Great ideas from everyone. I am leaning more towards an app. Like self checkout. Hit the button, select the type of material and it registers the load with the office.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2020, at 8:13 AM, Brian Webster <i...@wirelessmapping.com> wrote: > > > Google Voice lets you text from your account using the web browser. Scale > house can set up a free Google Voice account. You can text with pictures or > other mms content. Could the scale operator just ask for the phone number > using the intercom, type it in and hit send? Bluetooth is going to be a > problem. Drivers won’t have it turned on, crappy phones won’t connect to it > etc. I like the taking the picture of the monitor especially if the monitor > is displaying a QR code. Weight would be there, truck number and a QR code > link to the official ticket record if they really need it. Put up a big > enough monitor so the driver can take the picture right from the cab. > Wondering if the electronic log systems could not have a camera installed to > take the picture or scan the QR code and have it automatically entered in to > their logs. The same camera could be used and left running as a dash cam as > well in case there are ever any accidents. > > Thank you, > Brian Webster > www.wirelessmapping.com > > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:30 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT print to a phone > > I like Carls idea the best - any modern phone will read the QR code. Have it > translate to a URL with the PDF? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 8:44 AM Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com> > wrote: > Have them scan a QR code that brings up their ticket > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 5:28 AM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Getting out of the truck to go into the scale shack is a big part of the > problem. And having a bunch of sheets of paper in the cab is a problem too. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 25, 2020, at 9:09 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > > Seems like we’re overthinking it. What exactly is the problem with the > current system? > > Is it the wasted paper? I think someone suggested recycling the old slips. > Maybe they just need a bin for the drivers to throw the old slips in. > > Look how hard it is to get doctors and lawyers to stop using FAX. And if you > suggest eFAX, it’s like you farted in church. > > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 9:33 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT print to a phone > > They think that is too much effort > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 25, 2020, at 5:06 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If they could print a PDF, they could text it to you. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 3/25/2020 3:25 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > I am trying to get a local rock quarry to go paperless. I suggested they > email the scale ticket to the driver. They don’t want to attempt to load in > all the different drivers’ cell phone numbers. If there is a way using > bluetooth or something to just display the scale info without too much setup > it could work. If a driver gets stopped by the highway patrol, if they have > a scale ticket that is fairly fresh they will not have their weight > questioned. So while not a legal requirement to have a scale ticket it is > good to have one. > > But if you are making lots of trips each day the papers build up. Like to > make it easy to just zap the info to something on the drivers’ phone. The > UHP said they would be fine with something on the phone. > > Gotta make it easy to integrate with their front office scale ticketing > software. > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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