file. After re-indexing the file the remaining free space is 50 so you can
again create 25 new articles. You can continue until the free space is only 1 record.
Note that is important that the UPDATE file doesn't grow to large (over 1000 articles) because this will have
effect on the speed of creating new articles.
For maintenance of the PLU file there are the following commands:
100 – MERGE and DELETE
This command will MERGE the UPDATE and the BASE FILE and DELETE the articles marked for
deletion. This command can be used when new item are created and items were deleted.
101 – MERGE
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