Manual and automatic box assignment
Functionality
There are now two ways of configuring your machine, which we will describe in more detail below.
Whichever you choose, there are several options for assigning boxes.
You can configure your machine from a ‘blank configuration’, with no items for the moment, you can modify the current configuration, or you can retrieve an old configuration and duplicate it, making changes if necessary.
At this stage, you can assign your boxes in one of two ways:
1. Manual assignment of boxes
This method, similar to that used in version V1 of the STS, has been improved to offer greater flexibility. To assign boxes manually, go to the STS page for your container. You will manually select the slots for your items in your item configuration.
2. Automatic box assignment
This functionality is based on certain conditions.
When creating or modifying your item, you must specify which boxes are compatible. For example, you must indicate whether the item is compatible with boxes H1, H2, H3 or H4 in an X'Tower, or C1, C2, C3 or C4 in an X'Smart or X'Locker.
There must still be enough slots available in the machine to assign the desired number of slots to your items.
Tip:
We recommend that you specify that a small item can also fit into larger slots. Take the example of a pair of gloves: because of their small size, they can be placed in an H4 slot, but also in an H3, H2 and H1. By entering these compatibilities, if no H4 slot is available but you still want to assign 20 pairs of gloves, the automatic assignment can use the H3 slots still available, guaranteeing better space management.