Forward/Line Maintenance (FLM) ConfigurationΒΆ
Overview
Forward/Line Maintenance enables forward/line maintenance teams to perform maintenance activities from preparing for aircraft arrival, recording maintenance and deferring faults, to releasing an aircraft, via the IFS Aurena and IFS Aurena Native app user interfaces.
The Forward/Line Maintenance solution comprises of:
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Maintenix - The solution relies on an installation of Maintenix during IFS Cloud installation and co-located installation of the Maintenix and IFSApps databases. Installation and configuration tasks for Maintenix must be complete before you install and configure the Forward/Line Maintenance components below. See Maintenix (MXCORE).
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Forward/Line Maintenance components in IFS Cloud: The solution also relies on an installation of the Forward/Line Maintenance components in IFS Cloud.
The Forward/Line Maintenance components in IFS Cloud are as follows:
- ADCOM - This consists of web pages, used by administrators to verify that information related to Forward/Line Maintenance has been migrated and synced from Maintenix, and to define settings related to the display of information for technicians.
- ADMON - This consists of web pages used by administrators to monitor communication, notably the status of the synchronization of requests between the Forward/Line Maintenance applications and Maintenix.
- FLMEXE - This consists of web pages used by line technicians and maintenance supervisors.
- FLM- This consists of pages on the mobile Forward/Line Maintenance application, which is used by technicians. For information related to .
Configuration tasks
The table below details the list of tasks to be executed to configure FLM for use.
| Task | Instructions |
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| Set up user as an administrator of Forward/Line Maintenance information | Set up user as an Administrator |
| Set up user as a technician | Set up user as a Technician |
| Set up user as a supervisor | Set up user as a Supervisor |
| Install and set up Aurena Native Apps | Aurena Native Apps |
| Set up the Mobile Forward Line Maintenance application and configure mobile app users | IFS Mobile Forward/Line Maintenance |
| Enable the entity sync of Forward/Line Maintenance entities | Enable FLM entity sync |
| Migrate Maintenance Data - To work with Forward/Line Maintenance and integrate it with Maintenix, customers with existing Maintenix records must migrate data. This is done as part of configuring Maintenix. | Migrate Maintenance Data |
| Apply Database Execution Grants to API Packages - During installation, the Mx_Data_Sync_Util_API package is added to Apps-Mtx IFS Packages. Depending on the order in which you install the co-located databases, you might need to apply grants to the Mx_Data_Sync_Util_API package. | Apply Database Execution Grants to API Packages |
| Configure IFS Connect for Forward/Line Maintenance | Set up IFS Connect for Forward/Line Maintenance integration with Maintenix |
| Set Defer on Approval parameter to False - If technicians are required to sign off on deferrals, after MOC approval of a deferral request and before the fault status is set to Deferred, you must set the Defer on Approval parameter to False in Maintenix. You may skip this setting, if technicians are not required to sign for the deferral after MOC approval. | Set the Defer on Approval parameter to False in Maintenix. |
| Enable the IFS Cloud tooling solution for Forward/Line Maintenance, rather than the default tooling solution from Maintenix | Enable the IFS Cloud tooling solution |
| Enable a line technician or supervisor to add and view attachments on a fault | Configure the use of attachments on faults |
| Set up the use of digital signatures for the Forward/Line Maintenance solution | IFS Signature Service |
| Configure remote assistance on installation | Remote Assistance Configuration |
| Configure users and user groups for remote assistance | Remote Assistance |
| Enable a technician to be able to raise a fault from the Forward/Line Maintenance applications | Enable the Raise Fault permission for the IFS Connect role in Maintenix. |
| Enable a line technician to request for parts from part groups unrelated to those defined on the task or fault | Allow part requirements for unrelated part groups in Maintenix |