Includes database changes. You need to log all terminals out during upgrade

• Workshop
  • Ability to add -ve spare parts to allow for substitutions on workshop jobs. Can only be accessed via add labour/modify job in workshop section. Not accessible via normal point of sale
• Customers
  • Long standing bug fix.  C9 was supposed to allow you to search for either short or long code versions of phone numbers for customers in same state as you. i.e. 03 5422-2255 also matches 5422-2255 for Victorian dealerships. This never actually worked :(.  Now fixed 🙂
  • New standard miner report, which you can use now without upgrading (works better once above mentioned bug fix is installed),  :  'Customers with same phone #'
    
•  Spares
  • Magician query for moto national. Will reply with either Yes or No if motonat reckon they have item in stock
  • Point of sale import parts, such as web orders.  If operator manages to close/abort the import partway through warn the user and reset the parts list
• EFTPOS integration
  • This version includes technical changes to integrate into Tyro payments platform.  Function is not yet actually ready for use, pending certification from Tyro.
•  Misc
  • Data miner : allow querying/filtering of customers default discount
  • Website content : provide copy/paste options in text/images management. Useful for copying spec sheets etc
  • Cash till : was not tallying cash takings on purchased units in summary screen. Now fixed.
  • Vicroads bike query :  changes to vicroads website broke query. Now working again. specifics:
    • also grab engine capacity if available
    • check stolen vehicle status, alert operator if vehicle is flagged as stolen
    • importing of basic bike particulars (year,make, model, colour) has changed. May not be quite as accurate as before due to changes on vicroads website.

• Code-128 Barcode support
  • Allow Code-128 barcodes to be printed on labels. To enable just change barcode font to Code 128 in configure/calibrate label. (See screenshot below). Generally want font size to be around 24. Depending on how good your printer/scanners are you might be able to get away with smaller font size than this.  Code-128 are generally alot more compact than 3of9 barcodes so will print on smaller label sizes. Tall barcode config option is probably no longer needed either as barcodes are by default are pretty decent here.
    
  • New setup option under Printers to preferentially use Code 128 barcodes. Affects giftcards, job cards, receive order printouts,  parts reserve printouts and stock take sheets
• Victoria Paperwork
  • Added new version of dealer authority to register
  • Added a Form 5 template
• Tweaks and fixes
  • Spares - > View change part. Provide screen calculators for daily and stock buy prices, so operator can now key in either as % discount or as final $ figure.
  • Workshop -> modify job.  If deposit > value of job, show -ve deposit owing and show works 'Deposit to Refund'.
  •  Miner
    • allow specification of 's' in sort term to ignore whitespace variations when sorting miner results. i.e. [1s]
    • allow sort terms like this [1w].  w means fuzzy word match, useful for sorting things like unit models, sorting based on runs of model codes and sizes. So CBR-500 first, then CBR-1000-RR
  • NPE Bugfix with beta fiche import

C9 for years has used 3of9 as it's barcoding system.  Only just learned that 3of9 is not very space efficient.  Currently experimenting with alternate code sets and results look very interesting. Likely to include into next version of c9 to allow you to print bigger barcodes and/or print on smaller labels.

• Fiche
  • Got Ducati import importing again
  • Tweaks to Beta import to also emit a price file and process superceded parts better
  • Fitment. Option to view diagram a part fits
• Receive Orders - C9 saves orders on the fly. If you accidently exit or c9 is killed and you come back in you have the option to reload and continue from where you left off. The reload isn't perfect, but it will be close enough to save alot of time and effort
• Tweaks and fixes
  • A couple of dealers are reporting issues with graphics drawing in c9 flipping out after an intermittent period of usage. I think it might be related to an old java 6 hack to fix a bug with screens going to sleep killing memory in java : which I fixed years ago (Aug 2010).  The hack might be interfering with later versions of java that don't have this bug. Tweaked c9 so the hack is only applied if java version is 6.
  • Modify job.  Warn user if they are about to exit the job card with unsaved changes. Currently will just bail without asking you if you want to save changes.
  • SMS/Email.  Only send sms/email if sms/email date exactly matches current date. Previously would send if date was today or in the future. Could result if lots of old undelivered email/sms being sent if system clock on computer is wound back to a date in the distant past.
• Email tweaks
  • Web order email. Include details of dealership at bottom 'footer' of email. In web order email config, provide option to allow templates to be reset to defaults
  • Email sent via dealers own mail server : email content was not being reformatted to keep preserve style changes in a way that gmail and a couple of other mail clients like. (Email routed via c9 was working this way)
    

Includes database changes, you'll need to log all terminals out during upgrade.

• Spares
  • Edit discount calculation aids did not factor in line based discounts correctly. Now fixed
  • Pricing on UOM items, did not round line total correctly on spares or workshop invoices. Now fixed.
• Tweaks and fixes
  • Order export. For alternative orders (i.e. road freight) selecting export method would return an empty list of supported methods. Now fixed
  • bikesales.com.au : allow flagging of bikes with no price set
  • View/Moditfy job : disable P & L tab if 'Profit' privilege is not set for the currently logged in user
  • Unit rollback sale.  Screen was allowing user to key in a dealer #, and making a mess of rolling it back.  Modified screen to constrain it to invoice # only, do not allow rollback of a deal.
• KTM/Husky ongoing battles
  • Magician query.  If query fails and part looks like it might be a piston kit, retry this time adding a space into query at necessary point
  • Magician query. Allow entry of a second set of login credentials. If first set yields zero qty for part, try second login credentials.  Useful for flushing out presense of parts gathewring dust in a Husky bin for KTM dealers, and vice versa back at the warehouse.
  • Order export.  If part number looks like it is a piston kit, stick a space into right spot to make the order import happy.
• Honda integration.  Some really cool Honda integration stuff is included in this release. Will include a separate post on what it can do and how to set it up. Specific changes in this release:
  • Remove 'experimental' status on key entry points
  • add/modify franchise. Add a new tab to permit configuration of integration settings

C9 now provides a number of points of automated integration for Honda dealerships.  Key items are:

• Sending orders to honda from within c9
• Importing received spares invoices into c9
• Automatically send service and dealer stock data to Honda

Initial Setup

To setup you need a couple pieces of information.  Honda dealer code and a API key

Honda Dealer code. Normally your dealer code is a 4 digit number from Honda.  But for this service Honda require an extended 5 digit dealer code. Which is your 4 digit code + one additional number depending on what type of dealership you are. At this stage, the 5th digit is always 9.

• '1' is for Motorcycles
• '2' is for Power equipment
• '3' is for Marine
• '9' is for Spare Parts.  Make the value '9'

For example, if your dealer code is '1234' then code Honda Integration requires is '12349'

API Key.  API Key is like a password.  To get your API key, login to Dealernet and goto 'Dealership' tab. There is an option for API key there. Click on it to get your API key

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