Terminate Plant Cables in Batch Mode - Intergraph Smart Electrical - Help - Hexagon

This feature enables you to terminate (in batch mode) numerous plant cables that belong to the same category, for example, power, control, instrumentation, and so forth. For example, you can you can terminate all the plant control cables that are associated with 10hp motors and their circuits. The software allows you to select a connection method (continuous or custom) for the batch operation.

1. In the Electrical Index, select the Cables folder.

2. In the Item Tag pane, select the cables you want to terminate in batch mode. You can only connect cables in batch mode if they belong to the same category, for example, power, control, instrumentation, and so forth.

3. Select Actions > Cables > Batch Cable Connection.

4. On the Batch Cable Connection dialog, select the Activate cable side 1 (From) check box or Activate cable side 2 (To) check box, or both check boxes.

5. Under Action, select the Connect check box.

6. Under Terminal strip sequence, type the sequence of the appropriate terminal strip that is associated with the equipment you want to connect. The value you type defines the terminal strip to be connected. Type a value for one or both cable sides as you require.

7. Under First terminal, type a value to instruct the software which terminal on the current terminal strip is to be connected first.

8. Select an appropriate active connection side for one or both cable ends.

9. From the Connection type list for one or both cable sides, select an appropriate connection type.

   From the Connection type list, you can select Continuous (wire the first selected terminal of an item and then automatically wire the rest of the terminals) or a name of an existing custom connection type. If the connection type that you require is not on the list, create it in the Reference Data Explorer. For details, see Define a Connection Type.

10. In the Cable connection details data window, select the Select check box next to the appropriate cables that you want to connect.

11. Select OK.

• 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.