Key features and benefits

Introduction

This topic gives you an overview of the most important features in the Maintenance program. The features are divided into two groups representing the main user types: system designer and operator.

System designer tasks

The system designer will typically use the following functions. For more detailed information, click the individual features:

This feature …

allows the system designer to …

Create and edit maintenance jobs

specify a maintenance interval for a specific process component, for example, a pump to ensure regular maintenance.

Provide operator instructions

attach maintenance instructions to the maintenance job. The instructions may be text, a file (video clip, Word document, etc.) or a Help file. The operator will use these instructions to perform the maintenance job.

Attach alarm texts

attach alarm texts to a maintenance job so that the maintenance alarm appears in the alarm list. Thus, the maintenance alarm will appear both in the maintenance list and the alarm list.

View the job status

view up-to-date information on each maintenance job, incl. the time for latest measurement, latest acknowledge time, latest completion time, etc. The operator can, of course, also view this information.

Create filters

create user-defined filters that the operator can apply during supervision. A filter is a condition or a set of conditions to be applied to the maintenance list. You may, for example, only want to show the active maintenance alarms for a specific area of the IGSS configuration.

Customize the list

define the column sequence in the maintenance list, which columns to be shown and their titles. Also, the sort order of the items in the maintenance list can be customized.

Control user access

control user access to protected functions in the program. This requires that the proper rights are defined in the User Administration program. The following functions can be protected:

  • create and edit maintenance jobs
  • protect filters
  • acknowledge maintenance alarms

 

Operator tasks

The operator will typically use the following functions:

This feature …

allows the operator to …

Acknowledge maintenance alarms

acknowledge maintenance alarms either in the maintenance or alarm list

View maintenance instructions

view the maintenance instructions provided by the system designer. This may be a textual description, a video clip, a Help topic, etc.

Complete maintenance alarms

complete maintenance alarms, once the related maintenance job is performed. On completion, a new maintenance interval is begun.

Apply filters

use filters to limit the number of maintenance alarms shown in the list. The filters are normally defined by the system designer.