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Systecon (UK) Ltd User Group 2010

Systecon UK are pleased to announce that the UK User Group 2010 will be held on November 3^rd and 4^th 2010 at the Imperial War Museum,Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ. Due to the continuing increase in the number of attendees this years presentations will take place in a larger facility, the cinema, and there will be a second room available for breakout meetings and demonstrations of the products during both days. An invitation and draft agenda will follow later.

This is an annual event for both existing/potential users and those with an interest in the products and provides an ideal networking opportunity. Presentations will include new product developments, interesting case studies and user experiences.

It is also intended to hold a representatives meeting on the 1^st and 2^nd November 2010, the venue and agenda will be announced later.

This year is significant in the history of Systecon, with Systecon AB and its flagship product celebrating 40 years and Systecon UK celebrating 10 years anniversaries.

For more details and a copy of the agenda, when posted, visit the User Group Page.
Last Updated on 14/6/2010

Release of Simlox v4.2 and CATLOC v5.1

Systecon are pleased to announce the release of SIMLOXv4.2 and CATLOCv5.1 enabling compatibility with the latest OPUS10v8 release..

SIMLOXv4.2 is an intermediate version with the main focus on compatibility with OPUS10v8. An earlier intermediate version (4.1) included all changes in OPUS10v8 except for the new model for CM tasks and failure modes.

Task model for corrective maintenance. Like OPUS10v8 there is now an option to more explicitly describe corrective maintenance (CM) in terms of failure modes and tasks. This gives a more flexible model where each item can have several failure modes, each with its own repair data. It also reduces the risk of modelling mistakes where the physical breakdown structure is used instead of the maintenance replacement structure. It will also facilitate data import and export to ILS databases, which are usually based on tasks.
Preventive maintenance. The model for preventive maintenance (PM) has been modified to be compatible with OPUS10v8. The various input tables to describe PM have been adjusted to match the revised OPUS10 tables which, in turn reflects the new OPUS10 model for CM tasks. Like OPUS10v8 it is now also possible to link PM to items or subsystems.
Import from OPUS10. The import of data from OPUS10 to SIMLOX has been modified to handle input and output files created in OPUS10v8. SIMLOX still allows for import of OPUS10v7 data. When the import file is opened SIMLOX automatically detects whether it is a v7 or v8 data file.
The model view. Like OPUS10v8 the former Item View has been renamed to Model View and has been modified to the same look and feel as in OPUS10v8.
On-line HELP. The online Help functionality has been changed from the previous WinHelp system to a HTML-based system that also works in Windows Vista and later.

CATLOCv5.1 is a minor upgrade of CATLOC. New features in this version include the ability to assign costs to user defined categories. This new functionality is driven by, but not limited to, the need to include environmental impact into public procurement. Also added is the possibility to have different quantity and unit of
measure for different breakdown structures. This enables the user to model, for
example, costs and workload in the same case.

Another reason for version 5.1 is the two new versions of OPUS10, versions 8.0 and 8.1. These versions include, among other things, a task model for corrective maintenance and an updated LSC model. The OPUS10 import functionality in CATLOC has been adapted to these changes in the OPUS10 model.

Last Updated on 28/4/2010