Create Multiple Wires between Terminals

Users may need to create wires between component terminals (e.g. from an Terminal Strip to an IS Barrier, or from a I/O module to a Power Supply etc.). Electrical Wiring Manager contains a 'Wiring Wizard' feature to facilitate this.

Create Multiple Wires between Terminals

From the Terminations window, from the Wiring tab, select Add Wiring Wizard. The Wiring Wizard window (Add multiple Wires between selected Terminals) is then displayed:

To add terminals to "from" terminals, select the terminals that to create the wires from (this can be on any number of components) from the Terminations window (the wizard window "floats" over the Terminations window, so that selections can still be made from that window even when the wizard window is open).

Note:
Wires will be created in the order the terminals are selected. Any wire/signal numbers will be inherited from the "from" terminals prior to the "to" terminals (selected later).

The following figure shows four terminals selected on a Terminal Strip:

As each terminal is selected it is added to the wizard window, as shown below:

Note:
De-selecting a terminal from the Terminations window will remove the terminal from the wizard window.

Note:
To specify the wire side (left or right) on a Terminal Strip or Earth Bar, select the terminal by clicking nearest to either the left or right side.

Once selected all the required 'From' Terminals have been selected, click Next. The wizard the shows the 'To' Terminals list:

Select the "to" terminals from the Terminations window in the same way as the "from" terminals. In this example four terminals have been selected on a barrier:

Once the required "to" terminals have been selected, click Next. The wizard will then show all the selected terminals:

Note:
The wizard will create wires between aligned terminals: there must therefore always be a matching number of terminals in each list. Terminals in either list can be removed by selecting then pressing the <Delete> key on the keyboard. Terminals can be re-ordered by dragging and dropping them within a list.

To create wires between the terminals, click Create.

Electrical Wiring Manager will then create all the wires between the listed terminals.

As cores and wires are being connected, the following is displayed:

If a signal clash is detected, what then happens depends on the setting of the Allow when a clash of signal is detected checkbox on the Signal Propagation Tab of the Options window.

• If the Allow when a clash of signal is detected checkbox is not checked, the following message is displayed and the termination is not created:

  

• If the Allow when a clash of signal is detected checkbox is checked and the Show warning message is also checked, the following message is displayed:

  

  If Yes is clicked, a non-signal propagating connection is created. If No is clicked, no termination is created.

• If the Allow when a clash of signal is detected checkbox is checked and the Show warning message checkbox is not checked, a non-signal propagating connection is automatically created.

The above will repeat for every signal clash detected.

Note:
If any reserved terminals were selected (refer to Set Terminals as Reserved or Spare), a warning message is displayed. This user must click Yes to complete the procedure.