Interactive Exhibit Duty Cycle Maintenance Interval Calculator
Budget active-time maintenance exposure from visitor activations plus background operation, not calendar-only age or a validated failure/maintenance interval.
Description
Interactive exhibits accumulate active service hours through visitor use and background operation.
Interactive exhibits accumulate active service hours through visitor use and background operation. Calendar age alone does not measure that exposure.
Budget active-time maintenance exposure from visitor activations plus background operation, not calendar-only age or a validated failure/maintenance interval.
When to use Interactive Exhibit Duty Cycle Maintenance Interval Calculator
Use this tool to budget active-time maintenance exposure from visitor activations plus background operation, not calendar-only age or a validated failure/maintenance interval.
Prepare the collection, exposure, scheduling or financial records required for this calculation. Keep row order and the declared units consistent.
How to use Interactive Exhibit Duty Cycle Maintenance Interval Calculator and understand its results
- Prepare the collection, exposure, scheduling or financial records required for this calculation. Keep row order and the declared units consistent.
- Enter visitorActivationsPerDay, secondsActivePerActivation, backgroundActiveHoursPerDay, remainingServiceActiveHours using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
- Read modeledActiveHoursPerDay, maximumCompleteDaysBeforeActiveHourService, remainingActiveHoursAfterCompleteDays. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
- If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.
| Input field | Meaning | Value type; see rules below | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| visitorActivationsPerDay | Visitor activations per day | integer | Required |
| secondsActivePerActivation | Seconds active per activation | number | Required |
| backgroundActiveHoursPerDay | Background active hours per day | number | Required |
| remainingServiceActiveHours | Remaining service active hours | number | Required |
Use nonnegative integer activations and nonnegative durations and service budget. Require modeled daily activity positive and at most 24 hours. Floor remaining service hours/daily use and return complete days and residual hours.1
active hours/day = activations × seconds/activation/3600 + background hours Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.
| Output field | Meaning | Value type |
|---|---|---|
| modeledActiveHoursPerDay | Modeled active hours per day | number |
| maximumCompleteDaysBeforeActiveHourService | Maximum complete days before active hour service | number |
| remainingActiveHoursAfterCompleteDays | Remaining active hours after complete days | number |
{
"input": {
"visitorActivationsPerDay": 100,
"secondsActivePerActivation": 60,
"backgroundActiveHoursPerDay": 1,
"remainingServiceActiveHours": 30
},
"output": {
"modeledActiveHoursPerDay": 2.666666666666667,
"maximumCompleteDaysBeforeActiveHourService": 11,
"remainingActiveHoursAfterCompleteDays": 0.6666666666666643
}
}Limitations and assumptions
Nonoverlapping activity is assumed; this is not a calibrated failure prediction.
Numbers and computed results must be finite; overflow produces an error. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.
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