Pitney Bowes Epic - 4 -UsingDirectConnect; Direct Connect Software Overview

Direct Connect Software Overview
PitneyBowesinsertersarecontrolledbyDirectConnect™(DC)software.Thissoftwareprovides
centralizedcontrolthatallowstheDCPCtocontroloperationalareasontheinserter.Thesoftwarecan
detectinserterissueswhilethemachineisrunning.Whenmaterialjamsorinserterproblemsoccur,the
softwarepinpointsthemswiftlytominimizemachinedowntime.
Theinsertingprocessisassemblingmailpiecesbyfeedingdocuments,envelopesandinsertsintoan
inserter,andstartingthemachinesothatitassemblesthemailpiece.Therearetwomaininserting
processes-includingdirect scanningandfile based scanning.
Direct Scanning
DirectscanningiswhenDCusesabarcodetocontroltheinserterandprovidereal-timedecision-making
aboutmailprocessing.Adocumentwithabarcode(forexample,amonthlystatement)isfedintothe
inserter.DCreadsanddecodesthebarcode,andtheinformationisusedtocontroltheinsertingprocess
forthemailpieces.
File Based Scanning
FlebasedscanningiswhenDCusesanInputfile(alsoknownastheMRDFormailrundatafile)to
controltheinserterandprovidereal-timedecision-makingaboutmailprocessing.Adocumentwitha
barcode(forexample,amonthlystatement)isfedintotheinserter.DCreadsanddecodesthebarcode,
andtheinformationisusedtograbtheinstructionsfromtheInputfileforputtingthemailpiecetogether.
TheInputfilecanstoreanunlimitednumberofinstructionsforassemblingamailpiece.
FilebasedscanningwithDCconnectstoanetworkandfileservertocommunicateandstoretheInput
filefortheinsertingprocess.BecausetheInputfileisstoredonacentralserver,itcanbeaccessedbyall
oftheinserters.Thisallowsamailingjobtoberunonanyinserterorsplitamonginserters.
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Using Direct Connect
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