New Software Functionality in CMS ver 3.7.0

The CMS version 3.7.0, the release in July 2011 shall have the following features.

    Application

  1. Correction for Type II ghat section -

    Type of mileage as multiple of actual kms ghat section with w/o banking engine banker banker as light engine class I 5 times 5 times 5 times class II 5 times 3 times 3 times

  2. Automatic Signaling (AS) competency as mandatory requirement -

    Presently following requirement are checked prior to crew being made available for booking 1 PME - (for all crew to be booked) 2 REFT - (for all crew to be booked) 3 Traction - (for all crew to be booked) 4 Road learning - (only for crew to be booked as per rule) 5 Loco competency - (only for crew to be booked as per rule) 6 Traction - (only for crew to be booked as per rule) 7 REFE and REFD - (only for crew to be booked as per rule) 8 In addition crew should not be in coaching link of shunting roster 9 New Check for "Automatic signaling competency" to be applied for making crew availble for booking for all crew required to be booked. This check will only be applicable to routes with section of routes which have been defined as Automatic signalling "route section" at the time of creation / modification of routes at CRIS. In case a driver is booked on a route with both type of sections, and driver is booked on sections without AS requirement crew is not required to have AS competency. AS gets updated only through Certification and not automatically based on working on that section.

  3. Display detail at the time of sign off approval for the field selected by driver -

    Additional field in the sign OFF approval form for the following, to verify if the driver has selected the correct value. Route Shunt count

  4. Shunters working out of HQ on loan basis at other lobby or at road side station. -

    1. Shunter should be at rest at HQ and not linked to any roaster for temp transfer to other lobby. 2. Shunter will be sent through temp transfer to other lobby. Selection of other lobby possible for CMS lobbies with the facility for other lobby to accept / reject the temporary transfer. Crew bio data as transferred in permanent transfer will be transferred in this case also.Other CMS lobby will transfer the crew back to parent lobby. 3. In case of NCMS lobby / road side station (Road side station will work only for shunter and officiating shunter) transfer will be without aceptance from the other lobby. Road side stations of division only will be available for temporary transfer. Crew will not appear in availability in the parent lobby. Crew bio data will remain with parent lobby. Parent lobby can again transfer him back from the NCMS lobby / way side station, to Parent lobby. Facility for manual data entry for the shunting performed at NCMS lobby / way side station, after he is transferred back to parent lobby. During the period of temp transfer shunter may work on one or many way side stations / NCMS lobbies. This facility is available for shunters only. 4. Mileage and other reports for any period will be available only at the lobby where he is working during that period. 5. Once transferred back the crew will regain the old ID. 6. If during a report period he has worked on different lobbies, data for that period will be required to be combined manually. 7. There is no fixed duration for temporary transfer. 8. No special allowance is permitted in case of temporary transfer. 9. Shunter will be in the control of lobby where he is working.

  5. PR as per logic -

    Alert to supervisor for PR to be given for the following cases 1. Working on 7 consecutive days withot any PR 2. Working on 3 consecutive days in night (2200hrs to 0600hrs) Alert is given in the form of 1 "Last PR" is shown in red colour in the supervisor approval form for sign off. if PR is due. 2 Pop up message in case of Crew movement detail (manual entry) just after fetching the crew for manual data entry.

  6. Night in PR -

    The PR for 22 hrs and 30 hrs must include a period from 2200 hrs to 0600 hrs. If the night period is not covered supervisor is given an alert for the night not covered. He will then have option either not to give the PR or give PR for more than 22 / 30 hrs so that night period is covered. However these will be acknowldged by the system as 22 / 30 hrs PR.

  7. Circular route -

    In circular route FROM stn is always starting stn in TA and selected for correct sequence in manual. TO station is taken as the farthest appearance of that station. Now multiple appearance of the TO station in a route shall be displayed at the time of TA creation when ever TO station has more than one entry in the route. Supervisor will be required to select the correct order for the TO station Same logic will be applied in manual entry and for coaching link For crew signing off at station on a route with multiple appearance of any station, the supervisor will be shown the route in blue colour, so that if required supervisor can select the right sequence for the station through manual data entry.

  8. Count of shunting enroute -

    Driver may have performed some shunting at intermediate station. Crew will be asked at the time of Sign off if he has performed shunting since sign on, if yes he will be presented a screen to fill the, shunting order no and date, for each shunting order. Same Facility is also provided in manual data entry form. A count for each shunting order (T 806) entry will be provided in the mileage summary report. Shunting station has to be more than 3rd station from sign ON.

  9. Port shuttling mileage -

    New service type has been added in TA (required for slate module) JSLE shuttling mileage is 160km or @20KM per Hr subject to maximum of 200 km which ever is higher (for period from slate sign ON to Sign OFF, 0 to 30 min to be taken as 0 hrs and for 31 min to 60 min as 1 hrs)

  10. SPL shuttling mileage -

    New service type has been added in TA (required for SWR only) SPL shuttling mileage is @15KM per Hr subject to maximum of 12 hrs (for period from sign ON to Sign OFF, 0 to 30 min to be taken as 0 hrs and for 31 min to 60 min as 1 hrs) Requires approval of CAO / FOIS

  11. monitoring and grading to be delinked -

    Separate forms to be used for Counselling/Monitoring and grading on the kiosk.

  12. SMS to LI for each call serve to his associated crew -

    SMS alert will be given to LI for crew whose counselling/monitoring and / or grading is due with in 10 days from the date of call serve.

  13. Train search facility -

    This will be provided after complete integration with COA application. Report console will be provided with a text box for entering train no. This will fetch and display the running details (departure time) for the last 5 stations crossed, for a running train. This is under trial in Delhi Division. Earlier posiotion of train was being monitored by hitting the COA server from Thin Client. The access to COA server has been withdrawn.

