Bar code data collection

FYI

We have been using V4 DC with TT5's for around a year now, initially lots of
tears but the only errors now are user generated.

Regards Chris Reed
PWSL


-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Mann [mailto:dmann@...]
Sent: Tuesday 07 November, 2000 12:31
To: vantage@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Bar code data collection


Steve,

I would have to second that motion! Please email me details on that Caesar
Development's DC system.

Thanks,

Darren Mann
Miller Products Co.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Sanders [mailto:ssanders@...]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 1:54 PM
> To: vantage@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Bar code data collection
>
>
> My STRONG recommendation is to stay away from TT-5 data
> collection!!! As
> far as I have been able to tell, there are fewer than five
> customers using
> this solution which means that you get little to NO attention from the
> developers. We have on-going issues with this product; one
> thing or another
> has been wrong with the product since we implemented Vantage
> almost two
> years ago. We are in the process of DUMPING it now in favor of Caesar
> Development's Data Collection module, which has many features
> that Epicor's
> product is missing.
>
> Feel free to contact me off-list if you would like to discuss
> this topic
> further. Its a subject that I have a LOT to say about!
> ================
> Steve Sanders
> Delta Centrifugal Corp.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brent O'Donnell [mailto:brento@...]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 12:35 PM
> To: vantage@egroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Bar code data collection
>
>
> My company is interested in using bar code readers to collect shop
> floor data and we were advised to use TT5 terminals to do
> this. This
> looks like it could be very expensive since we would also need to
> purchase the Vantage Bar Code module which costs $3500.
>
> Would it be easier and more cost effective to connect the bar code
> readers to dumb terminals and use the Terminal Server
> software to tie
> them all together using a separate server?
>
> I would appreciate any comments on this from experienced users.
>
> Brent O'Donnell
> Vermont Aerospace Mfg.
My company is interested in using bar code readers to collect shop
floor data and we were advised to use TT5 terminals to do this. This
looks like it could be very expensive since we would also need to
purchase the Vantage Bar Code module which costs $3500.

Would it be easier and more cost effective to connect the bar code
readers to dumb terminals and use the Terminal Server software to tie
them all together using a separate server?

I would appreciate any comments on this from experienced users.

Brent O'Donnell
Vermont Aerospace Mfg.
We are using some Welch-Allyn ImageTeam 3800 scanners (ray gun type) in-line
with our PC keyboards on shop floor. No software or other hardware
required. Just plug it in and it reads bar codes on Job Traveler, etc...
just like keystrokes. Scanner plus cable ran about $340 ea. The new
scanners are far better than the old Comp-See light pens we used with
Classic on the AS/400 because they are non-contact. Since we opted to do
data collection via PCs I can't speak for the TT5 versus terminal server
angle but we have been happy with the cost/performace of 10 cheap PCs and
the W-A scanners. It's been awhile but I believe our decision to not use
TT5s was for overall cost reasons.

-Todd C.
Harvey Vogel Mfg. Co.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brent O'Donnell [mailto:brento@...]
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 12:35 PM
To: vantage@egroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Bar code data collection


My company is interested in using bar code readers to collect shop
floor data and we were advised to use TT5 terminals to do this. This
looks like it could be very expensive since we would also need to
purchase the Vantage Bar Code module which costs $3500.

Would it be easier and more cost effective to connect the bar code
readers to dumb terminals and use the Terminal Server software to tie
them all together using a separate server?

I would appreciate any comments on this from experienced users.

Brent O'Donnell
Vermont Aerospace Mfg.



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My STRONG recommendation is to stay away from TT-5 data collection!!! As
far as I have been able to tell, there are fewer than five customers using
this solution which means that you get little to NO attention from the
developers. We have on-going issues with this product; one thing or another
has been wrong with the product since we implemented Vantage almost two
years ago. We are in the process of DUMPING it now in favor of Caesar
Development's Data Collection module, which has many features that Epicor's
product is missing.

Feel free to contact me off-list if you would like to discuss this topic
further. Its a subject that I have a LOT to say about!
================
Steve Sanders
Delta Centrifugal Corp.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brent O'Donnell [mailto:brento@...]
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 12:35 PM
To: vantage@egroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Bar code data collection


My company is interested in using bar code readers to collect shop
floor data and we were advised to use TT5 terminals to do this. This
looks like it could be very expensive since we would also need to
purchase the Vantage Bar Code module which costs $3500.

Would it be easier and more cost effective to connect the bar code
readers to dumb terminals and use the Terminal Server software to tie
them all together using a separate server?

I would appreciate any comments on this from experienced users.

Brent O'Donnell
Vermont Aerospace Mfg.


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Steve,

I would have to second that motion! Please email me details on that Caesar
Development's DC system.

Thanks,

Darren Mann
Miller Products Co.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Sanders [mailto:ssanders@...]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 1:54 PM
> To: vantage@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Bar code data collection
>
>
> My STRONG recommendation is to stay away from TT-5 data
> collection!!! As
> far as I have been able to tell, there are fewer than five
> customers using
> this solution which means that you get little to NO attention from the
> developers. We have on-going issues with this product; one
> thing or another
> has been wrong with the product since we implemented Vantage
> almost two
> years ago. We are in the process of DUMPING it now in favor of Caesar
> Development's Data Collection module, which has many features
> that Epicor's
> product is missing.
>
> Feel free to contact me off-list if you would like to discuss
> this topic
> further. Its a subject that I have a LOT to say about!
> ================
> Steve Sanders
> Delta Centrifugal Corp.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brent O'Donnell [mailto:brento@...]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 12:35 PM
> To: vantage@egroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Bar code data collection
>
>
> My company is interested in using bar code readers to collect shop
> floor data and we were advised to use TT5 terminals to do
> this. This
> looks like it could be very expensive since we would also need to
> purchase the Vantage Bar Code module which costs $3500.
>
> Would it be easier and more cost effective to connect the bar code
> readers to dumb terminals and use the Terminal Server
> software to tie
> them all together using a separate server?
>
> I would appreciate any comments on this from experienced users.
>
> Brent O'Donnell
> Vermont Aerospace Mfg.
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Me too.

Terry L. Williams I.S. Manager Chipsco, Inc. 993 Liberty St. Ext.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Mann [mailto:dmann@...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 7:31 AM
To: vantage@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Bar code data collection

Steve,

I would have to second that motion! Please email me details on that Caesar
Development's DC system.

Thanks,

Darren Mann
Miller Products Co.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Sanders [mailto:ssanders@...]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 1:54 PM
> To: vantage@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Bar code data collection
>
>
> My STRONG recommendation is to stay away from TT-5 data
> collection!!! As
> far as I have been able to tell, there are fewer than five
> customers using
> this solution which means that you get little to NO attention from the
> developers. We have on-going issues with this product; one
> thing or another
> has been wrong with the product since we implemented Vantage
> almost two
> years ago. We are in the process of DUMPING it now in favor of Caesar
> Development's Data Collection module, which has many features
> that Epicor's
> product is missing.
>
> Feel free to contact me off-list if you would like to discuss
> this topic
> further. Its a subject that I have a LOT to say about!
> ================
> Steve Sanders
> Delta Centrifugal Corp.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brent O'Donnell [mailto:brento@...]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 12:35 PM
> To: vantage@egroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Bar code data collection
>
>
> My company is interested in using bar code readers to collect shop
> floor data and we were advised to use TT5 terminals to do
> this. This
> looks like it could be very expensive since we would also need to
> purchase the Vantage Bar Code module which costs $3500.
>
> Would it be easier and more cost effective to connect the bar code
> readers to dumb terminals and use the Terminal Server
> software to tie
> them all together using a separate server?
>
> I would appreciate any comments on this from experienced users.
>
> Brent O'Donnell
> Vermont Aerospace Mfg.
>
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