# Add a simulator or a classroom

> Simulators and rooms are bookable resources like aircraft, and they are free on your bill. Only aircraft count toward what you pay.

Source: https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/getting-started/add-a-simulator-or-classroom
Section: Getting started. For: Owners, Admins.

`Facilities` (web console), then **Simulators** or **Rooms** in the left rail, then
**Add simulator** or **Add room**. Both become bookable on the same board as your aircraft,
and neither one costs anything on your bill.

**Who can do this:** Owners, Admins

## What counts as a resource

A resource is anything a booking can hold: an aircraft, a simulator, or a ground-school
room. Aircraft live under **Aircraft**. Simulators and rooms live under **Facilities**,
which is an admin-only page.

> **Tip:** Only aircraft count toward your subscription. Simulators and ground-school rooms are free,
> so there is no reason to leave them off the schedule.

## Add one

1. **Open Facilities**

   The page has a left rail with three sections, **Locations**, **Simulators** and
   **Rooms**. You can view simulators and rooms as a grid or as a list.

2. **Pick the section, then press Add simulator or Add room**

   Simulators carry a name, a location, Hobbs and tach readings, an hourly rate, and a
   Grounded or Available state. Rooms carry a room number and a location.

3. **Fill the form and save**

   It appears on the dispatch board straight away.

Both need a location, the same as an aircraft. If none exists yet, the form shows an **Add a
location** button that takes you to `Facilities → Locations` (web console) with the
create form open.

## What you can book them for

- A **Sim** reservation takes a simulator.
- A **Ground** reservation takes a room, or no resource at all.

Which roles may book each type is in
[Which reservation type should I use?](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/scheduling/reservation-types).

> **Note:** Renters and technicians never see simulator or classroom lanes on the dispatch board. That
> is by role, not by anything you have configured. If a renter says the sim is not there,
> that is why.

## Finding one again

Simulators and rooms have no record page of their own, unlike an aircraft. Searching for
one takes you back to **Facilities** with the search already filled in and the right
section selected.

Filters on the page: **Location** for both, plus **Status** for simulators.

## A grounded member can still use them

Grounding stops a member booking aircraft. It does not stop them being put on a simulator
session, a classroom ground lesson, or any booking with no resource. See
[Ground, archive or remove a member](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/getting-started/ground-archive-or-remove-a-member).