====================================== HOW TO INSTALL or UPDATE AND START PSP ====================================== How to Install: Make a directory on your Hard disk for PSP. Copy all files on the master diskette to this directory. If you received a PSPXX.ZIP file then copy the file to a directory on your Hard disk then PKUNZIP the PSPXX.ZIP file. If you received a PSPXX.EXE file (a self- extracting ZIP file) then copy the file to a directory on your Hard disk. Make your current directory the directory containing PSPXX.EXE. Enter PSPXX after the C prompt. How to Start: Change current directory to directory containing PSP. Enter PSP after prompt. ======================================== Changes to PSP since Version 1.0 (4/89) ======================================== 20. Version 5.0 released 02/07/94 Supports UPS changes as of 2/07/94: Rates for all Ground and Air Services have been increased. Weight limit increased to 150 lbs. for domestic services Charges for Call Tag and Declared Values increased to $2.25 and 35 cents. Additional Handling Charge introduced. $1.00 for certain types of packages. Dimensional Weight introduced for all Air packages larger then 1 CuFt. Supports the new History Module for keeping track of all customer shipments. How to use new features: Dimensional Weight (DW) for domestic Air Packages Dimensional Weight = length x height x width / 194 When you enter the weight for a Domestic Air package (Zones 12,14,15, 16,22,24,25,26) a window will appear to allow you to enter the length, height,and weight of the package. PSP will calculate and show the value of the DW of the package in the window. Press ESCAPE to continue. If the cube of the package is greater than 1 CuFt. and the DW is greater than the weight you entered then PSP will use the DW as the weight to calculate the UPS Rate. If the cube of the package is less than 1 CuFt. then PSP will accept the weight you entered. If you wish to ignore the DW calculation press ESCAPE and PSP will accept the weight you entered. The New Additional Handling Charge We have used the Call Tag field on the Transaction Screen to implement this feature. Above this field you will now see the letters in the heading are C with an A under it. If you are going to send a Call Tag enter a C in this column. If you are sending a package that requires Additional Handling enter A in this column. If you wish to specify both services the enter a B. Please be aware that PSP will not print a Call Tag. These still have to be prepared manually. The new 150 pound weight limit To implement this new 150 lb. weight limit it was necessary to increase the size of the weight field to 3 characters. We reduced the size of the No. Pkgs field to two characters. Since we now have three characters in the weight field you may now designate an Air Letter by entering LTR or LT. 19. Version 4.5 released 11/05/93 Supports UPS changes as of 11/05/93: New rates for Canadian Ground shipments and 2 new zones(55,56). New Express Services and rates (formerly air service) to Canada and Mexico. Zones 81 - 85 18. Version 4.1 released 4/01/93 A major improvement to handling shippping addresses has been added. When entering the customer number for a transaction you may select the customer number by pressing F10. A window will appear showing your shipping addresses. Use the up and down arrow keys, PgUp, PgDn, Home, End, to search for your address. You may also enter a letter to move to that section of your list. Press Enter to select the Customer Number. Please note the list is sorted by the abbreviated name. This feature is also available in Shipping Address Processing. The PgUp, PgDn, Home, End keys are activated on the transaction screen. 17. Version 4.0 incorporates new rates and features: Effective 2/15/93 new rate tables are added for: Ground Service Rates for Commercial and Residential Next Day, 2nd Day, Air Letters Call Tag and COD Charges are been increased Oversized packages are now computed as 30 lb packages A new zone 26 for rural Alaska is added A new 3Day service with Zones 32 thru 38 has been added These zones are not automatically looked up by PSP. To determine these zones take the ground zones 2 thru 8 (provided automatically by PSP) add 30 to the zone. For example if PSP returns a zone 7 for a shipment and you wish to send it 3-Day then enter the zone 37. A new Zone has been added for Mexico. We have added a feature to add a handling charge to UPS charges. The Add/Edit Company Data section in Housekeeping will allow you to enter a dollar amount and a percent. If you make either of these entries PSP will calculate Charges = UPS Charges + Dollar Amount + Percent x UPS Charges This amount will appear on the transaction screen and the Billing Report. The UPS Manifest Reports will show the UPS Charges as required by UPS. If you leave these entries blank or zero then UPS charges will appear on the transaction screen. An additional feature was added to the Print Labels, Enter All Information on Label selection (#2,#2). You may now select a shipping address to appear on the label. 16. On Sept 1,1992 two new modules were added to PSP: Import transactions from an ASCII disk file- You may import ASCII shipping transactions from a disk file located anywhere on your hard disk. This module is sold separately from the standard PSP. When you purchase the module you will receive the format of the ASCII file and instructions on how to operate this feature. You may use this feature to send shipping transactions from an accounting system to PSP. Import shipping addresses from an ASCII disk file- You may import ASCII shipping addresses from a disk file located anywhere on your hard disk. This module is sold separately from the standard PSP. When you purchase the module you will receive the format of the ASCII file and instructions on how to operate this feature. You may use this feature to convert your shipping addresses to the PSP Shipping Address File (NAME.UPS) (Version 3.1 Revised 9/1/92) 15. On July 1,1992 two new modules were added to PSP: PIP Module - This