StarShip Support Topics


Inquiry Category

Provided by V-Technologies
Technical Support Team

Provided by your Network Administrator/Accounting Reseller

Documentation & Resources
 Installation Problems regarding installation and workstation setup for software developed by V-Technologies

Problems encountered during registration

Procedural advice regarding installation
Step-by-step software installation assistance

Operating system or network installation, troubleshooting or configuration
WebHelp and Knowledgebase

V-Technologies now offers a StarShip Installation service
See document
 Upgrade Carrier setup issues i.e. commissioning, subscribing

Rating issues
Network permission issues
Upgrade walkthroughs
Upgrade Instructions and Knowledgebase
 Pervasive &
 Btrieve
Pervasive or Btrieve error codes Standalone installations of Pervasive or Btrieve

Pervasive errors associated with networking issues (see Network Issues)
WebHelp and Knowledgebase

Pervasive provides 30 days free, email technical support via for new purchases of supported versions (i.e. Workgroup license)
 GTC Issues GTC Error Codes GTC installed on a domain controller, terminal server or web server

GTC installed on the same pc as UPS WorldShip

GTC installed as a service
WebHelp and Knowledgebase
 Network
 Issues
Error messages or problems encountered when accessing V-Technologies products over a network

Provide suggestions on network configurations

Procedural advice regarding databases
Installation, tuning or configuration of your network or operating system

Internet connectivity issues

Drive mapping, network shares

Windows errors

Antivirus Software

User right assignments

Issues with proxy servers, ISA servers, antivirus, personal and hardware firewalls
WebHelp and Knowledgebase
 Citrix &
 Terminal
 Services (TS)
Basic overview of Citrix and Terminal Services as they relate to V-Technologies products

Printing issues in a Citrix/TS environment

StarShip issue related to published Citrix applications

Installation service
Installation or configuration of Citrix or TS

Pervasive installation

Creating user printers

Application publishing for Citrix environments
Knowledgebase

Citrix/TS Implementation Guide

V-Technologies now offers a Citrix/TS Installation service
See document
 Carrier
 Issues
Issues related to label printing

Issues related to rates

UPS/DHL rate import conversion service

Upload issues

Email notification setup
Disabled accounts

Account lockouts

Package tracking via the carrier website
WebHelp and Knowledgebase

V-Technologies offers 2 rate conversion services allowing you to rate using custom or negotiated rates:
UPS Rate Conversion
DHL Rate Conversion
 Custom
 Report
 Generation
Custom report setup overview

Discrepancies with printed field and field values
Step-by-step walkthroughs for custom report setup

Network laser printer connectivity issues
WebHelp and Knowledgebase
 Freight
 Rules
Basic freight rule overview

Freight rule functionality

Write back issues
Setting up complex custom freight rules WebHelp and Knowledgebase
 Thermal
 Printers
Configuration within StarShip providing a connection with the PC and Windows exists

Alignment issues

V-Technologies Error codes
Printers not on our list of supported and tested printers

Driver and printer installation

Printers unable to print a Windows test page

UPS or FedEx label printer drivers
WebHelp and Knowledgebase
 Thermal
 Labels
Discrepancies between StarShip and label values Label customizations via Form Designer WebHelp and Knowledgebase
 Electronic
 Scales
Configuration within the StarShip application provided a Windows connection exists

Connectivity issues between StarShip and scale using HyperTerminal
Issues with scale hardware (bad cables, bent pins)

Issues with communication parameters (baud rate, parity)

USB Scales/Conversion
WebHelp and Knowledgebase

See list of supported scales
 Developer
 Interfaces
 (ADE, ODBC,
 Server)
Write back issues

Setup overview

Procedural advice regarding database access rights
Step-by-step assistance with field map definitions

Creating a data source
WebHelp and Knowledgebase
 Accounting
 Interfaces
 developed by
 V-Technologies
Procedural advice regarding database access rights

Overview of field mapping
Step-by-step assistance with field map customizations

Creating a data source

Configuration of database access rights

Setting authentication type
WebHelp and Knowledgebase
 FedEx Ship
 Manager
 Server (FSMS)
Connection issues with StarShip

Configuration

V-Technologies product error codes

Rating issues

Printing issues

FSMS Installation service
Installed on the same machine as the FedEx Ship Manager (Café)

Connection issues with FedEx backend

FSMS installed on a domain controller, active directory machine, Terminal or Citrix Server

Multiple FSMS PCs per network
WebHelp and Knowledgebase

1 FSMS install appointment is included with the purchase of t he StarShip FedEx High Volume module.

V-Technologies offers a FSMS installation service for any full install after that

FSMS pre-upgrade/installation documents
 Masterform and
 hazardous
 materials
 profiles
Installation service

Integration issues with StarShip

Discrepancies with hazmat reports printed by the StarShip application
Errors during installation or upgrade

Setting up Hazmat templates
WebHelp and Knowledgebase

Error messages during upgrades or installations are supported directly by Labelmaster.

V-Technologies now offers a Masterform installation service
See document

Masterform Setup Guide
 SQL Server N/A Configuration of database access rights

Step-by-step assistance with field map definitions

Creating a data source

Setting authentication type
WebHelp and Knowledgebase
 Operating
 Systems
 (StarShip
 install)
Windows 2000 and later

Windows 2000 Server and later
Windows NT & NT server

Novell
WebHelp and Knowledgebase

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