
<H2>STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO TRY THE LMS2000 WIN DEMO DISKETTE</H2>


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1. INSTALLATION

1.1 Requirements

 	You must have a computer running WINDOWS 3.11 or WIN95 and have
        at least 4Mb of RAM.

1.2 From DOS prompt

	Insert your LMS2000 Demo Disk in the floppy drive A: and type
        INSTALL [ENTER].  You will then need to start WINDOWS and run
        the file located at C:\LMS_WIN\LMS2000.EXE

1.3 From WIN3.11

	Click MENU, FILE , then RUN... and type "A:\INSTALL.BAT" in the
        command line , then [OK]

	To RUN the program later on you can run the file located at
        C:\LMS_WIN\LMS2000.EXE using the same procedure or alternatively
        create an icon.

	Refer to your windows manual on how to run a program or how to
        create an icon.

1.4 From WIN95



	Run the file located on A:\INSTALL.BAT
	Once installed, you can run  C:\LMS_WIN\LMS2000.EXE  or create
        a shortcut on your screen.
        Refer to your windows manual on how to run a program or how to
        create a shortcut.


2. INTRODUCTION

	LMS 2000 is an interactive, stand alone software designed to
        assist management control all aspects of lubrication, today and
        well into the future.   It gives management the ability to
        implement cost saving product rationalisation and to exert
        "hands on control'.   The system is packed with powerful
        features which will give you a week by week, current report of
        the lubrication status of all your mobile and stationary plant.
        There are three simple steps involved to implementing LMS2000
        Lubrication Management System.

                        1.    A DETAILED PLANT SURVEY
			2.    LOADING UP THE DATA BASE
			3.    PRINTING WORK SHEETS

	Nothing is left to chance. The lubrication technician receives
        easy to follow work sheets, which on completion are fed into the
        computer to update records and complete the cycle.  Any job
        falling behind in the scheduled lube task will automatically
        trigger a WARNING MESSAGE on the screen which can be analysed by
        using block [5].


3.  TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

	LMS 2000 offers a range of highly desirable features, including:

        DATA BASE LOADING	Easy to load database
				one and more plant attendants
	SCHEDULE SETTING	Manual planning or
				Automatic planning procedure
				Action per week table
	WORK SHEETS		Simple to use, just select the Plant
                                Attendant name
	WORK COMPLETED    	Fast and convenient for manual feed back of
                                jobs as well as	for recording new comment.
	OVERDUE WORK            Concise list of overdue jobs and when they
                                were last done.
	REPORTS		        General lube chart
                                Activity Report
                                Comments (view / add)
                                Oil sample reports
                                Top up / feedback history
                                Statistical information
        PRODUCT & SUPPLIER	Full details of all products used, their
                                suppliers , packaging size and current
                                price ...
                                Easy re-ordering facility

4. NEW FEATURES OF THE WIN VERSION

	- Windows style and functionality
	- Jobs separated by plant attendant.
	- Network : several computers can now access the same database.
	- Faster and more "mature" than DOS version.
	- Object orientated.
	- Automatic job planning
	- E-Logger  : the alternative to paper (see details further)
	- More than just lubrication
	- Running several backups / customers at the same time
	- Takes less than 1 megabyte on your harddisk!
	- ...



3. THE E-LOGGER

The E-Logger is a custom designed data logger with a large LCD
display (40x4 characters) holding all the job information for a
particular period. Each task / job is individually displayed and
by pressing the "YES" button , the job is recorded as completed
with a time & date record.



The system incorporates the use of a sophisticated electronic
identification tagging system (Dallas Touch) for log-on
verification, providing with it a high degree of certainty that
the Plant Attendant has actually been to a particular location
(machine etc..) and that the task has been completed.



Downloading and Uploading of data to the PC is a simple process
and only takes seconds.  The E-Logger eliminates time consuming
paper work . The E-Logger documents - who did the job and when
it was done.  Top up quantity or feed back can be entered.



