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You can synchronize the Smart Electrical reference cables with the ETAP cable library of a particular ETAP project if you want to have a commonly shared cable library. This synchronization is optional. If you do not synchronize the libraries, both applications function independently of the cable library of the other application. However, if you synchronize the cable libraries, each application will identify the reference cables that were specified by the other application.

To effect this synchronization, you need to export your reference cables to ETAP and import ETAP library cables. This procedure explains how to export your reference cables by selecting particular cable specifications.

  1. On the Options Manager menu bar, select Interface > ETAP > Export Reference Cables.

  2. On the Reference Power Cable Selection Method page of the Export Smart Electrical Reference Cables wizard, choose the Power cables with selected cable specifications option.

  3. Under Cable specifications, select the appropriate specifications and select Add.

    SHARED Tip After selecting Next, the software will display a list of reference power cables that have the cable specifications you select on this page.

  4. Select Next.

  5. On the Reference Cable Selection page, select the reference cables that you need.

  6. Select Finish.

  • The software exports the reference cables to the cable library file that you specified in Options Manager and appends the new cables to the list of the existing cables in that library.

  • To ensure that the exported reference cables are consistent with the ETAP cable library, Smart Electrical filters out the reference cables that have additional conductors to the current carrying conductors. These cables are not exported to the ETAPSPELCableLib.MDB file. When ETAP retrieves a SEL analysis SLD which included such a reference cable, ETAP ignores the additional conductors and does not insert this reference cable into the ETAP cable library.

  • If you export reference cables that already exist in the cable library, the software ignores the cables that have identical properties. The software exports only those cables whose properties differ from the cables that already exist.

  • There are certain cable properties that must be defined for the reference cables prior to exporting them. These properties form the ETAP cable headers and they are all mandatory for ETAP. In addition to the properties required by Smart Electrical to form reference cables, you must define other properties that form the ETAP cable headers. Any reference cable that lacks even one of these property definitions is rejected by the software after the export process. The following properties must be defined before starting export:

    • Conductor Material

    • Frequency

    • Base Temperature

    • Installation

    • Insulation Material

    • Insulation Voltage Rating

    • kV Class

    • Length Unit of Measure

    • Number of Conductors

    • Source Name

    • Ta Base Above Ground

    • Ta Base Under Ground

    • Tc Base Above Ground

    • Tc Base Under Ground

    • Unit System

    • RHO

  • If you want to use Smart Electrical cables in ETAP, you have to define all the electrical properties that are required by ETAP. We recommend that you specify a distinct "source name" for these cables so that they do not interfere with or override ETAP original library cables.