The Equipment section provides pilots with a comprehensive overview of all essential surveying equipment, including drones, payloads, base stations, SD cards, and other necessary components. This ensures that every mission is conducted with the appropriate and properly registered tools.
A critical aspect to note is that any unregistered equipment—such as an unregistered payload—will prevent the drone from taking off when attempting to initiate a mission within SkyFleet. This safeguard is in place to maintain operational integrity, compliance, and safety during surveying tasks.
While pilots have read-only access to view equipment details, administrative privileges are required to add, modify, or remove equipment from the system. This distinction helps maintain strict control over equipment registration and prevents unauthorized changes that could impact flight operations.
Equipment Types (Admins)
Adding a New Equipment Type
1. Only Admins have permission to add new Equipment Type. As an Admin, click the blue plus button next to Equipment > Types.
2. Create an entry and fill in the information as needed. Click Save. The new Equipment Type will be added to the main screen list.
Viewing an Existing Equipment Type
1. Navigate to Equipment Types
2. Click on View for an existing record and the Equipment Type details are displayed. Admins can Create New items under the List of Equipments for Specified Equipment Type and Create New Maintenance entries for Specified Equipment Types.
New Entry on List of Equipments
Clicking "Create New" will trigger a pop-up window where administrators can add new equipment under a designated Equipment Type. Within this interface, admins can input key details, including:
- Name – The unique identifier or designation of the equipment.
- Equipment Type – Categorized as Charging, Surveying, or Payload, ensuring proper classification.
- State – Specifies the current condition of the equipment, selecting from Airworthy, Maintenance, Grounded, or Retired.
- Serial Number – A unique identifier for tracking and inventory purposes.
- Purchase Date – The date of acquisition for maintenance and lifecycle management.
- Description – Additional details or notes relevant to the equipment's usage, specifications, or condition.
Clicking Edit allows Admins to change details about an existing Equipment Type as needed.
Clicking Delete will delete the record under the list of existing equipments under that Type.
New Entry on List of Existing Maintenances
Clicking "Create New" will trigger a pop-up window where administrators can add new maintenance entries under a designated Equipment Type. Within this interface, admins can input key details, including:
Input Fields & Options
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Name: The unique identifier or designation of the equipment.
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Critical: A toggle switch that allows the admin to mark whether the maintenance is critical or not.
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Maintenance Frequency: A text field for specifying how often the maintenance should be performed.
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Frequency Type: A dropdown menu where admins can select a predefined frequency type (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly).
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Equipment Type: A search field where the admin can look up and select the type of equipment requiring maintenance.
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Equipment Name: A secondary search field allowing admins to specify particular equipment under the selected type.
Equipment Selection & Management
Admins can search for an equipment type, under which, they can find a specific equipment by name.
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The list item/s includes a "Remove" option for deselecting equipment if needed.
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Pagination controls are available at the bottom, allowing the admin to browse through equipment entries if there are multiple pages.
Going back to the previous screen, clicking Edit allows Admins to change details about an existing Maintenance task as needed.
Clicking Delete will delete the record under the list of Maintenance entries under that Type.
Editing and Deleting Equipment Types (Main Screen)
3. If an Admin would like to make changes to an Equipment Type via the main Equipment Type page, they can simply click Edit. The Equipment Type name and some Description items can be changed per Admin discretion.
4. Lastly, an admin can Delete the Equipment Type record from your SkyFleet organization.
Equipment Catalog (Admins)
Adding a New Equipment Catalog
1. Only Admins have permission to add new Equipment Type. As an Admin, click the blue plus button next to Equipment > Catalog.
2. Create an entry and fill in the information as needed. Click Save. The new Equipment Type will be added to the main screen list.
Viewing an Existing Equipment
1. Navigate to the Equipment Catalog
2. Click on View to inspect an existing record. The following details can be inspected:
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Name – The designated identifier of the equipment.
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State – The current condition, such as Airworthy, Maintenance, Grounded, or Retired.
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Description – Additional notes or specifications related to the equipment.
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Equipment Type – Categorization such as Charging, Surveying, or Payload.
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Serial Number – A unique identifier for tracking and inventory management.
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Purchase Date – useful for maintenance and lifecycle tracking.
Additionally, Admins can also Create New Maintenance Tasks and Create New Maintenance Histories in this screen.
New Maintenance
New Maintenance History
Grounding an Equipment
Clicking Ground will assign the Grounded status to your Equipment. A pop - up screen asking for a justification for grounding will appear for the Admins to fill in.
Editing and Deleting Equipment Catalog Entries (Main Screen)
3. Upon clicking Edit, Admins can edit the Name, State - Airworthy, Maintenance, Grounded, Retired, Equipment Type - Payload, Surveying or Charging, the Description, the Serial Number, and Purchase date.
4. Clicking Delete will delete this record from your organization.
Equipment Types (Users)
Viewing an Existing Equipment Type
1. Navigate to Equipment Types
2. Click on View for an existing record
3. Equipment Type details are displayed, similar to what an Admin sees, except adding, editing, and removing entries on the List of Equipment for Specified Equipment Type and List of Existing Maintenace for Specified Equipment Type.
Equipment Catalog
Viewing an Existing Equipment
1. Navigate to the Equipment Catalog
2. Click on View for an existing record
3. Equipment unit details are displayed. The Equipment name, Type, Serial Number, Status (State), and Purchase date details are displayed along with the Maintenance history and Tasks.
4. Like Admins, users can perform Maintenance from the Equipment - Catalog section. See Maintenance in SkyFleet.
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