Moving a Crew
Crews are automatically relocated as steps are instructed to them. As steps are completed, crews are moved to the appropriate device based on the remaining instructed and non-complete switching steps. If all steps have been completed, the crew is moved back to the master device or the previously operated device, depending on the configuration. (If configured to go back to the master device and one is not given, then the crew disappears from the Viewer.)
You can manually move a crew to the device associated to the selected switching step. This option is available only if the step is instructed and has been instructed to a crew. This option allows you to move a crew to a different device when multiple steps have been instructed to a crew.
To move a crew to a device, follow these steps:
1. Associate the crew to the planned switching sheet as described in
Associating Crews.
2. Transition the sheet to the Issued state, if it is not already.
3. Select the crew within the Crew List on the Steps tab header.
4. Instruct all steps in the sheet. Note that within the viewer, the crew initially moves from master device to the first instructed device and then to the next.
5. From the Steps tab, select an instructed step, right-click, and select Move Crew from the context menu. The crew moves to the device associated to the selected step.
Working with Switching Sheet Versions
Switching sheets use a version control mechanism in order to keep operators and crews consistent with regards to which switching sheet they are viewing. The switching sheet as a whole has a version number, and steps can also have version numbers.
Each switching sheet version will go through a set of states.
• Editing: The current version of the sheet is being edited.
• Checked In: The current version of the sheet has been checked in. Any updates to the sheet other than instructing and completing steps will cause a new version to be created and that version will be in the Editing state.
The following describes how sheet version control works and presents examples of how the version and editing mode change as actions are taken on a switching sheet.
• When you first start a sheet, the sheet version is 1. The sheet's version number and editing state are displayed in the
Status Bar at the bottom of the switching sheet. The new sheet's version is considered to be in an Editing state until it is checked in.
• When the sheet transitions to Issued state or whenever a switching step is instructed or completed in real-time mode, the system automatically checks in the current version of the switching sheet, but the version number is not incremented until you make changes, which will create a new version.
• If you make switching step changes after the sheet has been checked in or change any field in the sheet, the system automatically creates a new version and increments the sheet's version number.
Note: Your system's configuration determines which fields trigger a version change when edited. By default, a new version is created when any field is changed.
• You can manually check in changes at any time. This creates a saved version of the sheet that you can refer back to later. It also makes the checked-in version available to other users who view the sheet. The Check In button is displayed in the sheet's toolbar; when you click the button, the current version is checked in, and the Check In button changes to Create New Version.
• You can manually increment a sheet's version after the sheet has been checked in using the Create New Version button. When you manually increment the version, the system creates a new version of the sheet and places that version into an Editing state.
• You cannot make changes to a switching sheet while it is in the Completed state. Once a sheet is completed, it will be placed into view-only mode. Further corrections can be applied to the Completed switching sheet by transitioning it to the Rework state. See
“Rework” for more details.