You use this dialog to select an appropriate reference cable when defining equipment profiles, associating an instrument, control station, and so forth with a reference cable.
Cable category
Allows you to select a category that defines the purpose for which the cable is used: Power, Instrumentation, Control, or Grounding. This is a required field for this dialog.
Cable specification
Allows you to select a filter criterion that defines a family of cables, each consisting of a specific group of reference cables.
Cable definition
Select from cable library
Allows you to select a reference cable by choosing an existing reference cable.
Reference cable
Choose Select and then select an appropriate cable from the cable library.
Specify construction
Allows you to associate a new plant cable which you create based on the construction definitions below.
Conductor arrangement
Allows you to define the number and arrangement of the conductors in the cable. The following standard options are available:
Single core cable
Creates a current-carrying cable with a single core. For this option, you can specify an arrangement of any number of single-core conductors, for example, 3 single-core cables, but you cannot specify any additional conductors.
2-core cable
Creates a cable with two current-carrying conductors and no additional conductors. You cannot modify the cable construction for this option.
2+1-core cable
Creates a cable with two current-carrying conductors and one additional conductor. You cannot modify the cable construction for this option.
3-core cable
Creates a cable with three current-carrying conductors and no additional conductors. You cannot modify the cable construction for this option.
3+1-core cable
Creates a cable with three current-carrying conductors and one additional conductor. You cannot modify the cable construction for this option.
3+2-core cable
Creates a cable with three current-carrying conductors and two additional conductors. You cannot modify the cable construction for this option.
Multicore cable
Creates a cable with multiple conductors. For this option, you can specify any number of conductors and additional conductors.
You can change the names of the standard conductor arrangement items in the Data Dictionary
Manager. However, the software performs calculations according to the position in
the list of the item that you select. For example, a 2-core cable is always the second
item in the list.
Conductors
Allows you to specify the number of conductors within the cable used for carrying the current, excluding the neutral, the ground, or additional conductors. If you selected Single- core or Multicore as the conductor arrangement, this option allows you to specify the number of conductors or cores in the cable that carry the electric current.
Additional conductors
If you selected Multicore as the conductor arrangement, allows you to specify the number of additional non-current-carrying conductors, such as ground wires.