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You can make changes in the properties of a cable that has already been used in your plant. This change is made by replacing the reference cable associated with the plant cable. The procedure below explains how to carry out such a replacement. You can make this change for one or more plant cables that will use the same reference cable provided that the selected cables belong to the same cable category.

  1. In the Electrical Index, expand the folder hierarchy Wiring Equipment > Cables.

  2. Expand one of the cable folders: Power Cables, Control Cables, Grounding Cables, or Instrumentation Cables.

  3. Select the folder and adjust the size of the panes to view the individual cables in the list view pane.

  4. If required, change the view in the list view pane by selecting View Settings PPM All Outputs Graphic to toggle through each view of the items in the list view pane, or select the arrow beside the icon and select the required view.

  5. Hold CTRL while selecting the cables that you want to replace.

  6. Select Actions > Cables > Replace Cable Structure.

  7. On the Replace Cable Structure dialog, do one of the following in the Selected cables grid:

    • For each cable that you want to replace, select the check box beside the cable name.

    • Select the Select all check box if you intend to replace all the cables in the list.

    You cannot replace the reference cable of a plant cable if:

    • the plant cable is wired

    • the plant cable is installed

    • the plant cable is locked to a cable drum

  8. Under Change, select the Reference cable option.

  9. Under Select replacement structure, select a reference cable that will replace the associated reference cable in the selected plant cables.

    SHARED Tip If required, select properties under Filter criteria to filter the list of available reference cables.

  • The software only allows the replacement of cables belonging the same category. For example, you can only replace a power cable with another power cable.

  • The software does not allow you to replace a reference cable associated with a terminated plant cable unless the new reference cable has the same conductor arrangement as the replaced reference cable.

  • The software does not allow you to replace cables that have already been installed or locked to a drum.

  • After replacing the associated reference cable, the software removes the plant cable from the associated cable drum.

  • The software replaces the values of the selected plant power cables with the property values in the reference cable that you select in the Select replacement structure grid.

  • Note that the properties that will be updated are set in Options Manager. You can make these settings if you have appropriate access rights. In Options Manager, select Options > Set Cable Properties for Synchronization. See Set Cable Properties for Synchronization in the Options Manager help.

  • When the selected cables for replacing include parallel cables, only one tag per parallel cable appears in the display; however the software performs the operation for all the parallel cables in each set. If descriptions exist for the individual parallel cables, the software retains those descriptions.

  • When replacing a group of parallel cables generated by the sizing procedure with cables that have a different formation, make sure that for the Reference cable property, you select Non-sized power cable. Otherwise, you can only replace parallel cables with another group of cables that have the same formation. For example, you can only replace three parallel cables of 300 mm2 (3*300 mm2) with another configuration of 3 parallel cables, such as 3*90 mm2, 3*(3*25 mm2+1*10 mm2), and so forth.

  • The software retains any existing connections with electrical equipment when replacing the reference cable with another reference cable.

  • The software retains any existing cable routing.