To add a piece of equipment, navigate to the Equipment tab located under the Configuration page.
In the Equipment tab, click on Add Equipment to add a new device to your group.
When adding equipment you can specify the following information:
- Equipment Name - the name of the device (required)
- Equipment Type - the type of device such as an incubator, thermocycler, etc.
- Description - a description of the device
- Manager - user(s) that can validate and manage this equipment (the user that adds the device is automatically assigned as the manager)
- Visibility - enable this setting to hide this equipment in the inventory browser.
- Planner - enable this setting to make a planner available to make and see reservations.
- Validation - enable this setting to make the validation required. The manager will automatically be notified in advance that the equipment requires validation.
Users can also add additional fields to document any device specification, including manufacturer, manuals, serial number, and purchase date. Click the Add field button and choose to add a Text Field or a File Attachment Field and centralize all relevant equipment information.
Select the Location tab and enter the equipment location information. Click the Save and Close button to add the device to the lab. The new device is added to the equipment list and shows up in the Inventory Browser if the Visibility checkbox is not checked off.