Basket, cart shelf, cart — what you can scan
Three types of containers, a container occupied by someone else, and an order split across several baskets.
Packing always works with one container at a time.
Step by step
Scan the right container
- Enter Packing mode. The banner at the top says Scan basket, and the prompt at the bottom of the screen says Scan a basket to start packing.
- Above the prompt is the Baskets at station list—the container code, with “n pcs · n orders” below it. If there are more containers than fit on screen, tap Show all (+n); collapse them with Show less.
- Scan the basket code or the cart shelf code. Never scan the shelf cart code—see the table below.
- Confirmation: a short high-pitched beep, and the banner changes to Scan EAN. You now have an open session: a back arrow and ⋮ appear in the header.
- Scanning the station code itself instead of a container is not an error—the screen simply returns to Scan basket, without a message or error sound.
When the terminal refuses
Every refusal looks the same: a red banner labeled Attention, the scanned code below it, and the reason underneath. Three descending tones also sound.
- Scanned a cart, not a basket. You scanned a shelf cart. Scan a specific shelf on that cart or a basket. The message itself does not explain this, so remember the rule.
- Basket is not at the packing station. The container has not gone through the transport step yet. The message does not say where the basket is; check the container list or ask the sorting team.
- Basket is empty. It contains no orders to pack. Take another one.
- The red banner disappears by itself after ten seconds and the screen returns to Scan basket. Read the reason immediately—you cannot bring it back later.
An order split across several baskets
- Pack from the container in front of you until its items are used up.
- The banner changes to Scan next basket. The row below shows the code of a specific container, followed by Remaining n.
- The same message is spelled out in the screen content: Basket ready → scan code (n remaining). The counter counts items in the entire order, not in the basket.
- Also in baskets lists the order's other containers, separated by dots.
- Bring the indicated container, scan its code, and continue packing. Do not scan the shipping label until Remaining reaches zero.
If you scan a product that came from another basket for the same order, the terminal accepts it normally: you get the usual green Scanned banner. It does not say which container the item came from—it silently switches to that basket.
Basket
A standard mobile container brought to the station. It can hold one or many orders; the flow depends on its contents.
Cart shelf
A shelf always carries exactly one order, so there is no “basket of single-item orders” flow. Otherwise it behaves like a basket: one line with three units is a multi-item order, just as it would be in a basket.
Cart — it depends on where the goods are
| Situation | What happens |
|---|---|
| Single-compartment cart after unloading, goods on the body | Works like a large basket |
| Shelf cart, goods on shelves, body empty | Refusal—“scan a basket or cart shelf” |
The refusal is intentional. A shelf cart is mobile and at the station, so without this check it would pass every other condition and open an empty session.
A container is at another station
| Situation | What the system does |
|---|---|
| Nobody is packing from it | Moves it to you automatically—in one operation, together with its items |
| Someone has already started packing from it | Does not move it; you enter shared mode |
The second case matters: your colleague's work is not interrupted. The container stays where it is, and you work on what remains.
One order in several baskets
A multi-item order can be split across containers. The “remaining” counter counts items in the entire order, not just the basket in front of you—that is why, after emptying the current basket, you see “scan the next container” with its specific code.
A scan of a product belonging to another basket is handled leniently: the system tells you which container the item actually came from instead of refusing it.
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