Version 1.4.10.0 (23 Jul 2010)

New:

• Setup and Administration Window, Preferences: new tab for for specifying text and button colours to be used in Analysis Editor Facilitate tab
• Trial Mode: when the program starts up in trial mode, use can choose which feature level to try

Changed:

• Setup and Administration Window, Preferences Tab: preferences now grouped into 3 separate tabs
• Failure-Finding Calculator: added ID numbers to drop-down list of formulae
• Supporting Comments Box: automatically saves its contents when user clicks mouse outside of the box
• Worth-Doing Calculator: asks user for confirmation before closing
• All Card Views: Unnecessary filter buttons removed

Fixed:

• Worth-Doing Calculator: blank fields causing occasional errors
• Failure-Finding Calculator: duplicate entries in drop-down list of formulae

Version 1.4.11.0 (03 Aug 2010)

New:

• Setup and Administration Window, Folder Locations: new tab for displaying the location of folders on your computer that are important to RCM Desktop
• Default Import/Export Folders: the installer now creates the default Import and Export folders

Changed:

• Import/Export Folders: default Import and Export folder locations changed to eliminate potential issues with Windows Vista and Windows 7
• Bug Report Folder: bug report folder location changed to eliminate potential issues with Windows Vista and Windows 7
• Import Wizard: now shows Analysis Checkout Sequence Number

Fixed:

• Analysis Export and Checkout: prevent database being left in an inconsistent state if the export file could not be created
• Setup and Administration Window, Preferences: fixed incorrect menu options

• Help File Location: fixed incorrect setting of help file location

Version 1.4.12.0 (01 Sep 2010)

New:

• Facilitate Tab - Decision Logic Responses Pane: new context menu for clearing all decision logic responses and clearing all supporting comments
• Facilitate Tab - Decision Logic Response Questions: new context menu for copying, cutting, clearing and pasting supporting comments

Changed:

• Supporting Comments Box: auto-save feature removed to avoid record synchronisation issues

Fixed:

• Facilitate Tab - Decision Logic Responses Pane: display of responses was not correctly refreshed after copying from another failure mode

Version 1.4.13.0 (17 Sep 2010)

Fixed:

• Network Versions - Server Not Started: incorrect error message was displayed to user if remote database server was not started. This has been corrected.

Version 1.4.14.0 (06 Oct 2010)

New:

• Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl-W now launches the Worth-doing Calculator
• Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl-F now launches the Failure-finding Interval Calculator
• Worth-doing Calculator: can now right-click in any materials grid to copy existing entries from any other materials grid
• Failure-finding Interval Calculator: new button to copy calculation details to the Windows clipboard

Changed:

• Facilitate Tab: background colour of Functions and Functional Failure grids changed to white
• Facilitate Tab: pop-up hints for Function, Functional Failure and Failure Mode navigators no longer obscure the text beneath them
• Facilitate Tab - Failure Effects: Failure Effects field is now always forced to be visible (with default text) immediately after entering Failure Mode text
• Failure-finding Interval Calculator: now asks for confirmation before closing with unsaved data

Fixed:

• "As 1A1" - Copy Failure Effects: failed if Failure Effects field already contained more than one line

• Audit Report: sometimes failed to print some assets in operating context section

Version 1.4.15.0 (06 Dec 2010)

Fixed:

• Truncated Redesign Title: the Title field of Redesigns can be up to 255 characters long; only the first 50 characters were being displayed on screen and in reports. This has been fixed.
• Restoring Windows: windows minimized to the RCM Desktop task bar were sometimes not restored correctly (i.e. they remained minimized). This has been fixed.

• Worth-Doing Calculator: Downtime cost fields could be left blank (which could cause an error). This has been fixed.

Version 1.4.151.0 (06 Jun 2011)

New:

• Asset Tree: It is now possible to open an RCM Analysis from within the Asset Tree window.
• Worth Doing Calculator: Enable reliability to be entered in Failures Per Year in Estimated and Looked Up tabs.

