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:
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This feature … |
allows the system designer to … |
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Create and edit maintenance jobs |
specify a maintenance interval for a specific process component, for example, a pump to ensure regular maintenance. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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:
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Operator tasks
The operator will typically use the following functions:
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This feature … |
allows the operator to … |
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Acknowledge maintenance alarms |
acknowledge maintenance alarms either in the maintenance or alarm list |
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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. |
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Complete maintenance alarms |
complete maintenance alarms, once the related maintenance job is performed. On completion, a new maintenance interval is begun. |
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Apply filters |
use filters to limit the number of maintenance alarms shown in the list. The filters are normally defined by the system designer. |