This option allows you to select, create, or edit a connection type in the Reference Data Explorer. A connection type facilitates rapid cable set connections. You define a connection type that contains a connection pattern. A connection type contains the definition of the pattern by which wires will be connected on a terminal strip, and allows automatic connection of successive cable sets. After a wiring pattern has been defined, you can select it when you wire plant items using the custom connection method. The connection type that you select during the connection procedure will determine how the connections are made.
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In the Reference Data Explorer, right-click the Connection Types folder.
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On the shortcut menu, select New Connection Type.
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On the Connection Type dialog, type a connection type name and description.
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For instrumentation cables, in the Skip between sets field, enter the number of terminals that you want to skip between the first conductor of the previously connected set and the first conductor of the next set. The skipped terminals will be left unconnected.
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In the Conductors group box, do the following:
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Select in the Skip text field and type the number of terminals to skip before connecting this conductor in the cable set. The skip refers to the number of terminals that will be left unconnected between consecutive cable sets. Enter the number of terminals to be skipped according to your needs. In most cases, this value is incremented for successive conductors. You can accept the displayed value if suitable.
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In the Land Side field, select the A – Active or O – Opposite check box to select the terminal side to which you want to connect each conductor The side that is currently active depends on the side that you start connecting.
In the environment of a wiring drawing, the A side is the active side of the terminal that you want to connect. It can be its left
or right side, depending on which terminal side you selected after you moved the cursor
over the connection points. The O side is the opposite side of the active side.
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Select Add to add another row to the Conductors data window.
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The Conductor field signifies a specific conductor in a cable set. The displayed Wire00x values represent the conductor names and are used to illustrate the current connection type configuration. This field is not editable.
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The number of rows that you add has to match the number of conductors that will be connected. The software does not connect the leftover conductors that do not have connection type definitions in the Conductors data window.
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Select OK.