| Overview
How
To Setup ShipRite with UPS WorldShip 11.0
1.
Install UPS WorldShip 11.0
2.
Setup WorldShip Label Printer.
3.
Enable the WorldShip integration
option inside ShipRite.
4.
Setup WorldShip
a.
Standalone Setup:
ShipRite and WorldShip reside on the same computer
b. Networked Setup:
ShipRite resides on a different computer than
WorldShip
How
to ship from ShipRite with UPS WorldShip Enabled
WorldShip
- In Error Shipments
UPS
WorldShip Integration with ShipRite™ Software
Overview
ShipRite
Workstations are connected to a shared WorldShip
Computer folder in order to transfer ShipRite
generated (XML-type) shipment files (see diagram below).
At the end of the day you run WorldShip with the ‘XML
Auto Import’ option started. WorldShip
Computer scans the folder for the new ShipRite
shipment files and processes them. After WorldShip
successful processing, it will add shipments to its
history ready for EOD. The shipments will be also
added to the ShipRite Shipment History.
WorldShip integration gives the ability to ShipRite
Software users to ship UPS International.
IMPORTANT:
You
need to make sure that all your UPS packages are
uploaded before proceeding with WorldShip integration.
Go to EOD screen > select UPS carrier
> and click <Upload> button to
clear the UPS packages list.
How
To Setup ShipRite with UPS WorldShip 11.0
YOU
MUST BE ON SHIPRITE version 10.6 or higher.
To check, start ShipRite and from
the main menu, go to HELP>ABOUT.
If you are behind, you must update your program as
stated in the 2008 Rate update page.
1.
Install UPS WorldShip V11.0
If
you are asked if you want STAND ALONE or NETWORK,
EVERYBODY will choose STAND ALONE (this includes
the network users). If you only have one shipping
computer, proceed to Step 2 after installation.
For those with ShipRite networked,
only one copy of WorldShip should be installed for
efficiency, which will be treated in our setup as
the WorldShip Computer.
2.
Setup WorldShip Label Printer.
Add "Generic / Text Only"
printer to the Windows printers and set this printer
as the label printer in WorldShip.
This action will allow us to stop WorldShip
from printing labels every time it imports XML shipment
files from ShipRite. Only ShipRite
will print shipment labels right after you ship
a package. To add the printer you need to do the
following:
- From
the Windows Control Panel open "Printers
and Faxes" window.
- Go
to "File > Add Printer"
main menu to add “fake”
label printer.
- Follow
the instructions on the screen and the images
bellow.
Select
local printer:
Select
LPT2, or LPT3, or higher port that you will never
use:
Select
Generic -> Generic / Text Only printer:
Check
"No" for default printer
and ‘Do not share this printer’ settings
at the next two screens. Click "Finish"
button to add the printer.
Now
add the ‘Generic/Text Only’ printer WorldShip
as a Label Printer!
In
WorldShip go to Tools main menu and click on System
Preferences Editor sub-menu to open System Preferences
Editor screen.
- Click
on Printing Setup tab-page.
- Click
on the Label Printer Setup button to open Label
Printer Setup screen.
- Click
on the Change Label Printer button to open Printer
Selection list.
- Select
"Generic/Text Only"
printer and click on the "Select"
button.
- Click
"Apply" to apply your
change.
3.
Enable the WorldShip integration option
inside ShipRite.
- Run
ShipRite Global Connect v10.
- On
the main screen go to the "Setup"
main menu and select "General Setup
Options" (F4 shortcut key) to open
the Setup Program screen.
- On
Setup Program click on the "Options"
tab to view the available setup options.
- In
the "OFF" left-hand
list, locate "ENABLE – WorldShip
Auto Import" and move it to the
"ON" right-hand list
by clicking on the ">>"
button.
- After
completing the above steps your Setup
Program screen should look like the image
below:
- On
the top screen button menu click on "Save"
to apply the change.
- Setup
Program will jump to the "Program
Registration" tab-page.
4.
Setup WorldShip
a.
Standalone Setup: ShipRite and
WorldShip reside on the same computer:
- WS11
XML Auto Import: From the WorldShip‘UPS
Online Connect’ main menu select ‘XML
Auto Import’ sub-menu to open the XML Auto
Import screen:
- Switch
back to ShipRite Software.
- Select
the "Carrier Setup"
tab on the Setup Program screen.
- Select
"UPS Carrier" in the
"Carrier Selection"
drop-down menu.
- In
the list, select "SETUP – WorldShip
Auto Import Path."
- The
"XML Auto Import File Folder"
path (highlighted above) should be already present
at ShipRite setup by default.
- Make
sure that the path from WorldShip
is the same as displayed in the ShipRite
WorldShip "XML Auto Import File Folder"
path text-box.
- On
the top screen button menu click on the "Save"
button to apply the change.
After
completing the above steps your Setup Program screen
should look like the image below:
You
are now ready to continue to the next step: How
to ship from ShipRite with UPS Worldship enabled.
Note:
You can also click ShipRite WorldShip "XML
Auto Import File Folder" path "Browse"
button and point ShipRite to the
same file folder path as you see in the WorldShip
"XML Auto Import File Folder"
text-box.
Note: We
recommend keeping WorldShip running all the time
in order to catch any errors during importing packages
from ShipRite and speed up the import process.
b.
Networked Setup: ShipRite resides
on a different computer than WorldShip:
To
gain the maximum speed advantage in transferring shipment
files from ShipRite Workstations to WorldShip computer
we need to complete three steps:
1.
