Edit Entry Dialog Box (Multi-Connection Sequence Terminal)

Find

Command entry: AECOMPONENT

Enter "H--1_MULTI_CONN_NOCHG" in the Type It box and click OK. Specify the insertion point on the drawing. In the Edit Multi-Connection Sequence Terminal Symbol dialog box, select one of the six series-connected entries and click Edit.

This in-line component lets you manually define a connection sequence of up to six series-connected terminal strip points. All are embedded in this single graphical component but are fully reported in the various wire connection reports.

For example, you might have a wire that connects from a push button and goes out to a field device. But to get to the field device, the wire connection must pass through a local terminal strip, then a shipping split terminal strip, on to a field connection terminal strip, and finally a terminal strip near the field device. Instead of showing all four series-connected terminals in the wire, you can substitute this single "multi-connection sequence" terminal representation and manually define the connection sequence.

Tag - ID

Terminal strip tag-ID

Terminal Number

Terminal strip terminal number

Miscellaneous

Edit box shows saved data values defined by the following selections.

Installation Code

Changes the installation code assignment. You can search the current drawing or entire project for installation codes. A quick read of all the current or selected drawing file is done and a list of installation codes used so far is returned. Select from the list to update the component automatically with the installation code.

Assign short installation codes to components like "PNL" and "FIELD" so you can create location-specific BOM and component lists later.

Location Code

Changes the location codes. You can search the current drawing or entire project for location codes. A quick read of all the current or selected drawing file is done and a list of location codes used so far is returned. Select from the list to update the component automatically with the location code.

Assign short location codes to components like "PNL" and "FIELD" so you can extract cable from/to reports and location-specific BOM reports later. (For example, BOM for all field cables, BOM for all PNL cables.)

Catalog Data

You can do a drawing-wide or project-wide listing of similar components with their catalog assignments. During your editing session, the last MFG / CAT / ASSYCODE assignment for each component type you insert into your wiring diagram is remembered. When you insert another component of that type, the previous catalog assignment of the component is set as the default (assuming a previous one was made during the current editing session).

Find	Scans each drawing for the target component type and returns a list of what was found. You can make your catalog assignment by selecting from the list.
Catalog Lookup	Opens the catalog database of the catalog from which you can manually enter or select the Manufacturer or Catalog values. Search the database for a specific catalog item to assign to the selected component.
Drawing	Lists the part numbers used for similar components in the current drawing.
Project	Lists the part numbers used for similar components in the project. You can search in the active project, another project, or in an external file. Active project: All the drawings in the current project are scanned and the results are listed in a dialog box. Select from the list to assign your new component with a catalog number that is consistent with other similar components in the project. Other project: Scans each listed drawing in a previous project for the target component type and returns the catalog information in a sub-dialog box. Make your catalog assignment by picking from the list. External file: You can pull catalog assignments from a generic ASCII file created by a word processor or output from a spreadsheet or database program. A dialog box displays the contents of the selected text file. Find and highlight the desired entry. AutoCAD Electrical toolset reads the line of text from the file and breaks it into its component parts. These are displayed in the left-hand list. For each relevant item, highlight it and then pick the appropriate category button in the center column. The highlighted item is transferred to the corresponding category (and then to the Insert/Edit dialog box once OK is clicked).
Catalog Check	Displays what the selected item looks like in a Bill of Material template.

Wire entering this connection

Click Internal, External, or Both to change the Connection Code (I=Internal, E=External). The code changes the Miscellaneous value as follows: LEFT_TERMDESC=I (for Internal), LEFT_TERMDESC=E (for External).

Wire leaving this connection

Click Internal, External, or Both to change the Connection Code (I=Internal, E=External). The code changes the Miscellaneous value as follows: RIGHT_TERMDESC=I (for Internal), RIGHT_TERMDESC=E (for External).

Wire number	Manually define the wire number that leaves this terminal connection and goes to the next. If it is the last terminal in the sequence, this wire number assignment is ignored and the actual wire number connecting the right-hand side of the symbol is used.
Wire layer	Manually define the wire layer assignment. If it is the last terminal in the sequence, this value is ignored.
Cable	Manually define the cable marker tag-ID. If it is the last terminal in the sequence, this value is ignored.
Conductor	Manually define a cable marker conductor color value. If it is the last terminal in the sequence, this value is ignored.

Delete this entry

Removes the displayed terminal sequence from the overall list and moves any following entry positions up to fill in the gap.

Insert new before this one

Moves the current display terminal sequence down one position and creates a new, empty entry ahead of it. There is a maximum of six total positions.

Insert new after this one

Pushes all of the following sequences down one position and creates a new, empty entry just after the displayed entry. There is a maximum of six total positions.