Meter Replacements
Meter Replacement Overview
When an odometer cluster on a piece of equipment fails, a technician may repair the equipment and replace the odometer cluster with a new unit. In such cases, the meter reading on the equipment will no longer align with the readings from the previous odometer cluster, including the unit’s meter log history within Maintenance Pro.
The Meter Replacement function allows tracking of odometer replacements and updating the current meter reading to match the new odometer cluster. The previous meter history is retained to provide a complete, lifetime meter value for the equipment.
Add Meter Replacement
To add a meter replacement, open the equipment’s profile screen.
Select the Action gear in the upper-right corner and choose Meter Replacement.
This opens the New Meter Replacement screen.
The Equipment field is pre-filled with the unit ID.
Enter the date of the meter replacement in the Replaced On field.
Enter the Current Reading of the unit prior to the replacement.
Enter the Replacement Reading, which is the meter reading on the new odometer cluster.
Select Save to record the new meter replacement.
A new Meter Replacement entry is then added to the unit’s Meter Log history.
If any meter replacements have been performed for the unit, they are displayed prominently at the top of the History screen. Each meter replacement row shows the original meter reading and the new meter reading.
For example, a 230,000-mile odometer cluster was replaced with a new unit showing 0 miles. The equipment now reflects the updated meter reading.
New meter updates, reflecting the reading of the replaced odometer cluster, can now be recorded.
All maintenance tasks that rely on a meter reading retain their history and are updated to align correctly with the new meter reading.
For example, a 30,000-mile maintenance task that was last performed before the odometer replacement remains recorded and accurately correlated with the updated meter reading.
This task was last performed at 227,000 miles.
Because the equipment reached 230,000 miles before the odometer was reset to 0 with the new cluster, the last performed value of the task is updated to a negative number.
This indicates the task was completed 3,000 miles before the current 0 reading. Since 1,000 miles have been added to the odometer since then, the task now correctly shows that service is due in 26,000 miles.
All tasks automatically update their last performed values; no additional action is required.
View Lifetime Meter
Understanding the total meter reading of equipment is essential for accurate tracking. Although the odometer cluster was reset to 0 miles, all other components of the equipment have accumulated 230,000 miles of wear.
The system tracks the Lifetime Meter value to display the total miles the equipment has accrued, even after an odometer replacement.
To view this value, open the Equipment List, select the button to the right of New, and choose Customize.
Ensure that Lifetime Meters is selected.
Click Save at the bottom to add the column.
The Lifetime Meter value is now displayed.
In this example, the odometer was replaced at 230,000 miles and reset to 0. Since then, 1,000 miles have been added to the unit, resulting in a Lifetime Meter value of 231,000 miles.
View All Meter Replacements
To view meter replacements for a single unit, select the unit from the Equipment List and navigate to the History tab.
Next, click the Meter Log button.
Meter replacements are displayed at the top of the list and are also included within the meter log records.
To view meter replacements across all equipment, select the 123 button in the upper-right corner and choose Meter Replacements.
All previously recorded meter replacements are displayed in this view. The search box can be used to locate a specific unit.
Edit / Delete Meter Replacement
To edit or delete a meter replacement, select the Meter Replacement entry in the equipment’s meter log history.
This opens the Update Meter Replacement screen. Values can be edited if corrections are needed. If the meter replacement was recorded by mistake, select the Delete button at the bottom to remove it.
