StockMate – Food counting on the Psion

Start the Program | Use the arrows ¬ ® to choose the Food program and press <Enter> You can press Z to bypass the copyright message. If StockMate is authorised to run in multi-outlet mode, you will be prompted for the outlet number. Type in the appropriate number and press <Enter> While the products are being read, you can press Y to exit if you do not want to continue.
Product Code | Type in the product code and press <Enter> The product details will be displayed Type in the number of items and press <Enter> e.g. 2.5 for bags of flour, or the number of dozens of eggs Type in the number of units and press <Enter> If the product is counted in dozens you should enter the number of individuals You will now be put back to the Product Code prompt
Scanning Products | If you are using a Scanner Psion Workabout, press <Scan> to scan a product's barcode The product details will be displayed and you can continue as per above, as though you had typed in the product code If the barcode is not recognised, you can assign the barcode to a product code. You will be prompted to do this and you should answer the questions as appropriate
Searching for Products | Type in a dot (.) A list of all/live products will be displayed in Code order Use the arrows ¯ to find the product required and press <Enter> You can now enter the quantities For a more effective search, type in the first character of a product code and then a dot. The products displayed will be those whose codes start with the character you typed Type in a slash (/) A list of all/live products will be displayed in Description order Use the arrows ¯ to find the product required and press <Enter> You can now enter the quantities For a more effective search, type in the first character of a product description and then a slash. The products displayed will be those whose descriptions start with the character you typed Press <Ctrl>-L to toggle the all/live setting. The current setting is shown at the top of the screen. You will be prompted to confirm you want to do this. The search screen will be redisplayed reflecting the new all/live setting. Press X to obtain full information about the product currently selected. This will help if products have long descriptions.
Quick Entry | With the search screen displayed (as per above) Use the arrows ¯ to find the product required but don't press <Enter> Type in the number of items As soon as you type a number, the 'Items' prompt will be displayed at the top of the screen and you can complete the Items and Units Continue to scroll up and down and enter quantities for different products
QuickScreen Operation | Press <Ctrl>-Q when at the product code prompt The product details line will not be displayed on the screen enabling very fast entry of data without getting out-of-synch.

Products

Adding Products | You must be on the search screen to add a product. Press <Ctrl>-A You will be prompted to enter the product code, a description, a size description, a count and a selling price The product will then be added to the search list and you can select it to add the quantities You will not be able to use this option on multi-bar outlets

Outlets

Changing Outlets (For multi-outlet authorisation) | Press <Ctrl>-O when at the product code prompt You will be prompted to confirm that you want to change the outlet You will then be prompted to enter the outlet number. Type in the number and press <Enter>

Scanning

Zero barcodes | Press <Ctrl>-Z when at the product code prompt You will be asked to confirm whether the barcodes for the last product will be zeroed Use the arrows ¯ to select the bar to move to and press <Enter>
Initialise Scanner | Press <Ctrl>-I when at the product code prompt Very occasionally, the scanner fails to operate. This option will initialise and test the scan function.

Other functions

Audit Trail | Press <Ctrl>-T when at the product code prompt or on the search screen The audit trail will be displayed. Use the arrows ¯ to view it Press <On/Esc> to return to your previous screen

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