Deploy Thickness Monitoring (TM) for the First Time

The following table outlines the steps that you must complete to deploy and configure this module for the first time. These instructions assume that you have completed the steps for deploying the basic GE Digital APM system architecture.

These tasks may be completed by multiple people in your organization. We recommend, however, that the tasks be completed in the order in which they are listed.

Note: If you are deploying this module in APM Now, before you begin completing these tasks, review the system requirements for this module to identify the supported features for this module in APM Now. Unless noted, all deployment tasks in the following table are applicable for the deployment of this module in APM Now.

Step	Task	Notes
1	Review the TM data model to determine which relationship definitions you will need to modify to include your custom equipment families. Via Configuration Manager, modify the relationship definitions as needed.	This step is required only if you store equipment and location information in families other than the baseline Equipment and Functional Location families.
2	Assign Security Users to one or more of the Security Roles used in TM.	This step is required. User must have permissions to the TM families in order to use the TM functionality.
3	Configure Family Preference Application Settings.	This step is required. You must configure preferences for the families that will be used to store equipment data in Thickness Monitoring. The following relationships must be defined: For the Equipment family, the Asset to Subcomponent Relationship field must be set to Has TML Group, and the Component ID field must be set to Equipment ID. The Subcomponent to Asset Relationship field should be left blank. For the TML Group family, the Subcomponent to Asset Relationship field must be set to Has TML Group, and the Component ID field must be set to TML Group ID. The Asset to Subcomponent Relationship field should be left blank.
4	Configure Global Preference Application Settings.	This step is required only if you want to use custom reading preferences and Nominal T-Min preferences. Baseline reading preferences and Nominal T-Min preferences will be used if you do not define your own. You can also define additional, optional global preferences that are not defined in the baseline GE Digital APM database.
5	Configure the system to use custom TML Types.	This step is required only if you want to use custom TML Types. You can define additional TML Types to use in your Corrosion Analyses.
6	Manage Thickness Monitoring Rules Lookup records.	This step is required only if you want to view or modify Thickness Monitoring Rules Lookup records whose values are used to perform certain TM calculations.
7	Define additional fields that will be displayed in the header section of the TM Measurement Data Entry.	This step is required only if default Thickness Measurement fields are displayed on the headings of these pages in the baseline GE Digital APM database. You can specify that additional fields be displayed in the header section of these pages.
8	Disable the Auto Manage Tasks setting.	This step is required only if you are using both the RBI and the TM modules.
9	Install the Meridium Device Service on all of the machines that will connect to devices that will be used with Thickness Monitoring.	This step is required only if you will use any device to collect data that you transfer to Thickness Monitoring. If you are using HTTPS to connect to GE Digital APM, follow the instructions in KBA 2850.
10	Install the drivers and supporting files for any devices on all of the machines that will connect to devices that will be used with Thickness Monitoring.	This step is required only if you will use these devices to collect data that you transfer to Thickness Monitoring.

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