  14. Change in officiating status by out station lobby -

    Presently officiating status can be changed by HQ lobby, only when at rest at HQ and not linked to any roster. Status can now be changed when he is at rest either at HQ or at Outstation by HQ lobby biodata, but not linked to any roster. Lobby will be given an option at the time of booking to select if crew displayed is to be selected from original crew type or also from those crew type who have been permitted to officiate (from some other crew type to this crew type or from this crew type to any other crew type). While fetching crew against a TA an aditional field will be displayed showing his officiating crew type (in addition to his original crew type). Mileage will be paid as per duty performed selected by crew type for which he has been fetched and selected. Similarly a check box for each run is provided in manual entry form to select status for that run, this check box will work / display only if officiating status has been enabled in bio data.

  15. Booking of crew in lower grade in shunting only -

    With officiating crew can not be booked in grades where officiating allowance is not payable unless status is updated in bio data. All crew can work in shunting duty irrespecive of the officiating status and will get mileage as per their original grade EXCEPT FOR ALP (ALP gets mileage as per officiating)

  16. HQ Rest to have fixed values only in manual data entry based on duty hrs -

    System to generate rest hrs based on duty hrs (for the rest type configured) for the HQ rest only, based on last duty hrs (last continuous run) ( As rest hrs are same for all rest type) Supervisor can change the rest hrs from 12 to 16 or from 16 to12 at the time of sign OFF approval. However an alert message will be displayed if 12 hrs rest is selected when 16 hrs rest is due or vice versa. In manual data entry form 0 hrs rest can be selected even at HQ for intermediate runs to provide for continuos duty. How ever for the final run only 12 / 16 hrs rest can be selected. In case selected rest is different than the rest required as per duty hrs an alert message will be displayed.

  17. Combination of / modification of PR -

    Rest modification form is provided with following modification option From To 1 nonspecified 22/30/44/60 hrs 2 12 Hrs 16/22/30/44/60 hrs (reason reqd for 16) 3 16 hrs 22/30/44/60 hrs 4 22 hrs 44 hrs 5 30 hrs 60 hrs 6 00 hrs 22/30/44/60 hrs The start time of modified rest will be counted from the start time of original rest The rest modification form shall also list the crew whose status is Rest due to these brought back from non run

  18. Non run mileage for sundays -

    Non run mileage for sundays will be given as per following logic Station Hrs percentage or Kms HQ N Y Out station Y Y Hrqs Outstation RA yes(1%) - ALK - yes(120/160) Sunday no kms /Hrs wil be added Holidays no kms/Hrs will be added (1. When a crew is at out station then: Allowance in lieu of kilometer shall also be admissible for the intervening SUNDAY/HOLIDAY while undergoing training for promotion / refresher course at outstation. 2. When a crew is at Hqrs the: RA% shall not be admissible for the intervening SUNDAY/HOLIDAY while undergoing training for promotion / refresher course at outstation.)

  19. Departmental train to be added in TA and manual data entry -

    An additional servise type "Departmental Train" has been added in following forms 1. TA 2. Manual data entry This will have mileage same as material train / ballast train

  20. Increase field size for train no -

    field size increased to 7 characters in coching link. It is 16 characters in all freight

  21. Name for shunting roster -

    At present shunting roster is given a unique code (combination of date, IP address and sl no ) which is difficult to remember and search. A text box to enter a name for that shunting roster is provided, so that later the roster can be searched based on name along with no

  22. Caution order for station limit -

    At present cautionorder can be entered for block section only. Caution order for station limit is provided. Such that FROM and TO station will be same for this case. This cautiion order will be displayed for all routes which touches this station

  23. Simultaneous working of two roles from one thin client -

    It is possible to log in for one role say TNC and simultaneously open another tab and log in for another role say supervisor. Now it is possible to work simultaneously for both the roles by switching windows. If he logs out in any one role it will automatically log out for other role. It is not possible to work simultaneously for divisional authority and lobby authority from the same thin client as that paricular thin client on one IP is conigured either as division or as lobby. Dataentered as one role will reflect for the other role only after other role goes back to home page.

  24. Display name of module in Crew movement detail form -

    The crew movement detail form now indicates module name also. This will help in avoiding wrong data entry of freight to coaching and vice versa.

  25. Coaching TA modification -

    Presently coaching TA has only one service type "coaching". Options for following types have been provided Coaching Passenger Coaching Mail/ Exp Coaching Rajdhani

  26. Compliance for defect entered by crew -

    At present supervisor is required to fill the compliance to the defect logged by the crew. An sms message is given to the crew for each defect rectified and complied in the system Crew will be given feedback at the time of sign on for all defects complied from the last sign ON and for which no feedback has been given earlier in the form of details of defect and compliance entered by the supervisor.

  27. System late form to display additional field -

    Presently follwing fields are displayed Crew ID Name Designation TA no Status New Status New Status Time Reason Following additional fields are added Sign ON Time (as per call serve) Rest completing time Train no

  28. Grant and Calculation of leave -

    Leave to be granted as follows Eligible rest / PR ending before 1200 hrs - Leave to commence from 0000hrs on the same date and end at 2359 hrs of the end date depending on no of days counted from the same day Eligible rest / PR ending After 1201 hrs - Leave to commence from 0000hrs on the NEXT date and end at 2359 hrs of the end date depending on no of days counted from the NEXT day

  29. Correction for leave and rest combination -

    When rest is followed by Some Non Run (leave) then rest hrs are not getting reflected in the monthly rest report. Rest gets combined with the leave. This has been corrected