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The Equipment screen allows the creation, viewing, editing, and deleting of equipment. Equipment speeds can be defined with a default value or specific speeds using distance intervals.

To access the Maintain Equipment screen:

1. Log in to ProTrack Warehouse.

2. Select Equipment under the Standards menu. The Maintain Equipment screen appears.
   
   
   ^{Fig.1 Maintain Equipment}

    

   Maintain Equipment Tabs

   Tab	Description
   Equipment Type	Displays the details of an equipment.
   Speed Break	Displays the speed breaks associated with the selected equipment.
   Threshold	Displays the threshold factors associated with the selected equipment.

   ^{Table 1. Maintain Equipment Tab Descriptions}

Adding New Equipment

To add a new equipment:

1. Enter an Equipment Type Name, which can be alphanumeric.

2. Enter a unique Equipment Type ID, which can be alphanumeric.
   
   
   ^{Fig.2 Maintain Equipment - Adding New Equipment}

    

   Maintain Equipment Field Descriptions

   Field	Description
   Equipment Type Name	Type the equipment name, which can be alphanumeric.
   Equipment Type ID	Type a unique equipment ID, which can be alphanumeric.
   Equipment Make	Type the details of the manufacturer.
   Manufacture Date	Select the date of manufacture.
   Equipment Model	Type the description for equipment model.
   Initial Cost	Enter the cost of the equipment in USD.
   Schedule Maintenance	Select a date for servicing.
   Notes	Type any additional information, if any.

   ^{Table 2. Maintain Equipment Field Descriptions}
   
   

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   Fields that are in bold are mandatory, all other fields are optional. Click to enter dates for the Manufacture Date and Schedule Maintenance. The Equipment ID must match what is being sent in the WMS file.

3. Click on the 'Speed Break' tab.
   
   
   ^{Fig.3 Maintain Equipment - Speed Break}

    

4. To set a default horizontal and vertical speeds, enter the speeds in each field accordingly.
   
   
   ^{Fig.4 Maintain Equipment - Default Speed Breaks}

    

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   If default speed breaks are entered then you cannot enter multiple speed breaks and the 'Add Speed' links are unavailable. All speeds must be in minutes per inch.

5. To set multiple horizontal and vertical speed breaks, click the 'Add Speed' link in the 'Vertical Speed' section of the table. 'Add Vertical Distance' popup appears.
   
   
   ^{Fig.5 Maintain Equipment - Add Speed}

   
   
   ^{Fig.6 Maintain Equipment - Add Vertical Distance}

    

6. Type the Upper Distance and Vertical Speed. Click  to add the speed break.

7. Repeat until all speed breaks have been entered.

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   Lower Distance will be greyed out as it uses the upper distance from the previous vertical speed break. This is done to avoid any overlapping of the speed breaks. Always enter the Upper Distance greater than the Lower Distance.

   
   
   ^{Fig.7 Maintain Equipment - Vertical Speed Breaks}

    

8. Click the 'Add Speed' link in the 'Horizontal Speed' section of the table. 'Add Horiztonal Distance' popup appears.
9. Type the Upper Distance and Horizontal Speed. Click  to add the speed break.

10. Repeat until all speed breaks have been entered.
    
    
    ^{Fig.8 Maintain Equipment - Horizontal Speed Breaks}

     

11. Click on the 'Threshold' tab to set thresholds to the equipment type. Thresholds are used to trigger a re-trip within an assignment.
    
    
    ^{Fig.9 Maintain Equipment - Threshold}

     

12. Type threshold values for Lines, Units, Weight, and/or Volume. The re-trip will be triggered based on which criteria is fulfilled first.
13. Click  and the equipment will be created.

Searching Equipment

To search for a particular equipment:

1. Click  in the Maintain Equipment screen and a popup screen appears.
    

   
   

   ^{Fig.10 Maintain Equipment - Searching Equipment}

    

2. Type either the Equipment Name or Equipment ID.
    

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   To list Equipments with names starting with a particular character, enter the character into the field. For example, to search equipments starting with the character 'F', enter 'f' in the equipment name field to list equipments with names starting with f. If no search criteria are specified, all the equipment types will be listed in the 'Equipment Search Results' section.

3. Click  and records matching the selected criteria are listed in the 'Equipment Search Results' section.
   
   
   ^{Fig.11 Maintain Equipment - Search Results}

    

Viewing & Editing Equipment

To view and edit equipment:

1. Search for the particular equipment to edit.

2. Click on the Equipment ID link from the 'Equipment Search Results' section.
   
   
   ^{Fig.12 Maintain Equipment - Selecting Equipment}

    

3. To edit the speed breaks, click the 'Speed Break' tab. You can edit the existing default speed breaks or multiple speed breaks.

4. To edit the thresholds, click the 'Threshold' tab.

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   Equipment Make, Manufacture Date, Equipment Model, Initial Cost, Scheduled Maintenance, and Notes are the only fields allowed for editing.

5. Click  to save any changes.

Deleting An Equipment
 

To delete an equipment:

1. Search for the equipment that will be deleted.
2. Select the check box to the left of the Equipment ID that will be deleted from the 'Equipment Search Results' section.
   
   
   ^{Fig.13 Maintain Equipment - Deleting Equipment}
    
3. Click  to delete the equipment.