BLOCK 1  : THE DATABASE
-----------------------


The database represents all pieces of equipment and all
components of your factory. Each component entered is a job with
a DESCRIPTION, a PRODUCT , a METHOD and a CYCLE.


HOW TO ENTER A NEW MACHINE IN MY DATABASE ?


* Click on block [1] (Database Loading)
* The program automatically displays the last entry of your
  database, in this case  the 2 motor nipples of machine 106.00.
* Click the [ADD] button (or press ALT+A)
* The ADD dialog appears : select option 2 : Add a new machine
  107.00 then [OK]
* A new machine has been created and the LMS is now asking you
  the specifications of that machine .
* Modify the NAME (E.g.  "CONVEYOR" [TAB]) , ID, and other
  fields if you wish.
* Press [EXIT] when finished.
* You are now back in the component database and you must enter
  the first component of  this new machine 107.00 CONVEYOR  .
  Let's add one Gear box to the database.
* In the field NUMBER/CODE enter "1GB" [TAB].
* As the code called "GB" has been entered already, the LMS uses
  its auto-fill procedure and types all the other fields for you.
  You can of course change any of them if you wish.
* The blinking cursor is now located at the end of the week
  number ("last done" line).
* Enter [ 10 ] / [ 1997 ] as a Last Done date.  (The date is
  always WEEK No  /  YEAR)  Use the TAB key to move from fields to
  fields.
* You will notice that the LMS2000 changes automatically the
  NEXT DUE DATE to 23 / 1997.  This component is QUARTERLY  (cycle
  = every 13 weeks).
* Optionally , you can write an extra line of comment to describe
  this job if you think it is necessary.
* Click [EXIT]



You have now a new machine and a new component in your database.
The machine 107.00 should be looked after by the Plant Attendant
called PAUL  (unless you changed it).  Next time you will print
out a work sheet for PAUL, your component will appear.



BLOCK 2  : SCHEDULE SETTING
---------------------------


As you may have noticed in the previous page, each component has
got a "DATE" (WW/YY) and this date can be setup to anything you
want depending on the "Last Done" date and the cycle of
repetition.   The ideal situation for the Plant Attendant is to
receive every week roughly the same amount of work.  Therefore
it is your duty , as a Plant Manager, to spread evenly the jobs
week by week.  You can achieve this by "fine tuning" the dates
of your database. 



HOW TO CHECK IF MY PLANNING IS GOOD ?

* Click on block [2] (Schedule Setting)
* Select one Plant Attendant in the combo box; Let's say "JOHN"
* Click now on the [ACTION PER WEEK TABLE] button .  A table of
  52 boxes appears on the screen and inside each box the number of
  estimated actions is display.  This table tells you
  hypothetically what the future weeks will look like.
*  Click [EXIT] when finished


HOW TO ADJUST MY PLANNED DATES ?

* Click on block [2] (Schedule Setting)
* Select the button called [MANUAL SCHEDULING]
* A list of components appears and you can freely modify the
  "Next Due Date" of any component of your database.


HOW DOES THE TECHNIQUE WORK ?

The LMS2000 always shows you the current year of activity using
a line of 52 dots (representing 52 weeks) against each component
of your database.  You can view that activity line by using the
"ACTIVITY REPORT" button of block [6].   Every time you see a
block "" that means that the job has been entered as
"completed". Every time you see a "P" that means that the work
has been planned for that week.  The long vertical line crossing
the listing is helping you to locate  the current week number.
This line will move forward automatically every week, using the
internal DOS date and converting it into a calendar week number.
Every job/component which has a NEXT DUE DATE on this line or
before is automatically DUE or OVERDUE and therefore appears
always on the work sheet as well as on the E-Logger screen.  The
"Next Due Dates" of you database should be planned once in the
beginning.  and from that point, it becomes repetitive.




BLOCK 3  : PRINT A WORK SHEET
-----------------------------

Once a week, you will have to print a new work sheet for each of
your plant attendants.