Fixed:

• Asset Tree: Corrected error that prevented some assets from being copied during drag'n'drop.
• Import Analysis: Corrected error that caused a recently-imported analysis to allocate incorrect references for new functions, functional failures and failure modes.
• Deleting a Locked Analysis: Corrected error that allowed a Locked analysis to be deleted.
• Worth Doing Calculator: Corrected errors in calculation when downtimes and/or job times are specified in months.

• Worth Doing Calculator: Some superfluous text was appearing when the worth-doing calculation for restoration and Discard tasks was copied to the clipboard. This is now fixed.

Version 1.5.1.1 (19 Oct 2011)

Fixed:

• Text Disappearing After Copying Failure Effects: Fixed issue which could cause Failure Effect text to be deleted when attempting to edit it after copying it from another failure mode.

Version 1.5.0.0 (13 Oct 2011)

New:

• Analysis Editor Grids: All grids in the Analysis Editor window now remember their layout between sessions.
• Criticality Matrix: New view of Criticalities which shows (and prints) them in a traditional matrix of Frequencies v Severities using user-defined background colours.
• SQL Query Window: Auto-completion is now implemented in the SQL Query window. Eg: press Ctrl-Space part way through a table name to see a list of valid table names; press "." after a table name to see a list of its field names.
• Grid Navigators Information Panel: All built-in grid navigators now include an information panel showing "X of Y" to indicate the number of the active records and the total number of records.
• Database Upgrade: When RCM Desktop connects to a database, it checks that the database version matches what is expected. If the database version is lower than RCM Desktop expects, then RCM Desktop will attempt to upgrade the database to the expected version.
• Spell Checker: Improved and more reliable spell checker. Easy control of dictionaries and spelling options in RCM Desktop Preferences. Easy editing of user's custom dictionary and auto-correction list. Users can easily install their own international dictionaries. At installation, user can choose to install dictionaries for varieties of English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.
• New Filter Row in Tasks Overview and Failure Mode Tabs: To make it even easier to search for existing Maintenance Tasks and existing Failure Modes, a new Filter Row has been added to the top of the grids in the Tasks Overview and Failure Modes tabs of the Analysis Editor window.
• Installer Languages: User can choose installer language (English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese).

Changed:

• Asset Tree: Corrected error that prevented some assets from being copied during drag'n'drop.
• Failure Mode Text Field Sizes: The following changes have been made to Failure Mode text field sizes: Comments up to 2500 characters from 1000 characters; Contingency_Action down to 1000 from 2000; Equipment_Tag down to 500 from 1000.
• Analysis Navigator: Excessive flickering of Analysis navigator buttons has been eliminated. Buttons are now created much more quickly after clicking on the Facilitate tab for the first time.
• Export File Names: RCM Desktop now suggests file names for Export files which contain action (ie "Exported", Checked Out", or "Returned") date & time, user name and computer name in addition to the analysis reference. This makes it much easier to see what an export file is, where it came from and when.
• Cancel Checkout: In the network version, only an administrator can Cancel an analysis Checkout.
• RCM Setup Window Grids: Quick customisation of data grids in the RCM Setup and Administration window is now enabled.
• Deletion Tracking: Deletion of records is no longer tracked. This will improve database performance (particularly when importing and exporting).
• Multi-Line Editor Auto-Height: All editors that can contain multiple lines of text now automatically grow in size to keep all text visible.
• Decision Logic Responses Hint: The Analysis Reference is no longer used as the hint text for the Decision Logic Responses area of the Facilitate tab.
• Database Selection Window: The Database Selection window now indicates whether or not each database server is running or stopped.

Fixed:

• Opening Maximized Windows: Fixed problem which caused windows to be drawn out of position when opened in a maximized state.
• Failure Mode Details Not Visible: Fixed issue which caused inability to scroll down to some fields in the Failure Mode details panel when a large font was in use.
• Open Supporting Comments Box: Previously, it was too easy to open the Decision Logic Supporting Comments box unintentionally - this has been fixed.
• Flickering Comments Box: The Comments box in the Facilitate tab no longer flickers during text entry.
• Analysis Navigator Buttons: Buttons were sometimes incorrectly positioned after applying consequence filters; this has been fixed.
• Downtime: Was incorrectly limited to 7 digits; this has been corrected.
• Import Analysis: Permanently corrected error that caused a recently-imported analysis to allocate incorrect references for new functions, functional failures and failure modes.
• Import Lookup Tables: Corrected error which caused Lookup Tables (eg list of Skills) not to be updated during analysis import.
• Imported Frequencies and Severities: Corrected error which caused Failure Mode Frequency and Severity values to appear to go missing after importing an analysis.
• Error Moving Failure Mode: Corrected error which could cause a "Key Violation" message to appear after dragging a Failure Mode.
• Export Analysis Dialog: Corrected minor error in the title caption for Export and Checkout dialog boxes.
• Switching Back to Facilitate Tab: Corrected error which caused Facilitate tab to display a different Failure Mode when user switches to another tab and then back to the Facilitate tab.
• Double Login Request: Under certain circumstances, a user could be asked to log in two times. This has been fixed.

• "Invisible" Windows and Dialogs: If a user switches from multiple displays to a single display, it was possible for some windows and dialog boxes to be drawn on a non-existent display and, hence, be completely inaccessible. This has been fixed.

Version 1.6.0.0 (06 Dec 2011)

New:

• MTBF Calculator: A new MTBF calculator for calculating MTBFs based on historical failure data.
• Spares Analysis: Introduced new Failure Mode fields for recording Existing and Recommended Spares Policy plus a 500 character Spares Comments field for recording brief justification of the spares decision.
• Photographs: The user can now rotate photographs left or right by 90 degrees.
  
  

Changed:

• FFI Calculator: Now incorporates the MTBF calculator. Now includes Availaibility-based FFI formula. New "Notepad" section for gathering text from both FFI and MTBF calculations ready to paste into a Decision Logic Response Supporting Comments box.
• Search & Replace: Now permits replacing text with nothing (i.e. an empty string).
• Facilitate Font Size: Hourglass cursor is now displayed during font size change in Facilitate tab.
• Photographs: When entering a new record in the Photographs tab of the Analysis Editor window, the folder browser dialog default folder is the same as the current RCM database folder.
• Document Links: When entering a new record in the Document Links tab of the Analysis Editor window, the file browser dialog default folder is now the same as the current RCM database folder.
• Audit Report Options Dialog Box: "List of Maintenance Tasks" option has been relabelled "Detailed Maintenance Tasks". New option: "Maintenance Task Summary", which is ticked and disabled - so the short summary of maintenance tasks now always appears in the audit report.
  
  

Fixed:

• FFI Calculator: Failure Mode reference was not displayed in the FFI Calculator if it was opened immediately after creating the Failure Mode.
• Licence Transfer: Fixed file name error which could cause inability to transfer a single-user licence to another PC.
• "Missing" Buttons in Analysis Navigator: Copying items (such as Failure Modes) by dragging and dropping in the Analysis Navigator could sometimes result in one or more buttons not being drawn - this has been fixed.
• Criticality: Fixed issue which prevented the Criticality/Priority Matrix display from updating after the user edited a Frequency, Severity, Criticality or Priority.
• Error Copying Maintenance Task: Fixed rare issue which prevented copying the maintenance tasks from another failure mode.
• Error Creating a Functional Failure: Fixed rare issue which prevented user from creating a Functional Failure.

Version 1.6.1.0 (22 Feb 2012)

New:

• Mimer Version Check: RCM Desktop now checks whether Mimer is installed, and which version. If it does not match the expected version then the application will not run.
  
  

Changed:

• Importing Checked-Out Analysis: The import window now does not allow a Checked-Out analysis to be Imported if it appears to be an earlier version of an analysis that already exists.
  
  

Fixed:

• Incorrect Item References: Whenever an analysis is opened, it now recalculates the values for the next Function number, next Functional Failure letters and next Failure Mode numbers. This prevents incorrect references that were occasionally being applied to new Functions, Functional Failures and Failure Modes.
• Checked-In Dates: Fixed a bug in the back-end database which caused incorrect Checked-In dates in an analysis Checkout History.
• Criticality Matrix: A sensible error message now appears if the user attempts to create a Criticality Matrix record with a blank maintenance Priority.