A barcode scanner can greatly increase the speed of selecting and adding retail products to a customer’s purchase. Most barcode scanners available today are supported by PetLinx.
Setting up your Scanner
Connect the scanner to your computer according to the manufacturer instructions, and install all software required by the scanner. There are no changes you need to make in PetLinx to begin using the scanner.
Linking Barcodes to Products
If you have already added your retail products into PetLinx or have yet to add them, you will need to store the barcode of each product into PetLinx:
- Open the Products form if it is not already open.
- If the product you require hasn’t been added yet then begin adding the product, otherwise click on the required product in the list on the left hand side of the form.
- Click in the “Serial/Part Nbr” field, then scan the product’s barcode with your scanner. The scanner will translate the barcode into a series of numbers, which you should see appear in the Serial/Part Nbr field.
- Click the Save button in the PetLinx ribbon.
Adding Products to an Invoice
Once you have linked all product barcodes to the relevant product record as explained above, you will be able to easily and quickly add products when adding an invoice:
- In the “Product” grid on the invoice, click in the “Serial/Part Nbr” field, then scan the product’s barcode with your scanner. The product will be selected and the default price displayed, change the quantity, retail price, and discount if you wish.
- Tab through the rest of the columns in the gird, after you tab out of the last column the cursor will then move back to the “Serial/Part Nbr” field so you can scan an additional product if you require.