This page presents a brief overview of the Hotel PM revision history.
Our intent is highlight the enhancements and changes made to the program
with each release. New features and changes to existing processes will be
noted along with the version number and release date for each version
of the program. The User Guide can be compared to a book,
a good program however, is a evolving entity that changes to meet
the needs of its users. Your feedback and suggestions provide the road map for the Hotel
PM program.
Version 2.0.6 -- March 2004
This release implements a variety of new features and continues the
enhancement of error checking and trapping within the Hotel PM program.
Highlighted changes include the following.
Check Request Reports and Equipment screens for
references to deleted maintenance Tasks and ignore them.
Changed width of fields in Request table for
Room/Equipment Code and Problem code.
Changed the Open column of the Request Lists to use
Yes/No when indicating if the request is open or not.
The "Requested By" field in the Service Call form can
now be selected from a drop down list or entered directly. This list of names
can be built on the fly.
Program was not recording the Completing staff member
correctly, if the work was done by the assigned staff.
The install date in the Room Inventory table is now
optional.
Corrected Sub-Totals and Category Only options in
Summary Reports.
The Print Equipment command now includes the equipment subcategory
information.
Error trapping added to detect invalid characters in Room, Equipment and
Staff numbers.
Added flexibility to the handling of Action Taken data
entry when completing work orders.
Corrected error in the deletion of Equipment Categories.
Made updates to the Hotel PM help files to reflect program
changes.
Version 2.0.5 -- February 2004
This release corrects problems identified by the users
of the 2.0.3 release and the 2.0.4 test sites.
Implemented the Print Maintenance Task command.
Added the Ability to print "In Room HVAC" with
Equipment or by themselves.
Corrected run-time error when minimizing Report
Preview windows.
Add "Out of Service" to the Location & Service
Area tables.
Define a default for Available Man-hours when
Scheduling Equipment PM.
Increase the length of Problem codes from 10
characters to 20.
Repaired the Action Taken list so it will work again.
Change the printing of Room Check Lists to handle
longer lists.
Implemented new error handling to detect when a bad
or non-PM database is opened.
Changed "Reports by Location" to allow choice of
actual locations in the Requests table.
Corrected printing of Action Taken in the work order reports, beginning of
it was being cut off.
Version 2.0.4 -- January 2004
This is an internal release issued to selected test sites.
Fixed run-time error in Summary Reports when there
are no requests.
Corrected Service Call form to stop error checking
when the Cancel button is clicked.
Order Subcategory data by name, not number, in the Equipment add &
Edit forms.
Version 2.0.3 -- January 2004
Changes included in version 2.0.3 of the Hotel Pm program include the
following.
Corrected checks for duplicate Room, Equipment, Location and Service Area
names
Corrected run-time error when man-hours left blank while entering a
completed service call.
Minor adjustments to manual addition and editing of the In Room HVAC
units
Version 2.0.2 -- December 2003
Continued feedback from users prompted the release of a new version of the PM
program. Changes for version 2.0.2 include the following:
Corrected functioning of the Equipment Copy command.
Cleaned up the formatting in the Instructions for some Maintenance Tasks.
Improved the error checking in the Room Setup Wizard.
Changed Room Checklist editing features to prevent accidental deletion of
Headings.
Corrected deletion of equipment Service Areas.
Change date range definitions for Monthly and Weekly reports.
Version 2.0.1 -- December 2002
This version of the Hotel PM program corrects a number
of issues that came to light during the initial release of version 2.0.0.
Version 1.0.0 of the the Hotel PM Reminder program was released with this version of the PM program. This utility monitors pending
maintenance tasks along with open work orders from the system resouce area of
the Windows Taskbar. It can also check the Internet for updates to the
Hotel PM program. For more information on the Reminder utility see its Help file.
Fixed the Delete Equipment command.
Corrected Service Time in custom maintenance tasks.
In Room HVAC data can be manually added to rooms.
Provides the ability to hide "In Room HVAC"
units in the Equipment List, this is the default mode.
Corrected malfunctions in the Room Setup Wizard.
Open Service Call form responds quicker and allows
service calls to be closed when entered.
Complete work order form shows the open requests as
the default mode.
When a Standard Task is revised it is updated for all
equipment that uses it.
Print command from the Work Order Edit form now
works.
PM program now checks for duplicate Room and
Equipment ID number or names.
Run-time error in the Monthly Reports in
December has been corrected.
A PM Reminder program is now available to check on Tasks to be scheduled
and open work orders.
Version 2.0.0 -- October 2003
Initial release of Hotel PM version 2 for public
distribution. This represents a major upgrade to the Hotel PM program that
is intended for new installations. An upgrade path for users of the 1.2.x versions
of the program will be provided in early 2004. Earlier versions will need
to upgrade to 1.2 before updating to version 2 of the Hotel PM program.
