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This program can be found on the Contracts Custom menu (CN-5-1). Meter Faxing is only available to users who have purchased the Meter Faxing Package. It allows the user to automatically enter and send meter readings by fax to the company from whom a machine was rented or leased. Please contact LMS Sales to purchase this system enhancement.
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Rev 15 Changes
Logic was added to skip contracts that have a Bill Days (field 40 in Contract Setup) equal to “1”. These contracts will have their meter requests emailed. See the “Email Meter Request” information. Be sure to review the contracts that are to be faxed to make sure there is not a “1” in that field.
Logic was changed with method 2 contracts. Now, if a machine on a method 2 contract has meter reading in the Current Meter Reading field, but it is an older meter reading, it will fax a meter request for the machine. Prior to this revision, if there was a meter reading in the Current Meter Reading field, the machine would not be faxed. To see if a meter is a current one, the program finds the number of meter reading between the current system date and that meter reading. If that number if days is greater than or equal to the Number Of Days For Service Meter that is stored in field 15 in Contract Global File (Record Number 8), the machine will be faxed.
Rev 14 Changes
If a machine was on a method 1 or method 4 contract, and a meter reading was entered, the machine would still fax. Logic has been added so that if the machine is on a method 1 or method 4 contract, and there is a current meter reading in the Contract Line Item Meter File (CNLI.DT) and the date of that meter reading is within the date range that the operator entered, the machine will not be faxed. This logic will prevent the problem from happening.
Rev 13 Changes
Code in the standard program will use fax numbers from the Serial (SERIAL) data file. If that is blank, it will use the fax number from the Customer (CUSTD) data file. Prior to this change, blank fax numbers were sent to the WinFax Pro program to search for the fax number. In Revision 13, program logic was added to skip trying to fax for that machine if the fax number is not found.
There is now the ability to enter a range of company number prompts instead of a enter company number or all prompt. Company number must be between 1 and 255.
The heading on the screen will displays Meter Faxing instead of Meter Card Report.
If the Base Bill Days field in the Contract Header File (CNHDR.DT) is 99, this program will skip the contract. This logic is also in the Meter Card Report. This is a method dealers can use to signify which contracts should not recieve a fax.
Program logic was added to prevent Method 2 and Method 3 contracts from receiving a fax when they have a meter reading entered. If the Copy Due Date is 0 on a Method 2 contract, the program will check the Current Meter Date. If it is within so many days of the system date, the program will not fax for that machine. If the contract is Method 3 and the current meter reading is greater than 0, the program will check the Current Meter Date. If it is within so many days of the system date, the program will not fax for that meter. The number of days used is the Number Of Days For Service Meters field (15) stored in Contract Control File Maintenance.
A new prompt was added: Use Contact Name From C'ustomer, S'erial Or Contract H'eader File. Enter C to have the contact name come from the Customer File (CUSTD). Enter S to have the contact name come from the Serial File (SERIALD). Enter H to have the contact name come from the Contract Header File (CNHDR.DT).