Bays can be used to control the behavior of load-out applications, like Plant Supervisor and Self-Serve, and how they interact with dispensing systems and discharge locations that are available in a facility.
Last Updated: 3/5/2021
Common Causes
- Control which discharge locations are available to an instance of Plant Supervisor or Self-Serve
- Control what printer a ticket (bill of lading) is printed to after dispensing an order to a discharge location
- Control which signature pad is used to capture a driver signature after dispensing an order to a discharge location
- Control what transport types (truck, railcar, etc.) can be loaded through a discharge location
Environment / Applies To
- Terminal Management 2
- Terminal Management TMX
Solution In-Depth
A bay is a way of specifying a physical space in a facility where a transport (truck, railcar, etc.) is able to receive product dispensed to one or more discharge locations.
Note: You must login to Terminal Management with a user that either has "view/modify facilities" and "view/modify panels" user permissions or modify (create and edit) access for the "facilities" and "panels" user profile permissions to complete the following steps.
1. Login to Terminal Management
Create a bay
Note: This article assumes that a facility has already been setup in Terminal Management.
2. Click on the "Facilities" section link (on the left side of the page)
3. Click on the "Bays" tab
4. Select "Enter a new bay" in the "Bay" drop-down list
5. Enter a name that will be used to identify the bay in Terminal Management and load-out applications (like Plant Supervisor and Self-Serve)
6. Select the facility where the bay is located in the "Facility" drop-down list
7. Click the "Save" button
Assign discharge locations to the bay
Note: This article assumes that panels and discharge locations have already been setup for the facility in Terminal Management.
8. Click on the "Panels" section link (on the left side of the page)
9. Click on the "Discharge Locations" tab
10. Select a discharge location that dispenses product to the bay created in steps 2 through 7 in the "Discharge location" drop-down list
Tip: The list of discharge locations can be filtered to only those located in a facility by selecting the facility in the "Facility" drop-down list.
11. Select the bay that was created in steps 2 through 7 in the "Bay" drop-down list
12. Click the "Save" button
Repeat steps 8 through 12 for each discharge location that dispenses product to the bay that was created in steps 2 through 7.
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