You can inactivate a piece of equipment so that it cannot be referenced in Equipment Management or processed for new sales, rentals, or transports. In addition, inactive equipment cannot be transferred, have attachments transferred to or from it, be maintained for service readings, or be serviced with scheduled maintenance. 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 can also inactivate equipment for rental only, either indefinitely or over a specified period of time. See Rental Inactivation tab.

To inactivate equipment

1. Choose Cards > Equipment > Equipment Manager.
2. Choose an Equipment ID. If the equipment is active, the status at the bottom of the window displays as active.
3. Choose the Inactivate button at the top of the window. The following warning message appears:
4. Choose Yes to inactivate the equipment. The status bar at the bottom of the window displays "Inactive Equipment," and all fields on the Equipment Manager window become inactive.Any scheduled maintenance records associated with this equipment will be inactivated when you inactivate the equipment; scheduled maintenance records cannot be activated again until the equipment is first reactivated.

Viewing inactive equipment

When equipment is inactivated, it is not visible on any Equipment Management transaction windows or lookups. Only the following windows contain a Show Inactive checkbox, which, when marked, allows you to choose inactive equipment:

• The Equipment lookup window, when accessed from the Equipment ID fields on the Equipment Manager and all Equipment Management Inquiry and Report windows
• The Equipment Inquiry window (Inquiry > Equipment > Equipment Inquiry)

To re-activate equipment

Once active again, the equipment appears in Equipment Management windows and lookups and is accessible for use in Equipment Management.

1. Choose Cards > Equipment > Equipment Manager.
2. Use the lookup to choose an Equipment ID. By default, only active equipment appears in the lookup window; mark the Show Inactive checkbox to display inactive equipment, and choose an Equipment ID.
3. Choose the Activate button at the top of the Equipment Manager window.
4. A message will display asking if you are sure that you want to activate this equipment. Choose Yes, and 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.