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Software Development Meeting 2010-Aug-09
Notes relevant to ezFIT 5.0 Milestones.
Attendees:
- Paul
- Diana
- Terri
- Alan
- Glenn
- Dale
- Barbara
- Joel
- AJ
- Siegwart
Custom Branding
- Get pricing break for Intuition 2 chip, to phase out product in favor of Intuition 2FC / 2ER (Paul).
- Get Intuition 2 and Simplex 2P distribution list, to be used to determine how to phase out these products (Terri).
- Get private label list matrix for Audiology and Software support (Siegwart).
- Use Audina manufacturer ID on all instruments, but store custom brand code in scratch memory (AJ).
- Provide branding software to automate the process in Production and QC (AJ).
- For QC purposes, use separate machine for branding instruments, before following standard QC steps (Terri/Alan).
- For handling repairs, use standard Order Entry machine, but separate software for reading instruments (Terri).
- For Order Entry, route all orders (from different brands) to a single database (i.e. using custom ezFIT software configured to use same shared databased, to avoid having orders in separate databases) (Thai).
- For support, provide single-day registration code to handle support calls that require fixing factory mistakes (AJ).
NOAHlink Support
- Deploy NOAHlink support in the next stable release (2 weeks time) (AJ).
- Add a note in marketing material and software that BTEs from Intuition family cannot use NOAHlink with standard cables (Diana/AJ).
- Review how many customers are ordering Intuition BTEs, to know the impact of this decision (Paul).
Custom Branding (Updated 2010-08-12)
Plan A: Global ManID
- Implements Global ManID (14).
- Implements unique Local ID (in scratch memory).
- Avoids cross reading with new software only.
- Straight forward to implement and support.
Plan B: Unique ManID for Each Brand
- Implements unique ManID for each brand.
- Avoids cross reading any product with any software (if not a module account).
- Cannot share DLLs with SoundDesign circuits.
- Requires custom software code for every brand (including Audina).
- Requires custom product list for every brand (including Audina).
- Requires building branding software to set ManID (especially for Ethos circuit based products).
- Requires requesting ManID from circuit supplier, or assign one internally (but then each custom brand must be calibrated, including BTEs, OTEs, and other stock products).
Plan C: Hybrid Approach
- Implement Plan A for future products (including Intellio), and implement Plan B for current products being manufactured (Intuition, Sparo, Flx, BTE 478P, etc.).
- Stops cross reading for current products being shipped out of the factory.
- Simplifies implementation of future products.