Cabling Application Defaults

All the cabling specifications available in the catalogue are shown in the Cabling Application Defaults window and therefore all the cabling elements available from the catalogue are determined by the currently selected cabling specification.

To avoid having to specify the specification again for each cable element, the default cabling specification can be set at Cableway or Cableway Branch level. The selected specification will be used automatically at lower levels unless it is changed (the default cabling specification is said to be cascaded down the hierarchy).

Configure the Cabling Applications Defaults window

1. The Cabling Application Defaults window is automatically displayed when the Cabling System application is first entered, and can be displayed at any time by selecting Settings > Cabling Defaults from the main menu bar.

   

2. The Storage Areas section of the Cabling Application Defaults window is used to define the location of the CableWay and Cable elements in the Design database hierarchy. You can choose a location from the dropdown menu. If a location is not listed, refer to the System Administrator.

   Note: The list of available storage areas are only populated with zones where the purpose is set to CABL.

   The Cable Data part of the Cabling Application Defaults window displays the Excess Lengths and Proximity Distance associated with the specification.

3. Select the Fill Check checkbox to automatically check the fill level.

   The Specifications part of the Cabling Application Defaults window displays the basic details of the specification.

4. The Cableway Data part of the Cabling Application Defaults window displays the dimensions of the cableway. Create Ends RNODEs allows for the creation RNODEs on the ends of the cableway branch.

   Fill Check Utility Allowance is the value taken into account when the Fill Level Check window updates the Branch Points grid cells with a specific colour, green, yellow or red. If a Cableway Branch maximum fill is 75% and the Fill Check Utility Allowance is set to 5, you will be prompted when a specific point on the branch is within 5 of the maximum fill percentage

   The value for this must be greater than 1. If not, a message is displayed.

   

5. Auto Routing Criteria has two options:

   1. Selecting minimize Free Route will route the cable to or from the closest valid entry or exit point, finding the shortest path through the cableway branches.

   2. Selecting minimize Total Length will find the shortest possible route between the start and end points, using any of the valid entry or exit points within the RANEQUIP range to minimize the length.

      Note: The closest points will not always be used.