Cable Catalog

The Cable Catalog is used to view all catalog cables and allows definition of manufacturers cable properties such as catalog number, manufacturer, cable type (cores, pairs, triads), number of cores, pairs or triads, core markings, core size, whether the cable has screens/shields, earth core, armoured, its outer diameter, weight, conductivity .

In AVEVA Instrumentation all project cables must be based on a catalog cable. This ensures that project cable properties (size, number of cores, type .) consistent with a 'real' cable. You can reassign another catalog cable to any project cable at any time. This changes the project cable to have the properties (size, number of cores, type, core markings) of the newly assigned catalog cable, keeping current terminations for the original cable.

1. To open the Cable Catalog, click Select in the Grids and Schedules section of the Home tab.

2. Select Cables from under the Catalog heading in the list of grids that is then displayed.

   The Cable Catalog grid is then displayed:

   

   Note: Only those cables with their AllowUse checkbox checked will be available for use when working in the project Cable Schedule. Although the cable catalog can hold thousands of standard cables from various manufacturers, 'Allow' filters only specific cables for use on the project.

   For information on grid functionality, refer to Working with the Data Grid topic.