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Smart Electrical enables you to effect termination of plant cables. You can create wiring diagrams where you make the terminations that you require. Also, you can generate various wiring reports that show the wiring of the plant items.

Note that you can only terminate those cables that have already been associated with the electrical items that you want to wire. Therefore, before terminating the cable wires, make sure that you associate the required cables with appropriate plant items.

The software provides you with several ways to carry out the required termination. You can choose one of the following termination methods:

Continuous connection

Allows you to perform wiring in a sequential order starting with a terminal that you select.

Custom connection

Allows you to select a reference custom connection type for the terminals that you want to wire.

Batch cable connection

Allows you to select a number of cables that have the same wiring pattern. You can connect these cables in batch mode to plant items that have the same connectivity.

  • When you change the association of a terminated power cable by dragging it to another equipment item in the Electrical Engineer, the software disconnects this cable from the terminal strip of that equipment. Changing the association of a terminated non-power cable on the Cable Common Properties dialog also results in disconnection. The software disconnects the cable without displaying a warning message.

  • The software allows you to wire non-power cables to all the circuits that belong to a PDB that has already been associated with a non-power cable in a CBD or the Cable Common Properties dialog. In a wiring diagram, after placing the circuits of a PDB that has already been associated with a non-power cable, the software identifies the connection points of these circuits and enables you to wire the associated non-power cable or its constituents.

  • You can place an entire terminal strip on a wiring diagram by dragging it to an open drawing from the Electrical Index. In a conventional wiring diagram, it is also possible to place a sub-set of terminals or individual terminals on an open diagram. Drag the required terminals from the List View pane in the Electrical Index and place them on the diagram as needed. Note that you cannot place the same terminal more than once on the same wiring diagram.

  • Cables that have already been terminated cannot be connected to different wiring equipment. You need to disconnect them first and then connect them as needed.

  • When designing electrical terminations of space heaters, to terminate the auxiliary contact with a space heater or any other electrical equipment item, terminate the cable conductors to the terminal strip of the circuit where the auxiliary contact is located.

  • In a wiring diagram, the software allows you to split the wires of a non-power cable and terminate them to any terminal strip of any of the circuits of a PDB or of local panel or junction box.

  • You can lengthen the connectors that represent conductors and cable sets in a wiring diagram. To control the position of a conductor or cable set on a drawing, select the connector that represents the conductor or cable set and then drag the connection point to the required position on the drawing.