PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-720

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 720

NOVEMBER 2012
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-720 - Page 29 of 33
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n April 2012, Product Director Transportation Information Systems (PD TIS)
moved its customer support to the Army’s Single Interface to the Field (SIF) portal.
The SIF is a one-stop shop for customers to contact Tier 1 support to address
questions and issues related to the Transportation Coordinators’-Automated
Information for Movements System II (TC-AIMS II) and Automated Air Load
Planning System (AALPS).
The SIF’s Support and Operations Center (SOC) is staffed with experts familiar
with the entire PD TIS suite of products.
Government users with SIF/Remedy accounts can create trouble tickets online.
Contractor personnel must identify their government sponsor to register.
To learn more about SIF and register for an account, visit:
To ask questions, report a problem, or submit a trouble ticket, visit:
Or call SOC 24/7 Toll-Free at (877) 839-0813, DSN (312) 737-1608, (254) 287-
1608, Fax (254) 618-7089, Fax DSN (254) 259-7089, or email:
c4isr.support@us.army.mil
•±
A
nickel–metal±hydride±(NiMH)
battery has a higher energy density than a NiCd
battery. But it loses more capacity at low temperatures than a NiCd or lead–acid
battery. You’re advised not to charge NiMH when it’s below 32°F. Below 59°F, you
must charge NiCd and NiMH batteries at reduced rates. NiMH batteries are used in
the Javelin and the AN/PRC-126 radio.
•±
A
lithium–ion±(Li-ion)
battery doesn’t lose much capacity at low temperatures. You
can charge it at normal rates above 32°F. You can charge it at reduced rates in temps
as low as –4°F. A Li–ion battery costs more than a NiCd or NiMH. But its higher energy
density offsets the higher cost. That can make the Li-ion the battery of choice for
hybrid-electric drive systems. Its high energy density and high power mean good
service in cold weather. Li-ion batteries are used in the PLGR and the SINCGARS
(except for the RT-1523A and D).
Logistics
Management…
PD TIS
Streamlines
Customer Service
for
more
on
lead-acid
batteries,
see
pages 10-
11 in ps 696.
pages
2
7
-34 in ps
696
cover
commo
batteries.
Use NiMHs…
…in
AN/PRC-126
radios
Use Li-ions…
…in some SINCGARS radios
Sure is
handy having
just one stop
for planning
the big move!
I’ve got a tough
question about planning
our unit’s move, but I have
no idea
who to call!
WOW!
iS
THiS EVER
YOUR
LUCKY
DAY!
THiS
PS
ARTiCLE SAYS
THAT THERE iS NOW A
SiNGLE TRANSPORTATiON
iNTERFACE
TO THE FiELD.
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