HOW DO I PRINT A WORK SHEET ?

* Click on block [3] (Work Sheets)
* Select one Plant Attendant in the combo box; Let's say "JOHN"
* Click now on the [PRINT] button.   The worksheet now appears
  in a simple text viewer program.  To print it, go to the MENU,
  FILE , PRINT...
* Close this window when finished (or use ALT+F4).
* Repeat the same operation for "PAUL".
* Click on [EXIT] when finished


BLOCK 4a  : FEED BACK A PRINTED WORK SHEET
------------------------------------------


Once a week, you will have to feed back every work sheet you
printed for each of your plant attendants.

HOW DO I FEED BACK A WORK SHEET ?

* Click on block [4a] (Manual Feed Back)
* Select one Plant Attendant in the combo box; Let's say "JOHN"
* A Dialog box appears, choose "JOHN" in the P.A. combo box
* Click on the button called [FEED BACK]
* The same work sheet appears on the screen, matching the one
  you have in your hands.
* Simply copy the "Yes" and "No" that the Plant attendant has
  been writing down all week by using the 2 buttons [YES] and [NO].
* On the second line. (03 GEARBOX), click on the [TOP UP
  QUANTITY] button and 	enter a value in litres.
* On any of the components of machine 4.00, try clicking on
  [POST NEW COMMENT]
* Press [OK] when you reached the end of the list.   The LAST
  DONE dates of all the components that you just saw is going to
  be updated and a new block will appear on today's week number on
  the ACTIVITY REPORT.



BLOCK 4b  : UPDATE THE E-LOGGER
-------------------------------

The E-Logger replaces entirely the paper.  You do not need to
visit block [3] anymore and the Feed back is fully automatic.

HOW DO I UPDATE MY E-LOGGER ?

* Connect the E-Logger to the serial communication cable and
  insert the other end into your PC.
* Click on the button [UPDATE E-LOGGER]
* Select [MANUAL SELECTION]
* Once the Dialog Box appears, select the Plant Attendant  in
  the combo box (let's say JOHN in our example).
* On the E-Logger itself,  press the [LIGHT] button to "wake up"
  the unit.
* Click on the large button called [START TRANSFERRING]
* When finished, the E-logger will beep signalling that you can
  disconnect and give it to John, in our example.  The operation
  receives any previous data from the E-Logger then re-loads it
  with whatever is DUE this week or OVERDUE.
* Press [EXIT] to continue



BLOCK 5. OVERDUE WORK
---------------------


The LMS2000 can spot directly which component is currently
overdue.

HOW DO I EXAMINE THE OVERDUE ?

* Click on block [5]
* A list appears in the centre of the window with the names of
  the Plant attendants and their respective number of overdue
  tasks. If a Plant Attendant has no overdue work, his name does
  not appear in the list.   You can DOUBLE CLICK on a line of this
  list to extract the accurate list of the overdue components.
* Press [EXIT] to continue


BLOCK 6. LUBRICATION REPORTS
----------------------------


This section contains all the output reports and listing of the
LMS2000.

6.1   General lube chart

      This listing represents the plant survey corresponding to the
      contents of your database.

6.2   Activity report

      This listing represents the year's activity of your plant.
      Each component has got a line of 52 dots representing the
      52 weeks of the year. Every time you see a "P", the means
      that the job is / was  PLANNED.  Every time you see a BLOCK
      "", that means that the job has been DONE.  This listing
      is the most attractive feature of the LMS2000 because it
      gives you INSTANTLY a snapshot of the current lubrication
      of the entire plant.

6.3   Machine Info...

      Not available in the DEMO version

6.4   Oil Sample Results..

      Not available in the DEMO version

6.5   Comment

      At any time or during a feed back, you can add a comment
      against one of the machines of your database.  Later on,
      you will be able to retrieve the history of comments against
      one machine or for the whole plant.

