Create a Reference Single-Pair Cable - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Training - Intergraph Process, Power & Marine Documentation

You have already used a single-pair cable in your instrument type profile to enable the system to automatically create field device objects connected to a single-pair cable. Nevertheless, for tutorial purposes, you will learn how to create reference cables.

To create a new cable, you need to do the following:

1. Add a cable.

2. Select a cable configuration.

3. Use a configuration to create a cable with its associated cable sets and wires.

Creating a new Cable

1. Press F8 to open the Reference Explorer.

2. Right-click the Cables folder and then on the shortcut menu, click New > Cable.

3. On the Cable Configuration dialog box, click New to create a new cable configuration.

4. On the New Cable Configuration dialog box that opens, enter data as follows:

   • Number of cable sets: 1

   • Default cable set type: PAIR W/SHIELD

5. Click OK to return to the Cable Configuration dialog box.

6. Complete the data as follows:

   • Cable Configuration: 1 SINGLE PAIR

   • Description: 1PAIR with SHIELD

     

7. When completed, click Save.

8. Click Create to open the Cable Properties dialog box where you can create a new cable.

9. Under Cable, type MY REF. PAIR. In the Glands group box, you can define some gland types by clicking next to the End 1 or End 2 lists. You can leave all the other properties undefined.

   

10. Click OK to close the Cable Properties dialog box.

11. View the cable-set-wire hierarchy in the Cables folder of the Reference Explorer.