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Read220h Premvet 6 (Version 2.20.05) - July 2005 

  *** A4 Bills, Receipts, Estimates and reports from the Animal Card.  ***
  *** These will now print using nroff BY DEFAULT to improve      ****
  *** presentation. Please check they are working on your system. ****
  *** before using them for real. See option 12 below for details. ***


With the release of OpenServer 6 the Premvet version number has been increased to Premvet 6.

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No Changes

DataMajor

When combining multiple datasets the system will generate a separate clinical file per site. This ensures that individual files do not exceed 2Gb - Mysql will import each one.

The table 'stock' has had the Analysis code added.

A new table 'stkhist' has been added that records stock sold, cost price, disp fees, warnings used, Batch numbers, and quantities destocked/Sold.

See: http://www.premvet.co.uk/premvet/manual/dm/dmt.html#stkhist

A new sub-menu has been added to the Stock Stored Reports to take advantage of the information available. These include:

Note: The system will only start recording this information from when you were upgraded. It will take a period of time to get meaningful data from these reports.

Append a Label

There may be times when you wish to limit the number of labels that are appended, by default, a label will be appended for every drug label that is printed.

If you only require one label (or a varying amount) no matter how many drug labels are printed you should use the 'Append a Letter' option as this will only print once and obey the .COPIES option to prompt for a varying number - set the page length to match the label size.

If the requirements are such that you need always print two of the additional labels no matter how many drug labels are printed. On the additional label add somewhere '**X' where X is the number to print e.g. **3 will limit the number of additional labels to three.

The system will 'remove' the **X before they are printed so it is not visible to the client. Note: You cannot print more of these labels than you are printing the drug label - that is printing one drug label with **3 on the additional - will only print one additional label, printing 10 drug labels with **3 will only print three of the additional ones.

OpenServer 6.0.0

Support has been added for OSR 6. You may need to change the terminal type used by the main console. Prior versions of OpenServer used to emulate 'ansi', OSR 6 emulates 'at386-ie'

There should already be an at386-ie entry in the terminal database, (Parameters -> Hardware -> Terminal Database). Locate the entry (make a note of the number), and select 'Box' and compare with the settings below - edit as required. 

     Top left corner (Single)          Z
     Top right corner (Single)         ?
     Bottom left corner (Single)       @
     Bottom right corner (Single)      Y
     Vertical line (Single)            3
     Horizontal line (Single)          D
     Top left corner (Double)          Z
     Top right corner (Double)         ?
     Bottom left corner (Double)       @
     Bottom right corner (Double)      Y
     Vertical line (Double)            3
     Horizontal line (Double)          D
     Cross character                   E

Select the Misc option, check Graphics is set to [02

You should then use the 'Device Settings -> Edit master.dev' option and make sure the console (tty[0-1][0-9]) entry is set to the entry you have just checked (terminal type is the third field).

Stock Ordering / On-Line Services (Centaur)

Price Update Disks - You can pickup price update disk via the Internet.

The menu option is: Stock - Ordering - On-line services - Centaur.

You will need to set your User Name and Password BEFORE attempting either the Price Update or Ordering. This is done via two params.txt entries: 

         Centaur_Url_User = Your-User-Name
         Centaur_Url_Pass = Your-Password
Ordering: You can also order directly from Centaur via the Net; a new option has been added to the send option 'Net'. This will send the order file via the Internet, wait 15 seconds and collect a list of the goods that should be dispatched.

This is not a true reply file - it just lets you know that

  1. The order has been received and
  2. what is out of stock
it does NOT have prices or batch details - as such it will not be processed by the system.

If the system fails to send via the net it will switch over to sending the order via the existing modem line.

Stock On-Line Service (Dunlops)

In a multi-site environment where you are using a single server it is not very convenient to collect batch numbers if you have separate login details. You can get the system to use a different login/password combination for each site by using the params.txt entry Dunlops_On-Line+X (where X is the branch number). Assuming your login name was Mickey and the Password Mouse for site 2 then you would use: 

       Dunlops_On-Line+2 = Micky Mouse

Definition Files

Two new bar-code related options have been added:

  1. BARCODE(text) will take the 'text' and generate a bar-code. Currently the word BARCODE must be in uppercase to avoid any clash with text 'Barcode' you may have in existing documents.

