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Description Performing Maintenance
5 – Performing Maintenance
Description
The FleetKey Maintenance option allows you to set up and enforce a vehicle maintenance
timetable for up to three types of scheduled maintenance. The maintenance types are A, B, and
C, and you can use them for any maintenance activity. For example: “A” might be tune up/oil,
“B” might be brakes, “C” might be tire maintenance.
To use the Maintenance options, you must load a maintenance table. This is done in Setup
mode. The maintenance table consists of three Maintenance categories (A, B, and C) and a
“MILES” and “DAYS” between maintenance entry for each. You can define a maintenance
schedule for up to 20 classes (1-20) of vehicle. The vehicle class is encoded on the user's key.
A class of 00 indicates that no maintenance is performed. The key also contains a seven digit
maintenance odometer and a six digit maintenance date field for each of the three maintenance
types. This maintenance odometer is separate from the odometer that a vehicle enters during
fueling. It contains the vehicle's odometer from the last time maintenance was performed. The
maintenance table uses the maintenance odometer as a starting point for calculating the next
scheduled maintenance. The maintenance date is the date the maintenance was last performed.
This date is the starting point for calculating the next scheduled maintenance date. Neither the
maintenance odometer nor the maintenance date can be set at zeros. Else, the system assumes
maintenance will not be used. If the last maintenance odometer or date is not known, enter an
odometer or date from which to calculate future maintenance.
When the vehicle is sent to the garage for maintenance, the technician uses the “VIEW
MAINTENANCE” prompt to read the key and find out which maintenance is due. He then
uses the “PERFORM MAINTENANCE” option to perform that maintenance and update the
user's key with the current odometer and the date. A maintenance transaction is generated and
placed in the maintenance transaction file. A copy of the transaction is also printed on the
logger.
Maintenance is only valid for key types 0, 2, or 3. If maintenance is attempted on a key type
other than 0, 2, or 3, the message “ERROR: INVALID KEY TYPE” appears. Keys encoded
with supervisor characters in the VEH field cannot be used with the maintenance option.
If the technician attempts to update the key's odometer with an out-of-range odometer, the
system displays, “WARNING: ODOMETER OUT OF RANGE”. This message can appear
for two reasons: one, if the odometer entered is less than the last odometer on the key; or two,
if the odometer is greater than the last odometer plus the maximum miles encoded on the key.
However, to perform maintenance with an out-of-range odometer, press ENTER to
acknowledge the error and re-enter the odometer. The system accepts the second odometer
entry (invalid or valid).