6.6   Component list

      Not available in the DEMO version

6.7   Lubricants installed

      Not available in the DEMO version

6.8   Top up quantities

      Shows you a list of all TOP UP ENTRIES that you made during
      a feed back operation or using the E-Logger.

6.9   Other fed back values

      With the new LMS2000 , you are now able to create , as
      component, ANY KIND OF REPETITIVE JOB. You can ask your Plant
      Attendant to do a routine check job, a temperature check, a
      Kilometer/Hours counter feed back, etc. ...


HOW DO I VIEW THE COMMENTS POSTED ?


* Click on block [6] ,  (Lubrication Reports)
* Click on the button called [VIEW COMMENT(S)]
* A field appears in a small dialog box , enter " 4.00 " [ENTER]
  (you could also enter a machine name, an ID, or even a
  Dallas/Barcode number if you wish).   The list of comments
  appears, probably including the one YOU typed just before.
* Press [ALT+F4] to close the Report Viewer.HOW DO I VIEW THE ACTIVITY REPORT
* Click on block [6] ,  (Lubrication Reports)
* Click on the button called [ACTIVITY REPORT]
* Select the first radio button (Entire Database)
* Press [ENTER] or click on [OK]
* Press [EXIT] when finished.



BLOCK 7.  UTILITIES / SETUP
---------------------------


7.1   LMS2000 analyser
      This option helps you correct some mistakes or
      non-sense in your database.  This feature will be obsolete with
      the full version of the LMS2000 which will include a separate
      "Database Doctor " which will help you highlight the possible
      mistakes you made while creating the database.

7.2   Network Share		Not in use in the Demo version
7.3   Password Protection
      Allows the computer user to prevent anybody else entering
      the LMS2000
7.4   Change data directory
      Allows the user to use either several databases on one
      computer or "point" to a directory of someone else's hard
      disk via the network.

7.5   Dallas Text Buttons
      The Dallas Buttons type DS1996 can contain up to 64Kbit of
      TEXT INFORMATION.  This option helps you read and write to
      a Dallas DS1996 button.  This same button can be mounted
      directly on the machine / piece of equipment and the
      E-Logger can read the same DS1996 button at any time. The TEXT
      can contain anything you want such as history, safety
      instructions, details, addresses of manufacturer ...

7.6   Company address
      Stores you details to be used in the FAX ORDER feature.

7.7   Allocate Greaser
      Allows you to allocate one plant attendant over a range of
      machines (instead of changing every where in the database).

7.8   Memolub Setup Table
      Quick reference of the Setup table for the Memolub
      automatic lubricators.

7.9   Global Replacement
      Allows you to replace EVERY occurrence of one word by
      another in your database.  You can replace the name of a
      product or fix a spelling mistake that occurs several times
      in your database.

7.10  Oil Samples
      Allows you to store the oil sample result that you
      received from the laboratory.  It is by far more convenient
      to have it INSIDE your lubrication program rather that in a
      folder somewhere.  This feature is not available in the
      Demo version

7.11  E-Logger Setup
      This option helps you to adjust the parameters of the
      E-Logger such as sleep mode time, backlight delay, Adjust
      time & date etc. ...
      Every time you upgrade one E-Logger, it stores the detail of
      the actions into an INSPECTION FILE .  At any time, you can
      inspect accurately WHEN a job has been completed (Time and Date).


BLOCK 8.  SUPPLIERS / PRODUCTS
------------------------------

These two options are not available in the DEMO version.   The
Product database will allow you to store any detailed
information about one of the products of your database. You can
also store the M.S.D.S and the PRODUCT DATA SHEET of your
products for instant access.  A Update disk will be available
soon with the DATA SHEETS of all products.

The Supplier Database simply lets you store relevant
information regarding your lubricant supplier. A fax order
facility will be included.






BLOCK 9.  BACKUP / RESTORE
--------------------------


Typical  Save / Restore of data onto a floppy disk.  The data
currently in use will be saved onto disk.







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