Both Smart Instrumentation and Smart Electrical have their own cable libraries and cable management features. Each of these applications manages its cables (instrumentation, power, and control cables) differently. Oftentimes, cables that were created in Smart Instrumentation cannot be handled by Smart Electrical although these cables are controlled by the same control systems, routed in the same cable trays, and they serve the same equipment.
The software allows you to import Smart Instrumentation cables and use all the available cable management features of Smart Electrical to handle the cables that were imported from Smart Instrumentation. You can carry out the following activities with the imported cables:
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Design cable routing.
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Create and edit cable block diagrams.
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Effect drum assignment.
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Publish cable routing to Smart 3D.
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Generate cable schedules.
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To be able to import Smart Instrumentation cables and manage them in Smart Electrical, you have to coordinate the reference cable libraries in both applications.
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For sample cable import links, please contact customer support.
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After importing Smart Instrumentation cables, Smart Electrical will indicate which cables and equipment came from Smart Instrumentation. You can distinguish Smart Instrumentation cables and equipment by using the SPIID property that is available when filtering items and generating reports.