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1. Enter an Equipment Type Name, which can be alphanumeric.
2. Enter a unique Equipment Type ID, which can be alphanumeric.
   
   

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   image ME New.jpg title Fig.167 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 32. 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.
   
   

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   image ME Speed.jpg title Fig.168 Maintain Equipment - Speed Break

   
   
4. To set a default horizontal and vertical speeds, enter the speeds in each field accordingly.
   
   

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   image ME Default Speed.jpg title Fig.169 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.
   
   

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   image ME Vert.jpg title Fig.170 Maintain Euipment - Add Speed

   
   

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   image ME Vert Distance.jpg title Fig.171 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.

   
   

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   image ME Vert SB.jpg title Fig.172 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.
    
    

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    image ME Hori.jpg title Fig.173 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.
    
    

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    image ME Threshold.jpg title Fig.174 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 _{Image Added} in the Maintain Equipment screen and a popup screen appears.
   
   

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   image ME Search.jpg title Fig.175 Maintain Equipment - Search Equipment

   
   

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   image ME Search Equip.jpg title Fig.176 Maintain Equipment - Search Equipment Type

   
   
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 _{Image Added} and records matching the selected criteria are listed in the 'Equipment Search Results' section.