A Cable Set is a template for creating a batch of Cables with the specified cable types and naming convention over a common route.
A Cable Set includes a list of entries that each describe how many Cables of a particular Cable Type to create, how to name them, and a few other details related to the creation of the Cables.
The first step in making a new Cable Set is to click on the Category within which the cable set is to be placed and then clicking on the +New Cable Set button.
Specify Cable Set Name
Type the Cable Set Name in the text box. After the newly created Cable Set is saved it will be visible in the dropdown list of predefined Cable Sets.
Note: When used, Cable Sets generate Cable names automatically, based on the Name and Index fields (this has nothing to do with the name of the CableSet itself). These Cable names must be unique and if they are not, IRM generates an error as shown below. To avoid this error, change the Name and/or Index fields so that unique names are generated.
Select Cable Type
Clicking on the field under the Cable Type Name column opens the Set Cable Type sub-dialog, which displays categorized Cable Types organized in a tree structure:
Selecting a Cable Type enables the
OK button, which closes the sub-dialog and sets the selected Cable Type in the
Cable Entries grid. For more details about the definition of this particular Cable Type see the following section -
Creating a basic Ethernet Cable Type.
Specify Quantity
Click on the numeric stepper/slider control, or type a value, to specify how many instances of the same Cable Type to create.
Specify Cable Name
Type a set of alphanumeric characters to define the name format. Any contiguous sequence of the special symbol "#" gets replaced by the current numeric index value.
Any contiguous sequence of the special symbol "@" is replaced by the current alphabetic index value (see Index items below). The number of contiguous "#" symbols indicates how many digits are generated, with leading 0's preceded as necessary, and the number of contiguous "@" symbols indicates how many letters are generated, with leading spaces preceded as necessary.
In this example, using the "Test Ethernet cable #@" name format, with Quantity set to "1" and the Index set to "1", the Cable instance generated would be named 'Test Ethernet cable 1A".
Note: If the user attempts to manually create an object with a duplicate name or rename an object with a name that already exists, a dialog opens that explains that another object with the same name already exists and provides a hyperlink to that object. The new object creation or rename operation fails.
Specify Index
Index is the initial value for a numeric value that is auto-incremented in cases where multiple cable instances of the same Cable Type are being created. This value replaces any contiguous sequence of "#" in the name format value to generate the name of the Cable Set entry, after which the Index value will be incremented.
For example, if the name format is 'Cable Instance ##' and the Index value is set to 8, the generated names will be Cable Instance 08, Cable Instance 09, Cable Instance 10, etc.
Specify Alphabetic Index
Similar to Index, but in base 26 using letters only (e.g., sequence is a, b, c, through to z). Letters cycle through until all combinations are used.
For example, if the name format is 'Cable Instance @@' and the Alphabetic Index value is set to uppercase (e.g., 'A'), the counting is done in uppercase (A, B, C, ...). If the value is set to lowercase, counting is done in lowercase (a, b, c, ...). Using mixed case like 'aB' will result in an error.
Set Cable Groupings
Clicking on the arrow icon under the Cable Groupings column opens the Set Groupings sub-dialog, displaying a multi-select checkbox list of Groupings. After making the selection, click on the OK button to close the sub-dialog and set the selected Groupings in the Cable Entries grid. The newly created Cables will be placed in the chosen Groupings.
Save or just create the newly created Cable Set
Clicking on the Save Cable Set button saves the Cable Set object, closes the Create New Cable sub-dialog, and returns focus to the Design World, with the IRM User in Cable routing mode.
Clicking on the Create Cable Set button doesn't save the Cable Set object, it closes the Create New Cable sub-dialog, and returns focus to the Design World, with the IRM User left in Cable routing mode.
