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A new interesting Android tablet for Maximo
After Motorola ET1 tablet and Toughpad FZ-A1 a new option is now available to mobilize your Maximo users.Few days ago Panasonic has announced the availability of the Toughpad JT-B1 7-inch Android tablet. I will never stop saying that I think Android is the best strategic choice for the Mobile workforce. IBM is focusing on this platform and will soon […]
Install a SmartCloud Control Desk demo system on Linux RedHat
In this post I will describe all the main steps required to install an IBM SCCD demo system on a Linux RedHat 5.7 x64 machine. All the Maximo components will be installed on the same OS for simplicity.NOTE: Please check supported versions of Linux for server and admin workstation in TPAE Product Configuration Matrix. Operating […]
Enable pinch-to-zoom on Maximo Everyplace 7.1
Everyplace 7.5 and above provides pinch-to-zoom functionality. If you need nice feature on lower versions and you cannot upgrade there is a small trick to fix this problem.You only need to manually edit maximouiweb.war\webclient\components\page.jsp file and remove the following piece of code rebuild the EAR file and redeploy it. maximum-scale=1.000; minimum-scale=1.000″ Be aware that changes to […]
Getting to Problems Before They Get to You
Ever since the dawn of modern industry, regardless of how old your plant or assets are or what type of product is made at your plant, it’s all about getting to problems before they get to you. There are four key elements to optimizing the up time of your assets. Leverage data available from the Dynamic Infrastructure and Smart Devices. […]
How to extract failure codes, problems, causes and remedies
Today a customer asked me to extract the full listing of failure codes, problems, causes and remedies. He wants to be able to create an Excel spreadsheet to analyze the failure codes tree in order to improve and reorganize such structure.Here is the SQL query that can extract this information from Maximo database. select f.failurecode […]
Maximo command line reference
I think that one of the things that are missing in the Maximo documentation is a command line reference. That’s why I decided to go through the Maximo directories and search for commands that can be run the system prompt. The following list should be intended as a work in progress. Many commands are not […]
I’m Winston Wolf I solve problems
As Maximo consultant I often feel like Winston Wolf in the famous Pulp Fiction movie.
Another interesting tablet for Maximo
Few days ago Panasonic announced the commercialization of the long waited Toughpad FZ-A1.I think that Android is the best strategic option for mobile workforce enablement and the new Toughpad seems a very interesting rugged device to run Maximo Everyplace.Another interesting news is that IBM has planned to deliver Maximo Mobile Suite on Android platform in […]
Do you use Maximo Everyplace on Android?
If you use Maximo Everyplace on Android you may wish to look at this small native app that I have developed to overcome some minor limitations of the product. This are the enhancement provided by this native mobile app: Free up screen space hiding browser’s address bar and notification bar Enable barcode scanning through the […]