Share “C:\UPS\WSTD\ImpExp\XML Auto Import”
folder on the WorldShip Computer so all the
ShipRite workstations can see it.
2.
Map Network Drive’ to WorldShip Computer
‘XML Auto Import’ folder on each of
the ShipRite workstations.
3. Point each ShipRite Workstation to the mapped
WorldShip Computer network drive.
STEP
1. Share “C:\UPS\WSTD\ImpExp\XML Auto Import”
folder on the WorldShip Computer.
Locate
the "XML Auto Import"
folder on the WorldShip computer by going to
“C:\UPS\WSTD\ImpExp”
(See highlighted folder in the image below:)
Right
click on the highlighted "XML Auto
Import" folder to select the
"Sharing and Security" option
in the drop-down menu.
The
properties window should open with the "Sharing"
tab:
- Check
the "Share this folder on the network"
box.
- Check
the "Allow network users to change
my files" box.
- After
the above mentioned boxes are checked, click
on the "OK" button
to apply the changes.
- Now
the "XML Auto Import"
folder icon should have a little hand icon-extension
added to indicate that the folder is now shared.
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STEP
2. Map
Network Drive to WorldShip Computer "XML
Auto Import" folder on.
THIS
TASK MUST BE PERFORMED ON ALL SHIPRITE WORKSTATIONS!
- Click
on the "My Computer"
shortcut on your Widows desktop to open the
Windows Explorer browser.
- Go
to Tools > Map Network Drive > main menu:
- In
the opened "Map Network Drive"
window select an available drive letter in the
"Drive:" drop-down
menu. ("U:" in the
image Below.)
- Click
on the "Browse" button
to locate the computer name with WorldShip
installed.
- Select
the WorldShip computer name
to expand the tree with available shared folders.
- Select
the "XML Auto Import"
shared folder name.
- Click
the "OK" button to
display the path to "XML Auto Import"
in the "Folder:"
drop-down menu. (See image example.)
- Make
sure "Reconnect at logon"
is checked.
- Click
the "Finish" button.
- Now
you have mapped your network drive that points
to the WorldShip "XML
Auto Import" folder.
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STEP
3. Point each ShipRite Workstation to the mapped
WorldShip Computer network drive.
- Switch
back to ShipRite Software.
- Select
the "Carrier Setup"
tab on the "Setup Program"
screen.
- Select
"UPS" in the "Carrier
Selection" drop-down menu.
- In
the list select the "SETUP –
WorldShip Auto Import Path" option.
- Click
the "Browse" button
to locate the mapped network drive.
- In
the opened browse window, select the
"My Computer" icon on the
left-hand panel to list all the networked drives
on your computer. (See image example.)
- Double
click on the "XML Auto Import"
network drive icon to open the drive. (The highlighted
drive in the image example.)
Click on the "Open"
button.
After
completing the above steps your Setup Program screen
should look like the image below:
How
to ship from ShipRite with UPS WorldShip Enabled
1.
Run ShipRite Global Connect v10 (if
not running already:
- Create
a shipment in ShipRite.
- Click
one of the UPS carrier service buttons to
open the Label Preview screen.
- Click
on the "Print Label Now" button to process
the shipment.
- After
this point two things have happened:
#1.
ShipRite saves the generated
XML shipment file into the remote WorldShip
computer folder and exits to the POS
screen.
Note:
If remote WorldShip folder
was not accessible for some reason then the
files will be saved locally to C:\ShipRite\UPS
folder. You will have to run ShipRite
EOD prior the WorldShip EOD
in order to move the files to the remote folder
when the computer with WorldShip
is network accessible.
#2.
ShipRite prints UPS shipment label.
2.
At the end of the day you should do the End-Of-Day
(EOD) upload from WorldShip 11:
3.
End-Of-Day (EOD) at WorldShip 11.0
WorldShip
- In Error Shipments
If
you have an "In Error Shipments"
history node then you can do the following to help
you identify the possible problems:
1.
Go to the "UPS Online Connect"
main menu and select the "XML Auto
Import" sub-menu to open the "XML
Auto Import" screen.
2.
At the "XML Auto Import"
screen click on the "View Log"
button.
Note:
By clicking on the "View Log"
button, you can view the log only for the current
date's events. If you need to troubleshoot previously
uploaded shipments, then you have to open the
window folder specified in the "Log
File Destination Folder" text box.
(See the image below.) In this folder, look for
the log-file that you need to troubleshoot and
open it with Notepad or any word-editor.
The files have the following format: "YYYYMMDD.log"
where "YYYY" is the
4-digit year, "MM"
is the 2-digit month, and "DD"
is 2-digit day.
Example:
20100118.log
is the log file that was generated on 01/18/2010
and all the shipments that were "XML
Auto Imported" from ShipRite
on this date will be listed in this file.
3.
In the Log file, scroll down to find the shipment
with errors. Carefully read through the error description
and to understand the problem.
4.
Return back to "History."
Select the package in "In Error Shipments"
node and edit the shipment to correct the error(s).
5.
If WorldShip has moved the corrected
package automatically to the "Pending
Pickups" node then the error was identified
and fixed properly.
Note:
Some errors will cause WorldShip to lockup and stop
responding. The only way out of the lockup is to force
WorldShip to shutdown:
- Press
the "Ctrl+Shift+Delete"
keyboard keys at the same time to bring up Windows
Task Manager dialog box.
- Select
the "Applications" tab
to view all the currently running programs.
- Select
"UPS WorldShip" from the list
and click the "End Task" button
to force-quit the program.
- Start
WorldShip again to view the error
details that were logged by WorldShip
before it locked up.
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