Running Hours & Condition Readings
Log running hours per unit or as a rounds sheet, with plausibility checks, due-date forecasting and an auditable history.
Usage-based maintenance only works if running hours are logged reliably. In E-PMS, every counter reading updates the equipment's current hours, re-forecasts the due dates of its running-hours jobs and feeds a usage trend. The office sees the same data read-only, because recording is done on board.
Single Readings and Rounds
Pick a unit in the equipment tree and log its hours with a timestamp and remarks, or use the rounds sheet: every metered unit grouped by system, one shared reading time, type the hours down the sheet and save the whole round at once. Sub-components without a meter of their own inherit their nearest metered parent.
Plausibility Built In
A counter only counts up and cannot outrun the clock. E-PMS refuses a reading that is lower than the last one, or higher than the hours that could have elapsed since it, and checks back-dated entries against both neighbours. When a meter is physically replaced at overhaul, the crew mark a counter reset with a note and forecasting restarts from the new baseline.
Forecasts and Trends
Once enough readings exist, every open running-hours job gets a predicted due date, and a job whose threshold is reached flips to overdue immediately. The trend chart plots every kept reading with who recorded it and when; counter resets are marked distinctly.
Corrections That Leave a Trail
Crew can correct their own recent entries within a short window, both changes logged. The Master can redact any reading with a required reason: the value stays visible but struck through and is excluded from the current value and the forecasts. It is an auditable correction, never a silent delete.
Condition Readings
Temperatures, pressures, clearances and other condition parameters are defined per maintenance job with units and optional limits, and captured before and after the work when a work order is completed. Out-of-limit values are recordable, turn amber and require a note, but never block completion. The dashboard plots them per equipment against the limit lines.
Frequently Asked Questions
How often should running hours be logged?
What if someone types a wrong reading?
What happens when a counter is replaced?
Are condition readings logged in the same place?
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