Recently, we received a call from one of the top cadre persons regarding the IETM requirement. I have explained to them complete information about IETM, its History, Technologies, Architecture, development process, deployment and distribution methodology.
After the conversation, he told me that whatever I told him, he had already studied the complete information from our website. He was a Top officer from NTG. He said, for the past 5 years they used to refer to our website as a knowledge centre for IETM technology.
Even the scope document was prepared by looking at our website. They used to refer to our website for their newly joined trainees to go through and understand IETM. He also mentioned that they have received the IETMs developed by us for their vetting and they found our IETMs as the top quality software.
He also mentioned the names of a few OEMs to whom he referred Code and Pixels name to get the IETM developed.
It is a matter of pride for code and pixels that, our framework is taken as a benchmark for Indian Standard IETMs. ( JSG 0852).
Whatever scope you see in SOTR/Tender related to specifications is taken from our website.
They have also invited us to conduct a 2-day workshop on IETM ( JSG 0852) and Technical documentation (JSS 0251) and demonstrate them to their trainees.
We feel that our 8 years of hard work, dedication, and focus, perseverance on IETM have paid off.
In the end, he said, he casually called to acknowledge code and pixels for the effort to post the detailed content related to the IETM technology.
Sometimes, genuine appreciation gives more happiness and pleasure than money. This was such a surreal moment for the company to receive appreciation from the experts in the domain where we work.
Article written by
G. Gopi Krishna
IETM R&D team
published in electronic format are becoming more and more popular than paper-based manuals for their interactivity, convenience, and ease of use.For example, the maintenance and operation manuals of a warship, which used to occupy 300 -350 sq.
feet of prime area with thousands of pages of technical literatureIt is difficult to refer to some operating process or troubleshooting from thousands of hardcopiesTo address these issues IETMs were introducedIETMs are a portable, electronic “library” that contains thousands of pages of documentation and images, Videos, and allows end-users to trace technical documentation in a more efficient manner, and the digital nature provides a more agile and accurate method of updating technical documentation.• Level 0 :- Scanned Image / Digital format• Level 1: Simple PDF with multiple pages• Level 2: PDF with hyperlinks to index along with Images.• Level 3: HTML-based pages, similar to a website, where all the content is presented HTML pages along with a Table of content at onside.
Next previous buttons with very limited search functionality• Level 4: Advanced IETM with database, and user management, Powerful search and Content, and Document management facility.There are two specifications/standards that exist.IETM — (JSG 0852:2001)Standards are Designed and Developed by the Directorate of Standardization Department of Defense Production.
Ministry of Defense, New DelhiGuidelines Framed by:Stakeholders and steering committee:Army, Navy, Air force, Scientist of Defense labs, Capt., Lt. Cdr from various organizationsLabs: BEL, ADG systems, NHQ, ACAS, HAL, BDL, GRSE, Goa Shipyard, MIDHANI, MDL, BEML, DQAL, Dte Standardization, CQA, DS cell Bangalore, etc.IETP — S1000DStakeholders and steering committee:Jointly produced by Aerospace and Defense Industries Association of Europe (ASD), Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA), and ATA e-Business Program.JSG — 0852: 200011.
IETM has Viewer and Administrator and Author Modules6.
Otherwise, it plays in a standalone machine as a Viewer.OEM needs an S1000d author tool, commercially available off-the-shelf software to edit.OEM must have an s1000d CSDB server to deploy s1000d files.
maintenance, user, training, operations, etc.)
published in electronic format are becoming more and more popular than paper based manuals for their interactivity, convenience and ease of use.
Today’s paper-based manual/technical documentation is no longer the optimal choice for delivering information about complex machinery.
This type of electronic technical manual is termed as Interactive Electronic Training Manual (IETM).The computer-controlled IETM display device can function interactively in providing procedural guidance, navigational directions, and supplemental information.
Studies concluded that Interactive Electronic Training Manual was significantly superior to the traditional paper-based technical manuals under operationally realistic conditions.
For example, the maintenance and operation manuals of a warship, with thousands of pages of technical documentation, are now replaced by their electronic versions occupying very little space and can be viewed on tablets from any part of the ship.
Code and Pixels is an IETM level 4 and S1000D development company delivered 25 projects.
Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) range from Level 3 , 4 and 5. https://www.codeandpixels.net/interactive-electronic-technical-manual-services-levels
