Maintenance rules allow you to use the Maintenance Event trigger to execute actions automatically. For example, you may want the Maintenance Event to trigger an automatic reset of the maintenance item counter (Reset Maintenance Item action).
The Maintenance Event trigger differs from the Maintenance Item trigger in that the Maintenance Event fires for each and every cycle while the Maintenance Item trigger fires once for a specific value. For example, suppose you have a Maintenance Item called Oil Change, with a Count Interval of 3000 (so that the oil is changed every 3000 miles). You could set up a maintenance rule using the Maintenance Event that will remind you for every oil change every 3000 miles. Now suppose that the vehicle requires a major servicing at 50,000 miles. You would use the Maintenance Item trigger in a rule to remind you when the Counter value equals 50000.
The Maintenance Event trigger can check for the following conditions for the selected Maintenance Item:
o Is the Counter value greater than the Target, Reminder 1, or Reminder 2?
o Is the Current Time greater than the sum of the Target Date and Target/Reminder1/Reminder2?
From this page, you select the maintenance item and the condition that you want to check.
1. From the Maintenance Item list, select the maintenance item to which this rule applies. The Platform displays all the Count and Time Reminders of the selected Maintenance Item in the field next to Counter. (Not all maintenance items have both types of reminders; if you were expecting to, but do not see both types of reminders, then check the configuration of the maintenance item.)
2. Select the condition(s): Counter or Time, or both.
3. Click Next to display the Actions for rule page.