About Route Checkpoint Arrangement

The order in which the checkpoints are presented on the device corresponds to the order in which the Checkpoint nodes appear in the left pane when viewing a route in Route Designer.

In order to maximize system performance, sequence information for each Route is stored as a single record in a database table , not on the route, checkpoint, or condition records themselves. When changing the sequence of a Route, the value representing the Route sequence in the supporting database table will be updated automatically to reflect the current location of each node. In order to support Rounds on Windows Mobile devices — which use Catalog queries - sequence information is also stored as Rounds Sequence Information records.

Selecting the Save Route Sequence button on a Route after reordering allows the Route sequence to be immediately reflected when you download the route to a handheld. Otherwise, Rounds Sequence Information records will be updated after the route has been closed or on a defined schedule.

Example: Checkpoint represented by a Measurement Location

A checkpoint represented by a Measurement Location with the Sequence value 1 will appear before a checkpoint represented by a Measurement Location with the Sequence value 2. On the Measurement Location datasheet, the Sequence field is disabled and populated automatically by the GE Digital APM system, based upon the current location of that Measurement Location node in the left pane.

You can use the left pane to sequence the Measurement Location nodes according to the order in which you want the checkpoints to appear to a user on the mobile device. We recommend that you sequence the Route by arranging Measurement Location nodes in an order that corresponds to the proximity of the associated equipment and locations. For example, suppose you want to perform a visual inspection of a pump. You will want to create Measurement Locations that represent each checkpoint on the pump that you will need to visually inspect. Further, you will want to arrange the Measurement Location nodes in the order in which the user should conduct the visual inspection. For example, you may want the user to start at the back of the pump and move towards the front.

Measurement Locations are sequenced automatically starting with 1, based upon the record to which they are linked as a successor. In other words, all the Measurement Locations that are linked directly to the Route as successors will be numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 and all the Measurement Locations that are linked to Checkpoint Conditions will be numbered as 1, 2, 3, and 4 within that condition.

Consider the following image, which shows:

Four Measurement Location nodes that are positioned directly below the Route node. These route-level checkpoints are numbered 1 through 4.
Two Checkpoint Condition nodes that are positioned directly below the Measurement Location node (ACHE 001~General Check). These Checkpoint Condition nodes are numbered 2.1 and 2.2.
Four Measurement Location nodes that are positioned directly below two Checkpoint Conditions.

The Measurement Location nodes under 2.1 If General Check is Ok then: are numbered 2.1.1 and 2.1.2. The Measurement Location nodes under 2.2 If General Check is Not Ok then: are numbered 2.2.1 and 2.2.2.