Create a New Equipment or Activity Group

Create a New Equipment or Activity Group

This requires that your Master Site or Subsidiary Site has already been setup
1. Click on on Administration.
2. Select Site Administration. 
3. Select a Master Site or Subsidiary Site from the site hierarchy



4. Click on the Equipment Group tab



5. Click on +New Equipment Group. This will open a pop-up that will ask for Equipment Group information.



6. Enter a Group Name. Many labs use the type of equipment as the main classification for Equipment Groups (ie. Benchtop incubators, Isolettes, Refrigerators, etc.). 



7. Select a Status from the dropdown field. The default is "Inactive". You will want to change this to "Active" if you are already planning to use sensors for this Equipment Group.



8. Click Save to create the new Equipment Group.



9. It will then load the Equipment Group and Rules page for that newly created equipment group. This is where you define the rules you want the system to apply for monitoring this specific Equipment Group type. See this article for a more detailed guide on recording equipment or activity group rules.



10. If satisfied with the monitoring parameters you've set, click on the arrow to go back to Site Administration.

All done!

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