Barcoding Dimensions

This page applies to the Pick and Pack feature of ShipRush UPS Pro.

When ShipRush is used with a bar code scanner, the bar code is normally used to just read the parcel tracking number, to identify the parcel. The weight is then read from an attached scale or entered manually.

In addition to identifying the parcel, ShipRush allows parcel information to be read using the bar code scanner. For example, the package dimensions can be read, and even the weight set.

Can the bar code scanner weigh and measure packages?

No. We aren't saying that.

What we are saying is that the bar code reader can read. So if you can write (using this simple ShipRush language), you can set up a preconfigured environment that is easy for the warehouse user to operate.

For example, say you have ten or twenty different box sizes. Each box has its 'box part number' printed on the side, for example:

• BOX100

• BOX500

• BOX600

Say the dimensions of these boxes are:

• BOX100: 10x10x4

• BOX500: 14x14x10

• BOX600: 18x18x18

At this point, we could make a simple page that looks like this (this page can be printed and scanned to see how this works):

And the operator simply looks at the box, scans the tracking number, and then scans the appropriate package size bar code from the list above. The package size is then set in ShipRush.

How Does This Work?

The View Shipments area of ShipRush is always 'listening' to the bar code scanner, and it understands two kinds of language:

• Tracking Numbers

• ShipRush Shorthand

ShipRush Shorthand

ShipRush Shorthand is a way you can use plain text, printed out as bar codes, to tell ShipRush how large a package is, or what it weighs. Essentially, ShipRush Shorthand controls the Update Weight screen of the View Shipments area:

Here are the shorthand:

The command format  is: "ZF" "Command" "Value" ["Command" "Value" ...]

ZF - prefix
W - weight
L - length
D - width
H - height
O - OK = close update weight form (equivalent to the Update Package button)
C - Cancel = close form, but do not update package (equivalent to the Cancel button)

Examples:

ZFW5O - set weight to 5 pounds and close form
ZFW15L100D10H10 - set weight to 15, dims to 100x10x10 and leave form open
ZFC - close form without updates

The work flow is:

1. Open the View Shipments area (just leave it open, eh?)

2. Scan the tracking number

3. Scan the ShipRush shorthand

Next: Make and print barcodes