Ice vulcan User Manual

5-28 How to Configure the Job Settings
Rev AA
ICE Vulcan Service Manual
CLARiTY Configuration Settings
Print Allocation
Note: During power failure, on start up, the CLARiTY display navigates to SHUTDOWN, with the
last printed job displayed or selected.
Some coding applications demand strict control of batch sizes for example controlled
pharmaceutical products.
To work in such production situations it is useful to set the coder so that it only prints a precise
number of codes before shutting down and waiting for the next batch instruction.
This is called a Print Allocation and it is administered by another computer or line CLARiTY
display.
When the production control PLC or PC authorizes a new production batch, a special message
can be sent to the LPA using the External Serial Interface. This message selects the Job to print,
any variable data in the job, and the allocation count, which is the production batch size. These
messages can be stored in a queue in the LPA and the size of the permitted queue is
configurable.
The LPA prints the current job until the number of products printed equals the allocation
count sent by the CLARiTY display, at which point it stops. When one allocation batch has been
completed, the next job is automatically selected by the LPA if there is a pending job in the
queue. If there is no pending job in the queue the LPA will not execute any further printing
operations until a new allocation is sent to it.
Setup of the allocation operation for the LPA is performed via the CLARiTY configuration
manager, where the following parameter can be set:
• Maximum Queue Length (Imaging > Update Queue > Max Queue Length): Defines how
many jobs are permitted to be in the Job queue.
• The configurable inputs and outputs also can be setup to trigger on certain events
related to Print Allocations. To setup configurable inputs and outputs navigate to Devices >
PHds > 1 > Output Configuration.
• Clear Print Queue (Input) - Resets the print job queue and deletes all jobs in the queue.
• Job allocation has completed (Output): The current allocation of prints has been completed.
• Job Update queue is full (Output): The maximum permitted number of jobs in the queue
has been reached.

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