Every field, status, and badge on the equipment list, a machine's detail, and equipment groups — what each one means and where its value comes from.
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A belt lets go on the rotary oven halfway through the morning bake, and before the next batch goes anywhere you need to know one thing: which machines are up, which are down, and which are due for a calibration you can't put off. Every machine your floor runs on lives here as a piece of , and this page is how to read one at a glance. Open Equipment under Production to follow along. Kitchen+
The list holds every machine in the company you're working in, one per row. The controls above it:
New sits in the top corner and opens the equipment form; it shows only if your role can create equipment. When nothing matches, the list reads No equipment found.
Reading a row left to right, then down:
A machine's status is its live state, shown as a badge on the list and in the detail header:
The status isn't a field you overwrite. It's derived from the machine's latest status event, so the badge always reflects the last thing that actually happened to the machine — and every earlier state stays in the record.
Selecting a machine opens its detail page. The header carries the machine name, its status badge, and — when calibration is due — a Needs calibration badge, above the department and equipment type. Change status and Edit sit in the corner for roles that can change equipment. Below, a set of sections holds everything the machine is on record for.
Company, Department, Model, Serial number, and Internal machine number. Model, serial, and internal number are optional, and each appears only when it's set. Department is the one a recipe step draws from: a step can reach for a machine only in its own department.
Two fields set how a machine takes work, and a third reads differently depending on them:
Last calibration and Next calibration, each a date or Not set. When the next calibration is set and falls within 30 days — or has already passed — the machine is flagged: the date turns a warning color, the header shows the Needs calibration badge, and a warning triangle marks the row on the list.
Extra information is a free-text note, shown only when it's filled in. Links are external URLs — an operating manual or a spec sheet — each opening in a new tab. Settings are key-and-value pairs, like a target temperature or a cycle time, with each key shown in capitals. A section appears only when it holds something.
The Event history is the machine's service record: every status change since it was registered, newest first. Each entry shows the change, named for you (see below), the before → after status, the note whoever made the change wrote, and when it happened and who did it. A change that came off the floor — a machine marked down mid-batch — links to the production run that reported it. When there's nothing yet, it reads No events recorded yet.
The record is append-only
A status change is never edited over the last one — it's added on top. The badge shows the current state; the history keeps every state the machine has been in, so the page reads as its full service record.
When you change a machine's status, Bettr names the event from where it started and where it landed, so the history reads in plain terms:
The event that first sets a machine's status when you register it isn't listed here — the history starts with the first change after that.
Two ovens that can each bake the same line don't both need to be named on the schedule. An gathers them under a single name. Groups live under Equipment groups, and belong to the company you're working in.
One row per group. Search by name filters as you type, and Sort offers Sort by name, Sort by equipment, or Sort by created, with a direction toggle. Each row shows the group name, a badge with its equipment count, and the date it was created. New opens the group form for roles that can create groups. When there are none, it reads No equipment groups found.
The header shows the group name, its equipment count, and the company it belongs to, with Edit in the corner for roles that can change groups. Basic information repeats the name and company; System information carries the created and last updated dates.
The Equipment section lists the machines in the group as cards. Each card shows the machine's name and its live status badge, along with its model, serial number, department, and batch capacity where set — the same status the machine carries everywhere else, so a down machine reads as down right here. An empty group reads No equipment in this group yet.
Recipes name a machine, not a group
A recipe's production step points at one specific machine, not a group — see Create a recipe. A group is a planning convenience: interchangeable machines under one name, so you can reason about them as a set.
Access is set per role, under Production in the permission catalog, and equipment and equipment groups each carry their own four: