I see that this has been mentioned before, but it would be REALLY useful to have a couple (or 3) of “Hour Meters/Counters” displayed in the GFUI. I envision one for total operating hours (would also be useful for calculating billing), one for total laser tube hours (reset-able when a new tube is installed) and a “monitored maintenance” counter (40 hours of use), reset-able when you do the maintenance.
Would be nice. I do use my tracking spreadsheet to monitor usage and cleaning windows.
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Yes, and a pop-up “time to clean your lenses” message would be nice. I personally have no idea of the exact number of hours I’ve put on it, although I “think” it’s still well less than 40.
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I don’t wait for 40 hours - I do it any time I notice the camera image is blurred and I look and see it’s all smoked up. Then I clean the mirrors/windows along with the camera. I’ll do the lens on a monthly basis because I always know when the 1st of the month is 
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Well, my camera hasn’t fogged up yet, so I guess that’s a good sign!
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+1 for this idea.
I’d like to add that tracking machine hours by user would be very useful for amortizing future repair/maintenance costs (we have 3 users currently).
Thanks
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