Note: I am not talking about the Mobile Warehouse product, I am trying us regular Kinetic MES on a handheld.
We presently use RDP on our Zebra handhelds to process the classic handheld screens. Of course Epicor would love it if we bought their additional product but we have customized this and my understanding is that this product does not support that. Besides, why should I buy something that I already have?
In researching this, it appears I can create a new mode on the app server and then link the MES menu to a customization that I can build in application studio.
On the app server, the mode can link to a new MenuID for the MES but with the customization name.
Just wondering if anyone has gone this route? At first blush, the MES is pretty cool when the screen resizes but these are still not as “stripped down” as the handheld screens.
We are very late to the game on switching to Kinetic - having FINALLY got a plan for EQA - so I wondered if others have already done this?
Yes you are right. I adapted the URL in the online help article “Defining Launch Modes for Data Collection and Other Apps” that specified the company and plant and appended the mode onto it.
I assume deep in the bowels of Epicor there is a document that specifies all the forms of this URL but it appears as if home and login is interchangeable?
I wonder if something like this would solve the issue where a user logs into MES but then needs Job Entry so gets blocked until they log out of the MES license and into the full client. What document is this BTW?
There are a few documents on epicare in the knowledge base. One directed me to the help article in the online help. Just search for “Defining Launch Modes for Data Collection and Other Apps” in the articles section of the online help.
so… my initial question… are you using the handheld in Classic and what is your migration strategy?
I actually created a new MES layer and added a “Handheld” tab that allows us to use it on all our Honeywell android scanners and tablets; since its used on the browser it works really well. We have also setup some functions so we’re able to scan things correctly as well. (i.e. replacing tabs with ^ since tabbing doesn’t work well on browser)
This allowed us to move away from EKW and its limitations and save a ton of $$$
(MES License much cheaper than EKW license.)
Here’s a screenshot of how it looks on our scanners and tablets:
