The ETAP - Smart Electrical interface allows you to import ETAP data to Smart Electrical and export data to ETAP. When exporting data to ETAP you can publish single electrical analysis SLDs or a complete set of all the existing electrical analysis SLDs in one set. When retrieving ETAP data, you can retrieve a particular ETAP one-line diagram or publish all plant data to Smart Electrical. (Note that this is an ETAP feature and the setting is defined in ETAP.)
The interface is based on a fixed mapping file that is shipped with Smart Electrical. This file determines the mapping between the ETAP elements and various equipment types in Smart Electrical. ETAP users cannot modify the mapping of ETAP elements to SEL item types. However, it is possible to change the mapping of the properties in both Smart Electrical and ETAP and change the direction of the data propagation between the two applications.
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Note the following limitations regarding publishing and retrieving parallel connections:
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It is not possible to publish to ETAP electrical items that are connected in parallel. These items will not be published at all.
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When retrieving electrical items that are connected in parallel from ETAP, the software creates a new bus in Smart Electrical and connects these items to this bus using a non-parallel connection.
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When publishing junction boxes from Smart Electrical to ETAP, ETAP retrieves these items as bus nodes. When ETAP users publish this bus back to Smart Electrical, it is retrieved as a junction box and its circuit is retrieved as a panel circuit.