Below is the recommended setup for a carrier that will use the new StarTrack Services. This is split into each menu item and what is required to be setup under that menu item.
Despatch Con Note Sequence
Set Up an entry with the following values:
- Digits set to 8
- Start set to 1
- End set to 99999999
- Value set to 0
Despatch Electronic Files
Set up an entry that is configured as follows:
- File Format Type set to ‘Startrack’
- Sender Company set
- Sender Address set
- Sender Suburb set
- Sender Post Code set
Carrier Maintenance
Each Carrier that is required to be setup for StarTrack is recommended to be setup with the following configuration:
- Account Number set to the ‘Account Number’ provided by StarTrack (This must be the same across all Carriers that have the same value selected in ‘Consignment Notes – Electronic’)
- Carton Labels
- Output set to ‘Immediate’
- Form set to ‘STR – Zebra’
- Service to be set as required
- Template set to ‘DEFAULT’
- Template Prefix as blank
- Template Suffix as blank
- Consignment Notes
- Output set to ‘None’
- Electronic set to the record created in ‘Despatch Electronic Files’
- Template set to the record created in ‘Despatch Con Note Sequence’
- Template Prefix set to the ‘Despatch ID’ provided by StarTrack (This must be the same across all Carriers that have the same value selected in ‘Consignment Notes – Electronic’)
- Template Suffix as blank
- Manifest
- Output set to ‘Immediate’
- Form set to ‘STR’
- Weight/Volume
- Round set to ‘Round Up’
- Nearest set to ‘1’
The following will happen on install
For all ‘Despatch Electronic Files’ records that have ‘File Format Type’ set to ‘Startrack’:
- The File Name Prefix will be cleared
For all ‘Carrier’ records that have ‘Consignment Notes – Electronic’ set to a ‘Despatch Electronic Files’ record that has ‘File Format Type’ set to ‘Startrack’:
- ‘Carton Labels – Service’ will be change to ‘Satchel – Premium’ if previously set to ‘Satchel – 1PN’, ‘Satchel – 3PN’ or ‘Satchel – 5PN’.
- ‘Carton Labels – Template’ is changed to ‘DEFAULT’
- ‘Carton Labels – Template Prefix’ will be cleared
- Trailing ‘Z’ will be added to ‘Consignment Notes – Template Prefix’ to increase size to four characters.
- ‘Manifest – Form’ changed to ‘STR’
- ‘Weight/Volume – Round’ changed to ‘Round Up’
- ‘Weight/Volume – Nearest’ changed to ‘1’
For all ‘Despatch Con Note Sequence’ used by a ‘Carrier’ that has ‘Consignment Notes – Electronic’ set to a ‘Despatch Electronic Files’ record that has ‘File Format Type’ set to ‘Startrack’:
- ‘Digits’ change to 8
- ‘Start’ set to 1
- ‘End’ set to 99999999
- ‘Value’ set to 0