Friday, July 15, 2005

TATEMS: Fleet Maintenance Software - Update 7-15-2005 to 3.1.00XP

Just a quick note to announce the release to TATEMS 2005 3.1.00XP

If you are already running a licensed copy of TATEMS 2005 then this release will require a new you to acquire a new registration number.

This is to prevent any unauthorized access to the new releases after the 1 year of no cost version updates has expired.

To minimize any inconvenience to you, this release will give you 10 days to acquire the new registration number.

If you are in your trial period then the trial period will continue with the same number of days you had remaining before the update.

You will need to email your serial number along the version number and your company information or purchase information so that I can verify eligibility and email the new registration number back to you.


Remember, you don't need to apply all previous updates in order to update TATEMS 2005 Fleet Maintenance Software.

So if you missed one you can just use the most current one.

You can watch a tutorial video that shows you some of the new updates here:

http://fleet-maintenanance-software.com/video-training/TATEMS3.1.html

or

Here:

http://tatems.com/movies/TATEMS2005-3.1.wmv

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This update will only work with TATEMS 2005


In this update I have added/fixed:

1. Added Equipment Type dropdown selector so that you can create different inspection lists based on equipment type and also filter the search by equipment type


2. Added ability to copy inspection items from one equipment type to another to speed up data entry

3. Improved Parts Inventory Reminder so that the reminder is triggered when the inventory gets to the specified minimum level before re-order


4. Added ability to choose how far in advance to be notified for Odometer, Hours and Days reminders



5. Added Equipment Location - Area or Department Report


6. Added Charge Sales Tax For Work Order Labor Option in My Company Information


7. Added Date Criteria to Work Order Reports in More Reports so that you can see all work orders in a specified date range.


8. Added Current Hours in the Lube Section of the Reminders Printout


9. Added Manufacturer to Parts For This Equipment Tab.

10. Added Manufacturer to Work Order Parts Screen


11. Added ability to print off the inspections items list for each piece equipment with a button on the reminders screen. They can then be handed out to technician for completion.


12. Added Customer Num and Contact Name fields to Customer Screen.


13. Expanded the Search List from 3 to 8 lines. You can still use the program with an 800 x 600 screen it without having to scroll left right, it's optimized for a minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768



14. Added Unit Information Printout that gives you an overview of the Unit for your file and the DOT inspector to look at


15. Added new data fields Number Of Axles, Number Seats, Purchase Price, Insurance Amt, Other Fixed Cost, License Fees, Depreciation, Base License State, Owner, Combined Gross Weight


16. Added New data fields Lift Axle Equipped, 2 Axle Truck Pulls Trailer, 2 Axle Truck Pulls 5th Wheel, Reefer PTO Equipped, Unit Hauling Logs


17. Improved Fuel Log Update to eliminate Parent Property Error


18. Improved Update Now button so that Lube Services are still displayed after clicking


19. Improved 30 Day Due report so that Next Registration Due counts months instead of Days


20. Improved Inspection list double click when nothing is listed so that error is not generated

Thanks again for your feedback and suggestions.

There are many new features and improvements in the pipeline based on customer feedback coming soon.

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Always make sure you make a backup copy of your data before updating.

The data file to backup is called

TATEMS2005be.mdb and is normally located in the:

C:\Program Files\TATEMS 2005


Folder.

You can just right click on the file and choose copy and then paste it back into the same folder or another folder to create a backup copy.

There is also a backup feature in TATEMS 2005 if you go to File->Backup and Compact Data

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For Users that already have a working copy of TATEMS 2005 on your computer
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This is a front end only download about 2 Megs.

This update requires that you have TATEMS 2005 installed on your computer.

You can get the 3.1.00XP update here:

WARNING: Do not install this update unless you have made your purchase within the last 12 months or have purchased additional years of support and version upgrades that cover you until 7-15-2005.

http://tatems.com/download/TATEMS2005-3.1.00XP.exe

Make sure TATEMS is closed and then after downloading the file you can double click it to unzip the files:

into:

C:\Program Files\TATEMS 2005

If you are UPDATING TATEMS on a NETWORK you will need to re-link to the data file after the update by going to

Tools->Networking

If you go to Tools ->Networking before updating you will be able to see where the data file is located. Write down the path and then use that information after the update to re-link to the data file.

You should always update TATEMS on every workstation on your network, one after another, not at the exact same time... and don't allow any users to use an old version after an update has been done on any workstation on the network.

That's all you need to.

Thanks Again.

Respectfully,

Marc Ready
PCHelp, LTD

P.S. If you need an additional year of support and version upgrades for your TATEMS licenses you can get them here

http://tatems.com/purchase.cfm