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title: "Using Telxon PDT for Stocktaking"
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This process explains how to use the Telxon portable data terminal for stocktaking.  The basic overview in setting up the Telxon PDT is to enable the file from the PDT to be transferred to a host PC; in other words the computer that the Telxon PDT cradle is attached to. From here the file has to be copied over to the server that ProStix is running on. ProStix then imports the file to the relevant fields. In a nutshell ProStix is not importing data directly from the PDT but from a file that has been produced by the PDT. To use the Telxon portable data terminal for stocktaking, perform the following: 1. Scan the stock onto your Telxon. 2. Place Telxon in the port on the server. 3. From a Unix prompt, go to  /prostix/bat . 4. Tell the Telxon to ' download to pc '. 5. From the  /prostix/bat  directory type  ./pde  (this runs the download script). 6. This downloads the contents of the Telxon to the  /prostix/dmp  directory and creates a file called  Telxon . 7. Before ProStix can import this file the stationery format needs to be set within ProStix. i. From the  ProStix Main Menu  select ' Systems Administration ', then  'Configuration ', then ' Systems Control File' , then ' Stationery '. ii. Set the stationery format for ' PDE Download ' to ' 1' . 8. From the  ProStix Main Menu  select ' Systems Administration ' then ' Configuration ' then ' Tailoring Options ' then ' Codes (Characters) '. Set the code ' PDEDevice ' to ' Telxon '. 9. From the  ProStix Main Menu  select  'Inventory Management ' then ' Stock Control ' then ' Stock Take ' then ' Download from PDE Device '. i. Next is an option box where you need to take the ' Stocktake Data ' option. From here you see a screen headed ' PDE Download Format 74 '. Type in the PDE File Path (PDE File Path is where you saved the PDT file onto your ProStix server). 10. An option screen now appears: 11. When choosing to ' Copy to Stocktake Files ', a box comes up where the relevant branch number and stockcard number can be specified. 12. ProStix updates the stockcard as specified and give you the following message: 'Information Card number: 999 Successfully loaded to Stock Take Files. Don't forget to clear the data from the PDE device.' 13. You can now access the stockcard created via the options  Enter / Update Stock Cards  or  Stock Card Listing .