Helping users of the Plex Manufacturing Cloud by adding custom functionality.
Cumulus Web Extension
This plug-in allows Cumulus Developers to enhance existing screens within the Plex Manufacturing Cloud and provide additional functionality that goes beyond the standard Vision Plex screens customers are used to.
Our current release includes the following features:
General:
• Cumulus App Store built in to Plex
• User defined settings & hotkeys
○ Option to sync settings with Google account
○ Enterprise configuration via Microsoft Group Policy
• Test environment sandbox
Navigation:
• Quick links to Production and Test Environments
• Tabbed browsing
○ Login without pop-ups
○ Open in New Tab / Open in New Window spawns new session
○ Launch new session into tab
• Right-click context menu re-enabled
• Menu search for VisionPlex screens & reports
Global Hotkey Functions:
• Launch a new session
• Make it snow on the screen
• Refresh the page
Export Everywhere:
• Download to .txt or .csv from any grid in Plex (Excel and .xml in the works)
• Options:
○ Exclude, rename, and rearrange columns
○ User-defined field delimiters and line endings
○ Include/exclude header rows
○ Make columns fixed-width with padding and alignment
○ Escape fields (wrap in quotes)
Universal Upload:
• Highly configurable system allowing for customer-funded development of add, update, or delete uploads
Accounting:
• SAT 24 integration for customers in Mexico
Control Panel
• Scan a part barcode to switch workcenter setup
• Part images on Kanban Racks & Dispatch screens
• Record production \"cooldown\" - prevent rapid recording
• Hotkey functions:
○ Record Production
○ Increment Production Quantity
○ Decrement Production Quantity
• Master Unit Helper to assist with master units on the control panel
○ Warns when master units are full
○ Prevents mixed master units
○ Repopulates master unit field after recording production
○ Prints selected master unit rather than last used
• Improved Pack to Box functionality
• Reprint Last Container button
Scheduling
• Enhanced Kanban manager & setup
Workcenter Requirements
• Visual dashboard with timers for workcenter source requirements
Shipping
• Three-dimensional truck cubing application to split up scheduled releases
• Integration with UPS to validate addresses, compare rates, and submit and track shipments
• Master unit build validation and planning
SQL Development Environment:
• Prevent accidental window closures
• Execute highlighted SQL
• Cancel current running SQL
• Hotkey functions:
○ Execute query
○ Save stored procedure
○ Cancel current query
• Query Output Panel
○ Fancy status bar
○ Row numbers
○ Total row count
○ Current execution timer
• Collapsible Navigation Pane
Source Manifest.json
How to download and manually install Cumulus Web extension for Chrome
Looking for a way to install Cumulus Web extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.
However, you may need to install Cumulus Web extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Cumulus Web extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.
Method 1: Download Cumulus Web extension and manually install through Drag &Drop
If you ever need to manually install a Cumulus Web extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.
Step 1: Download the Cumulus Web Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.
Look for the Cumulus Web extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Cumulus Web extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Cumulus Web extension that contains all the data.
Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files
Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.
Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page
Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.
Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension
Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Cumulus Web extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.
Step 5: Complete the Installation
Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.
Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.
Method 2: Download Cumulus Web extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode
This is another method to install Cumulus Web extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.
Step 1: Download the Cumulus Web extension file
Select and download the Cumulus Web extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.
Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents
Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Cumulus Web extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Cumulus Web extension running.
Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page
In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.
Step 4: Enable Developer Mode
After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.
Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension
Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."
Step 6: Select the Extension Folder
Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Cumulus Web extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.
Step 7: Confirm and Install
After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.
Conclusion
Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Cumulus Web extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.
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