Circ-7 Means the Station number.

BID Means the "Board Identification Number"

Job ID Means your job train symbol

F/M Is a field mark made by pressing the "control" key and the "J" key at the same time.

LATA Is the term for a keyboard or a printer and is usually found on the keyboard or the printer You can print it by entering a LATA number and putting an X in the print field Some documents are password protected, if they are you enter the password as shown next.

Paging is the ability to select other pages of a document. At the top left hand corner of a page you will initially see "CP "which means to continue paging when you hit the enter key. Other paging commands are below and if you want to use them, simply type them over the "CP" that is displayed at the top left of your screen.

CP Continue Paging

CP+5 Page forward 5 pages

CP-5 Page backward 5 pages

CPH Page Forward 1/2 Page

CP_F_ (word or character string) Starts on next page and looks forward .

BP Back Page

BPH Back Page 1/2 Page

BP_F_ (word or character string) Starts on previous page and looks backward.

LP_F_ (word or character string) Starts on Last Page and looks backward

/CI_Car ID Car inquiry.

/IU_Yard_Track [Enter] Inventory Update. Fill in required fields and press the <PF12> key.

/LL14 [Enter] Locomotive physical characteristics menu Fill in required fields

/PI_Z_99 [Enter] List all tracks at a Circ-7

/PI_Yard Number_99 [Enter] List all tracks in one Yard only.

/SS_Circ-7 [Enter] Set Station, sets computer to a specific yard. Note: To use any Switch function (/TI./TL, /CI. etc.) you must first set station.

/TI_Yard_Track # Track inquiry.

/TL [Enter] Track list

=AA AEI Reader Site Menu

=AS_I Engineers incident summary report

=LD Find out about your taxi, if and when it was ordered.

=LM_L Locomotives at Terminal

=MC A host of employee options.

=PO_I_U_Eng # Locomotive physical characteristics

=TE Field Tie Up

=TL Train Lineup.

=TU_Train Symbol_Date Update Locomotive consist

=UM_I_eng initial_engine # Master locomotive list.

=UR_R_Circ-7_Job #_Date Gives you how much you made on that job on that date.

- AL Request Track Bulletins

- FL_Train Symbol_Date_A_A Train performance inquiry

- IH XXX [Enter] List of all AEI readers.

- IH_Site Number [Enter] AEI Reader Site Menu

BC_Train/Job ID_Date_D Train Consist and Profile

BC_Train/Job ID_Date_M_Circ-7 Work Order Document

BU_Train/Job ID_Date_A_A Train Summary and Delays

EO To obtain Circa

FD_F_ '(word or character string)' Starts on first page to find word or string between the apostrophes.

FIND Have the computer search for something. HE All Displays documents in a specified User Group. User Groups hold a wealth of information. Problem is accessing them. You need to know the User Group name before you can work with it.

HE_SAFE Here is a User Group that anyone can use, look at it and play with it to see how User Groups work. Pick out a document and enter:

SW_USE_document name_SAFE

JB_T_Circ-7_train ID_ date_TEST_PICK Was this train tested?

JD_I_Circ-7_ Job # Gives job data

JD_L_Circ-7_Job #_Date Crew composition on that date

JD_P_Circ-7_Job # Gives a job description.

JD_P_Circ-7_ALL Gives all job descriptions at a specified location

JR See how much overtime a specified job has made.

KB_Circ-7_ALL Gives all boards at a specified location.

KB_M Allows you to request how much mileage a board made during a specified period of time.

LP Go to Last Page

LQ Gives Train dispatcher territories

LQ_ Territory number from LQ Gives dispatcher lineup

LQH/H/UP1417 [Enter] Locomotive Maintenance History

LZ_Circ-7_Hours Requested Locomotive Line-ups

OV_G_ALL Gives all vacation groupings

PL_Train/Job ID_ Date To view Train Events

PRINT PR When you want to print a document you enter PR and the LATA number.

PS_SS# Gives your personal data.

PS_SS#_G Gives your current payroll.

PS_SS#_G_Date_Date Gives your payroll for a specified period. (Exp:PS_SS#_G 10/01_10/15) .PS_SS#_X Gives your work history.

PZ The PZ function will let you access info on how to use various functions, it is an onlin procedures manual for a number of function codes. A lot of info is in these manuals. As an example, to find out how to use the'=MC' function, you would enter PZ_=MC.

RJ_R Gives the rate of pay for a specified seniority district. Problem is you need to know the RATE ID before you can get this info. Timekeeping can tell you what the ID is for a specified area.

SD_(roster #)_P Seniority roster.

SD_(roster #)_R Roster with job assignments.

SD Seniority Rosters

SD Gives a list of all the seniority rosters on the system.

SM_City_State To obtain Circa

SM_Circ-7_OCC

SW_USE_document name_user group name_password Once you know the name you can see what's in it.

SW_USE_document name_user group name Returns the specified document.

SW_USE_UPONLINE_ News Letter

SW_USE_ALERT_ Accident Prevention Alerts

T# Gives all people bidding on a job on a specified board This function can also allow you to find out where a person is by entering their name in the Individual Inquiry space.

UC/Car ID Complete Freight Car Data

VP_Circ-7_BID_ENG_PRINT Callers vacancy procedures.

VW Gives vacation assignments. When filling out the request screen it is easier to just fill in the dates and then go to the Groupings blanks and fill it in. Example: C806 / eng gives schedule for Avondale engineers

ZB_CIRC-7_BID_BE_E_;_;_;_10/21 10/26 This little jewel will give you a snapshot of the board and all of the transactions that applied to it for the specified dates. You can go back about 65 days to retrieve this info, but cannot request more than 7 days per input.

ZB_CIRC-7_BID_T Transaction log for that board (time CMS called you, marked you up,etc..)

ZB_CIRC-7_BID_V Existing Vacancies on that board

ZB_CIRC-7_BID_W_T (working trainmen). Engineers are special, we don't have to put W_E after our inputs WHY? Hell, I don't know!

ZB_CIRC-7_BID The working board Trainmen must enter their boards as follows

ZB_CIRC-7_DH All people deadheaded to a certain location.

ZB A sharpshooters best friend!

ZB_HDCOM_Callers Board ID Crew Dispatchers Boards

(ZB HDCOM T2 [Enter])

ZI_crew caller area_B Gives all jobs under bulletin in that crew callers area.EXPL ZI_S7+B.

ZI_crew caller area_O Gives people on their off days.

ZI_crew caller area_U Gives all unassigned jobs.