Rice Lake Ishida AstraLink - Manual (Page 4)

Contents
1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1
System Requirements....................................................................................................................... 1
How to Use This Manual ................................................................................................................. 1
2. Getting Started...................................................................................................................................... 2
Before You Start .............................................................................................................................. 2
Starting AstraLink for the First Time............................................................................................... 2
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................... 5
Starting AstraLink (second and subsequent times) .......................................................................... 7
Finding a PLU ......................................................................................................................... 8
If you know the PLU number ......................................................................................... 8
If you know some or all of the PLU name ...................................................................... 8
If you do not know the PLU number or name ................................................................ 8
Adding a New PLU ................................................................................................................. 9
Editing and Deleting PLUs...................................................................................................... 9
To edit the selected PLU ................................................................................................. 9
To delete the selected PLU ............................................................................................. 9
Changing PLU Prices ............................................................................................................ 10
Using the Price Change Dialog ..................................................................................... 10
Using the PLU Edit Dialog.................................................................................................... 11
Entering the PLU description........................................................................................ 12
Entering the PLU settings ............................................................................................. 12
Changing the PLU number............................................................................................ 12
Saving your changes ..................................................................................................... 12
Changing the displayed PLU ........................................................................................ 13
Adding a new PLU........................................................................................................ 13
Closing the PLU Edit window ...................................................................................... 13
Extra Messages ...................................................................................................................... 13
Storage Instructions (Sweden Only)...................................................................................... 14
Nutrition (USA Only)............................................................................................................ 15
Keyboard ............................................................................................................................... 17
1. Upper Keys ............................................................................................................... 18
2. Lower Keys ............................................................................................................... 18
3. Keysheet.................................................................................................................... 18
Using the keyboard window ......................................................................................... 18
Scale Communications .......................................................................................................... 19
PLU List and Extra Message List Reports ............................................................................ 21
PLU Production Report ......................................................................................................... 21
Other Features................................................................................................................................ 22
3. Communicating with the Scale........................................................................................................... 23
3.1 Receiving Data From the Scale................................................................................................ 23
3.2 Sending Data to the Scale ........................................................................................................ 25
4. The Astra Database ............................................................................................................................ 27
Selecting the Database........................................................................................................... 27
Automatic Database Backup.................................................................................................. 27
5. Editing PLUs ...................................................................................................................................... 28
5.1 Using the PLU Search Window ............................................................................................... 28
Finding a PLU ....................................................................................................................... 28
If you know the PLU number ....................................................................................... 28
If you know some or all of the PLU name .................................................................... 28
If you do not know the PLU number or name .............................................................. 29
Adding a New PLU ............................................................................................................... 29
Editing or Deleting a PLU ..................................................................................................... 29
Deleting a Range of PLUs ..................................................................................................... 30
Cutting and Pasting PLUs...................................................................................................... 30
Quick Price Changes ............................................................................................................. 30
5.2 Using the PLU Edit Dialog ...................................................................................................... 32