  2. A new 'dot' command - .BC text filename

    This case, if the 'filename' does not exist an EPS (Encapsulated Postscript File) will be created in the text folder using the text as input. This is required for the NWL laboratory request forms where the Practice ID (in Site Specific Reserved word 6) has to be added to the form as a bar-code.

Laboratories Request Form(s)

There are two new definition files that can be used when submitting tests to NWL Labs or TDDS. The form uses some 'Site Specific' reserved words (Setup -> Parameters -> Lookup Tables -> Site Specific)

&site6 NWL Practice Code (nwl only)
&site2 Practice Telephone Number
&site3 Practice Fax Number.
&site7 Practice E-Mail Address (tdds only)

Definition file: nwl.def (Nationwide Labs)
  stdds.def (Tdds)

We have also included a Windows Merge document (NWL.doc) which can be used for Nationwide - you should edit NWL.doc to add you own practice details.

Automatic Log-off

The params.txt entry Menu_Timeout = x (Where x is a number of minutes) can be used to log screens off that have been idle for that number of minutes. This is a global setting and we would not recommend it is set too low!!!. The log-off time will be checked on ANY Premvet menu or input box - it does not apply if you are in a text box, waiting room summary, user activity screen or at an OS prompt. This option is a little resource greedy.

Stock Utilities.

A new sub-menu 'Reset/Update Menu' has been added to the stock utilities menu. This allows for global changes and has the options:

Reset On-Order: Will set the on-order quantities to Zero
Ask for Batch: Option to set the Ask for Batch number flag to either Yes or No.
Ask for Label: Option to set the Print a Label flag to either Yes or No.

You have the usual options to limit the selection based on number, Supplier, Product code, Manufacturer and flags.

A4 bills/receipts/Estimates

Bills, receipts that print on A4 paper from the animal card will now by default use the nroff formatter to improve presentation. This has been ENABLED by default. If you are having problems then add the params.txt entry:

Groff_Itemised = No this will revert to the old format.
Groff_Estimates = No this will revert to the old format.
Groff_Bill =No (Fee Note/Standard) will revert to old.

You can still customise the itemised bills (and receipts) with the definition files:

item.defn The top of the bill/receipt
item.botn Text to appear at the bottom
fee.botn Text at bottom of fee notes.

You cannot currently customise the nroff'ed estimate forms.

The default for clinical reports has also been changed to use groff. To switch back set Default_roff = No

Kuadro Lab Analyser

The Kuadro option in Laboratory -> Analyser is now available. Results will be processed as per the Idexx 8080 documentation in the manual. The only difference is that the Kuadro does NOT send normal ranges and units as such the system cannot capture them.

Misc

  • Trio QBC Link - Null lines are skipped.

  • Problem with Append a Letter when no doses/warnings fixed.

  • Problem with Stock - Price Increase by Markup has been fixed and BarCode expiry report

  • Problem with number of Waiting Room csv files fixed.

  • In the Ops list (and consent forms) the word Quote has been changed to Estimate.

  • Stock items sold FOC (with the $ meta-character) - dose details will be printed on the label.

  • When using the > (with no qualifier) in a stock sub-unit - the quantity de-stocked will be rounded to the next full number e.g. 12.5 will be rounded to 13.

  • Long ID Chip Numbers will display correctly on the clinical screen.

  • pvprice - Will include stock sub-units if a description as been assigned to them.

  • If AP_Force_Batch is set to FORCE then you will not be allowed to bypass the list of batch numbers on file - you MUST use one.

  • If AP_Zero_Batch is set to Yes then batch numbers with zero quantity will be displayed on the pop-up on the clinical screen.

  • The Admin menu can be used to look at E-Mail log files.

  • PDSA sites: The 'PDSA Work Done' section of the vatbook has been suppressed. The nightly un-attended vatbook will send any outstanding GRN files to head office when run.

  • Definition File Processing: The IF/EL options are checked earlier in the processing to allow other dot commands to be included.

  • Stock - Global Prices, an entry is added to the logfile (misc) whenever this option is used. The logfile can be displayed via the Admin menu -> (e - g - misc).

  • Today Bills - If the params.txt entry Show_Today_228 is set to yes the lines with analysis code 228 (Estimates) will be shown on the today bills and dockets.

  • Cross Updating - if there are any null characters in Name and Address lines these will be stripped out to allow the compare to work correctly.

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