module will be of great interest to you if you insure many of your packages each month. Please contact us for more information. GroundSaver Module - If you are in a designated UPS GroundSaver zone and you ship 250 packages per month you probably qualify for a substantial discount from UPS. Contact your UPS rep to learn more about this discount. If you qualify then contact us to purchase this module. Also added was support for a HP Laser compatible printer for printing of the Manifest. Enter code 60 in the Housekeeping/Company Data section. Also added is a feature to add a fixed dollar amount and a percent of the shipping charge to the shipping charge on the BIlling Report. This was requested from many companies that add a charge to the UPS charges. (Versiion 3.0 Revised 7/1/92) 14. On June 1,1992 UPS introduced a new tracing service called GroundTrac. To accomodate this new service two new rate charts(5,6) have been added. If you want to use GrounTrac for a commercial shipment then enter a D rather than a C in the C/R column. If you want to use GrounTrac for a residential shipment then enter a S rather than an R. PSP wil select the correct rate from the two new rate tables. A message at the bottom of the screen will remind you of these codes when you first enter a transaction. (Versiion 2.5 Revised 6/1/92) 13. On Feb. 24,1992 UPS increased rates for domestic ground and air service, introduced 2nd day air letter service, Canadian zone 54 was added, Canadian rates increased, and AOD service was cancelled. In addition international sevices have been greatly expanded. Version 2.4 incorporatres all these changes. UPS will no longer give approval to any "Host System" that allows rate changes. For this reason you will no longer be able to change any rate tables with PSP. (Version 2.4 Revised 2/24/92) 12. Two new label formats introduced. See Housekeeping section 2. If you enter 3 as the label type code PSP will produce a label 4" X 3 15/16" with the entire label printed in normal size type (ie. condensed type not used) and the UPS Shipper No. box will be larger. If you enter 4 then the label will be 5" X 3 15/16 (Version 2.3 Revised 3/28/91) 11. On Feb 18,1991 UPS introduced separate rate schedules for Commercial and Residential shipments. They also introduced zones 88,92,98,99 and new rates for Canada and International Air. Version 2.2 incorporates all these changes. The transaction screen has a new column for you to enter C for a comm- ercial shipment and R for a Residential Shipment. PSP will look up the charges from the correct rate schedule. A default R or C will appear. You may enter this default letter in the Housekeeping Section under Add/Edit Company Data. 10. You can now search for specific transactions by control number on the transaction screen by pressing F8 and entering the control number. Version 1.29,10/01/90 9. You may now print individual COD Tags directly from the Transaction Screen by pressing F7 when cursor is present on the transaction line. Version 1.28A, 6/25/90 8. If you do not wish to use A/B switches to attach your parallel printers to your PC you may now assign them within PSP. A new option 6 is available in the Housekeeping Section which will allow you to assign your parallel printers to LPT1,LPT2,or LPT3. Version 1.27,12/13/89 7. A new label option is present in Version 1.26. You may produce a label that contains only your UPS Shipper number and Package ID number on a small 3 1/2" x 15/16" label. This feature is for customers who already produce their shipper address labels in other systems. The option can be activated by selecting Housekeep- ing and then #2 Add/Edit Label Format. Version 1.26,12/6/89 6. When your COD's are greater than $100. you may select an option to have your Declared Value made equal to your COD and automati- cally entered on the transaction screen. The option may be se- lected in the Housekeeping/Company Data section. Version 1.25,11/4/89 5. You may now print a label directly from the transaction screen by pressing the F6 function key. Version 1.25, 11/4/89 4. You may now skip to any line on the transactions screen by pressing the left arrow when the cursor is positioned on the first character of the Control Number field. This will position the cursor in the Line number field. Just Enter whatever line you wish to reach. Version 1.24, 10/2/89 3. You may now delete transactions after you print shipping labels. You must print the manifest AFTER any deletions. The labels will now have the same ID numbers as the manifest. Version 1.24, 10/2/89 2. PSP now supports the OKIDATA printers as well as IBM and EPSON printer. In the Housekeeping section, Add/Edit Company Data, you will see the option: Condensed print code (15) Enter 29 for OKIDATA or press Enter to accept the default 15 for IBM/EPSON printers. Version 1.22 7/31/89 1. You may print shipping labels continuously without pausing. In the Print Shipping Labels section for UPS Manifest you will see an additional option: Print labels without pauses (N) Answer Y for yes to print labels without pauses or press Enter to accept the default to pause between labels to enter special shipping data on each label. Version 1.21, 6/29/89 The file structure of PSP is as follows: Program Files MN.EXE RT.EXE LB.EXE HK.EXE HL.EXE HI.EXE ST.EXE NA.EXE CO.EXE Utility Programs PSP.BAT -must be used to start PSP BTRIEVE.EXE BRT71EFR.EXE Data Files NAME.UPS --- Btrieve Shipping Adresses USR.UPS ---- Company Information MANFST.UPS - Daily transaction information (NOT ON INSTALL DISK) CHART1.UPS - UPS Ground - Commercial CHART2.UPS - Rates for Zones 12 - 25 CHART3.UPS - Rates for Zones 51 - 89 CHART4.UPS - UPS Ground - Residential CHART5.UPS - UPS Ground - Commercial-GroundTrac CHART6.UPS - UPS Ground - Residential-GroundTrac CHART7.UPS - 3 Day Select Rates CHART8.UPS - Express Canada /Mexico CHARTI.UPS - International CHARTI2.UPS - International CHARTI3.UPS - International CHARTI4.UPS - International CHARTN.UPS - Rates for Air Ltr, UPS services ZZ119.UPS,ZONE119.UPS - Zone Charts (NOT ON INSTALL DISK)