Install the desired software package. During the installation process, be sure to select the Melco Director Interface.
Towards the end of the installation process, when asked, allow Setup to locate Melco Director. This location process will query each PC on the network for the purpose of locating an installation of Melco Director. Please note the following:
If you previously installed Director on a server with a world IP address, you need to click on Configure Manually and enter the IP address of Director.
If you previously installed Director on a server consisting of an computer network/intranet, then wait until the scanning process is complete. Select the instance of Director that was found. Click on Connect. Click on Close.
Should it be necessary to run the location process manually, navigate to the DesignShop or AMAYA folder and run the utility.
Login: Click on the File Menu and go to Melco Director. Choose Login... The login screen appears. Enter the Login ID and password and click OK.
NOTE: User accounts must first be set up in Melco Director.
Log Out: Click on the File Menu and go to Melco Director. Choose Logout. The user is now logged out of Melco Director.
Edit Workorder: Click on the File Menu and go to Melco Director. Choose Edit Workorder... The login screen appears if the user has not logged in yet. Edit Workorder allows the user to see all the work orders and edit them. Clicking on the down arrow next to Add allows the user to add a new order, edit an order, add/edit new line item/job, or add a barcode. The user can also click Search to search for a particular work order by order ID, from a period of time, or status.
View Work Instruction: Click on the File Menu and go to Melco Director. Choose View Work Instruction. The login screen appears if the user has not logged in yet. Click on View Work Instruction, then enter the desired work order number. Click OK. The workorder sheet contains the following information about the embroidery job: contact information, order date, order due date, type of garment, color, quantity, job details, where the design is to be located on the garment, total garments, total designs, and design dimensions.
To Edit a Design Residing on the Melco Director Server
NOTE: This requires that Windows Explorer be mapped to a shared drive on the Melco Director server. In the case where Director was installed to the default folder, the user would map to C:\program files\Melco\MelcoDirector\ENSData\DesignFiles.
Click on File->Melco Director->View Work Order.
From the work order, obtain the job number.
Close the browser.
In AOS, click on File->Open.
Navigate to the shared drive on the Melco Director server.
Open the file name that matches the job number.
Edit as desired.
Click on File->Save.
To Edit an Existing Work Order Residing on the Melco Director Server
Click on File->Melco Director->Edit Work Order.
Login to Director.
You can now select orders for viewing.
To edit a work order, click on the order. Then click on Add->Edit Order.
If the Melco Director Interface is installed as part of AOS, there are four additional ways to load a job into AOS:
From a printed Melco Director work order, use a bar code scanner to scan the printed bar code that represents the job to be sewn.
Using an Internet browser on the AOS PC, navigate to Melco Director and login. Display the work order associated with the job and click on Download Design. Choose the desired location for the design to be downloaded and saved to your hard drive. Using AOS, load the design from the hard drive to the AMAYA machine.
From the Melco Director toolbar in AOS, click on the Load Job button. You will be prompted to enter the job number.
From the Melco Director toolbar, click on the View Work Instruction button. Enter the work order number. The work order will display. Click on Load Design.
Bar Code Font
In order for bar codes to show on the work orders opened from Melco Director, it is necessary that the same bar code font located on the Melco Director server be installed on the PC where DesignShop or AMAYA reside. Install the bar code font like you would any other font for Windows.