Reference Section > Installation and Deployment > Touchcut Integration (STP) > The PrimeCut Operator App

Reconciling tells PrimeCut that you have finished with a plate. It records which plate the steel came from, who cut it, how many parts you had to reject, and what happens to each offcut.

IMPORTANT:
A reconcile cannot be undone from this app. Check what you have entered before you send it.

You can only reconcile a plate that is still Scheduled. If the plate has already been cut, the Serial tab says so and points you at the History tab instead.

The Reconcile button

The Reconcile button sits beside the plate picture at the bottom of the screen. It is there whichever tab you are on, so you can start from anywhere.

While the plate is not ready, the button is greyed out and the reason is printed underneath it in plain words, for example:

Enter a Heat Number, a Serial Number or a Test Certificate on the Serial tab.

Read that line. It always tells you what is missing.

What the plate needs before you can reconcile

One of three numbers

You need ONE of Heat Number, Serial Number or Test Certificate. Not all three. Any one of them is enough.

Enter them on the Serial tab. Read the numbers off the steel and type them in. The boxes start empty on purpose, so that you look at the plate rather than confirm something already filled in for you.

Mill of Origin is stored with the plate as well, but it does not count towards the rule above. Filling in only the mill will not release the button.

If PrimeCut already holds one of these numbers for the plate, it is shown under the box as PrimeCut has: followed by the value. You cannot change a value that PrimeCut already holds. If you type something different the app refuses and explains - put the value back, or clear the box.

A remnant plate does not need any of these. The app disables the boxes and says so.

Rejected parts

Go to the Parts tab. Each part on the plate has a picture, its name, revision and size, and a box reading Rejected / Nested.

Type how many of that part you had to reject, or use the None, -1, +1 and All buttons so you do not have to bring up the keyboard. You cannot reject more than were nested.

The running totals for Nested, Rejected and Accepted are shown under the list. Nothing is sent from this tab. The counts go with the reconcile.

Offcuts

Go to the Remnants tab. It lists the offcuts this plate is expected to leave, with a picture and size of each, and what PrimeCut recommends for it. Choose one of three actions for each:

Choice	What it means
Return to Stock	The offcut goes back into PrimeCut stock so it can be nested on again. Type where it is being put in the Location box if you want the office to be able to find it. This is the starting choice for every offcut.
Leave on Table	The offcut goes back into stock but stays on the machine. The Location box is filled in with the machine name for you, and you can change it. It must not be left empty - the reconcile is refused without it.
Scrap	The offcut is thrown away. No location is stored.

The button you have chosen is highlighted. If your choice agrees with what PrimeCut recommends, that button is also outlined, so a plate where you have gone against the recommendation stands out.

A location can be up to 50 characters.

An offcut that still has parts nested on it cannot be scrapped. It goes back into stock instead. The app warns you on the row before you choose, and tells you again afterwards if it happened.

On a Strumis plate the offcuts are removed by the reconcile whatever you choose, because remnant stock is held in Strumis and not in PrimeCut. The buttons are disabled and the app explains why.

Who cut it, and a note

The Serial tab has an Operator box, already filled in with the user name you signed in with. Leave it alone unless somebody else cut the plate.

It must be a PrimeCut user name. A full name, or a name that is not a PrimeCut user, is ignored and the plate ends up with no operator recorded at all. The app warns you if what you have typed does not look right.

There is a Reconciliation note box underneath for anything worth passing on. You can still change it in the confirmation box.

You do not enter start and end times. The server fills those in from the machine activity log.

Sending it

1Tap Reconcile... beside the plate picture.

2A confirmation box lists exactly what will be sent - how many parts were rejected, what happens to each offcut, and the traceability numbers you entered. It also warns that this cannot be undone.

3Read it. If something is wrong, tap Cancel. Nothing is sent.

4If it is right, tap Reconcile plate.

Leave the page open while it is working. When it finishes, the Serial tab shows what happened: the new state of the plate, the parts, and which offcuts went back to stock or were scrapped. Anything that did not turn out as you asked is shown here in red.

If it does not go through

The app tells you which of these it was.

•Somebody has the plate open in PrimeCut, or another change is going through. Nothing was written. The app names the user where it can, and offers Try again. Ask for the plate to be closed, then try again.

•The server refused it. Nothing was written. The message says what was wrong. Fix it and send it again.

•It timed out, or the connection dropped. The reconcile may or may not have gone through. The app deliberately does not offer to send it again, because sending it twice cannot be undone. Tap Check plate state instead. That reads the plate back and tells you whether it is still scheduled, in which case it is safe to send again, or already cut, in which case it went through and you must not send it again.

Correcting a reject count afterwards

Once a plate is cut you cannot reconcile it again. If a reject count was wrong, go to the History tab, find the plate and select it, correct the counts under Reject counts, then tap Save reject corrections.

The app reads the plate back afterwards to make sure the change really landed, and says so plainly if it did not.

This corrects the count recorded against the plate, so that reports stay accurate. It does not re-run the reconcile. If the server tells the app that reports for that plate now need regenerating, the plate is marked Reports stale in the list - pass that on to the office.