You can inactivate a piece of equipment so that it cannot :
- Cannot be referenced in Equipment Management
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- Processed for new sales, rentals, or transports.
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- Cannot be transferred
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- Have attachments transferred to or from it
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- Be maintained for service readings
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- Serviced with scheduled maintenance.
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If necessary, inactive equipment can be placed on a service call in Signature Service Management; however, the equipment will not appear on any Equipment Management transaction windows and therefore cannot be placed on a new Equipment Management document. Transactions can only be completed for inactive equipment if the equipment is already on rent or being processed on a document at the time of inactivation. If the equipment is already on rent, the On Rent date/time cannot be changed unless the equipment is reactivated. You You can also inactivate equipment for rental only, either indefinitely, or over a specified period of time.
To inactivate equipment
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- Select Cards > Equipment > Equipment Manager.
- Use the lookup to select an Equipment ID. By default, only active equipment appears in the lookup window; mark the Show Inactive checkbox to display inactive equipment, and select an Equipment ID.
- Select the Activate button at the top of the Equipment Manager window.
- A message will display asking if you are sure that you want to activate this equipment. Select Yes, and the . The status at the bottom of the Equipment Manager window changes to "Active Equipment." If any scheduled maintenance records exist for the equipment, you will be prompted to re-activate them.