Question/Problem
 
Customer wanted the messaging specifications for Knighted WMS to PTL
 
Environment

• Knighted WMS
• Pick-to-Light
   

Answer/Solution

Cato EASYput FS_5.0.pdf

I will be referring to pages on the attached PDF file above.

 

On page 133, this is one message that WMS will send to PTL and vice-versa. 

 

Field value refers to the number you will see in the logging that specifies what kind of message WMS is sending to PTL.

 

If we now go to page 141, we can see the Order Assignment Request Result: 

Now we can go look at logging to see what a message of this type would look like.

Logging Example:

11.09.2015 07:28:13:685 [New I/O  worker #1] INFO  com.knightedcs.wcs.clients.cato.CATOUploadServer  - Message Received (Channel 1): 1 50749999880

11.09.2015 07:28:13:685 [New I/O  worker #1] INFO  com.knightedcs.wcs.clients.cato.util.CATOParser  - CATOParser Constructor - Message Length:50

11.09.2015 07:28:13:685 [New I/O  worker #1] INFO  com.knightedcs.wcs.clients.cato.util.CATOParser  - Order Assignment Result

11.09.2015 07:28:13:685 [New I/O  worker #1] INFO  com.knightedcs.wcs.clients.cato.util.CATOParser  - Packet Type: 1 - Message Number: 5074 - Record Type: 9

11.09.2015 07:28:13:685 [New I/O  worker #1] INFO  com.knightedcs.wcs.clients.cato.business.CATOBusiness  - Warehouse ID: 1 - Station:  - Level:  - Station Location:  - Tote LPN:  - Item:  - Packing

 

 

The first four characters of the message received logging is the ACK number. This number is a unique identifier to the message (also seen as the message number in the third line of logging).

 

After this unique identifier we can see the #9, which would be the message type of this line of logging. We can also see this on the third line of logging where, “Record Type: 9”

 

This message means that; WMS is sending an successful result (Y) to the order request @ putwall location (PL1A018).

 

 

 

Messaging Spec Order:

 

A/B <- To Knighted, Logon/Logoff Message

1 -> From Knighted, Cubby Assignment Request

    9 <- To Knighted, Cubby Assignment Result

            2/3 -> From Knighted, Tote items information

    6 <-To Knighted, Put Complete Message

    8 <- To knighted, Tote Complete Message, or if tote is empty, where it shouldn’t be (Exception Message)

4 -> From Knighted, Order Complete

    7 <- To Knighted, Clear Cubby Message

 

In the table above, this is the order that the putwall logging will be in.

 

First a Logon (A) or a Logoff (B) message will show, then it will go down from there in the order noted above.

 

The numbers refer to the message field values that correlate to that specific message.

               

                                i.e. field value for this specific message: 

Related items

 
Putwall Messaging, PTL Messaging, WMS Messaging

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This information was given to Steven Orn from Cato on 1/27/2021.

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