Equipment Management program

• manage program users and user privileges
• manage equipment owners
• manage individuals associated with equipment owners
• manage type-specific test preferences
• manage test procedures
• manage equipment types (incl. test intervals)
• manage equipment data (incl. dates when tests are due)
• manage equipment with a limited service life
• perform equipment tests and save the recorded data
• manage stored data on equipment tests
• print test reports
• manage turnouts and training sessions
• search for equipment that is due for testing
• use comprehensive reporting and statistics features
• make and manage lists of equipment to be tested (option)*
• perform cylinder fillings and cylinder pressure tests (option)*

• manage any kind of equipment (option)*
• create tests that can be activated if needed
• use barcodes to tag and identify pieces of equipment
• create user reports
• export reports in a variety of formats
• export and import data (standardized CSV format)
• back up data to USB drives
• download program updates via an FTP connection
• capture electronic signatures using a signature pad
• perform and manage external cylinder fillings
• perform and manage external equipment tests
• hire out equipment (option)*
• make and manage lists of equipment given out (option)*
• set up and manage central points of testing (option)*
• collate data (requires a central point of testing)
• manage stock and do invoicing (option)*

User permissions

User permissions allow you to make program features calling for particular caution (e.g. changing program preferences, deleting data, modifying test preferences) available only to users who are known to use them prudently.

Equipment due for testing

This program feature lets you search for equipment due for testing. Specifying the kind of equipment and the kind of test, you can search for equipment that is due for testing either by a given date or within a given period of time. The latter is particularly helpful in making provisions regarding replacement parts and/or the time needed to carry out the tests.

Equipment data

Equipment owners, equipment kinds and equipment types are the basis for managing equipment data. Every piece of equipment belonging to a particular equipment kind is given a unique file number. In addition to equipment master data, which you can configure to some extent, the Equipment Management program lets you keep a record of test-related data, and if you like also of turnouts and training sessions, for every piece of equipment. Moreover, you can tag every piece of equipment with a barcode for quick and easy retrieval of its data from the database.

Equipment tests and test preferences

Test procedures can be freely defined, allowing you to create sequences of tests for equipment testing. Test procedures are assigned to equipment types and carried out against type-specific test preferences. While performing an equipment test, you can immediately see whether the recorded values meet the required thresholds. Values are recorded either manually by entering them into the Equipment Management program or fully automatically in conjunction with a computer-assisted MENZL equipment tester.

Equipment tests with automated data recording

If you use the Equipment Management program in conjunction with a computer-assisted MENZL equipment tester, the actual values recorded will be displayed in the form of bar graphs while a test is being carried out. Completed tests are colour-coded, allowing you to distinguish passed ones from failed ones at a glance. In combination with an automated MENZL equipment tester, the program controls the adjustment of settings and the execution of tests automatically as far as possible.

Equipment tests with manual data entry

If you do not have a computer-assisted tester or if computer-assisted testing is not possible for the kind of equipment to be tested, you can use the manual-data-entry equipment testing window and record all of the required values manually by entering them into the respective data fields. Values entered manually are evaluated in the same manner as data recorded automatically.

Reporting and statistics features

The Equipment Management program comes with a comprehensive set of reporting and statistics features for breaking down stored data based on a wide variety of criteria. The included printing system, List & Label, lets you not only print but also export individual reports in many different formats. To cater for individual needs and requirements, it is also possible to modify existing reports or create new ones and subsequently make them available in various input windows.

Quick-reference program guides

Quick-reference guides with step-by-step instructions are available for many features of the Equipment Management program. They are PDF files located in a subfolder of the program’s installation folder and can be accessed from within the application. If you add your own PDF files to this subfolder, you will be able to access them along with the quick-reference guides included with the program.

Turnouts and training sessions

This program feature makes it easy to keep a record of turnouts and training sessions. It allows you both to store the master data for every turnout and training session and to link equipment and/or individuals to the event.

Equipment given out

With this program option, you can easily make and manage lists to keep a record of equipment that you give out or get back. Comprehensive reporting features let you compile reports on loan periods and loan costs.

External points of testing

This program feature allows you to carry out equipment tests externally (for instance by means of a mobile equipment tester or a vehicle equipped for equipment testing) and subsequently transfer the recorded data into the main database. The computer used at the external point of testing requires a separate workstation licence. For data synchronization, it needs to be linked to the main computer via a network connection.

External points of filling

This program feature allows you to carry out cylinder fillings externally (for instance at a mobile cylinder filling station during a turnout or training session) and subsequently transfer the recorded data into the main database. The computer used at the external point of filling requires a separate workstation licence. For data synchronization, it needs to be linked to the main computer via a network connection.

The following testers are NOT compatible with version 5 of the Equipment Management program:

first-generation Multicheck eco O₂
Multicheck II Automatik
Multicheck II
Multicheck eco

Cylinder fillings

Barcodes

Signature pad