Create a Device Cable - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

You use this option to create a new device cable and connect it to a selected device panel. This feature is useful when you created a device panel in the Domain Explorer, associated it with an instrument in the Device Panels window, but have not yet defined a device cable for it. You can configure the cable and its connection type manually or you can let Smart Instrumentation select the reference cable and connection type automatically.

1. In the Wiring Module window, select Actions > Device Panels .

2. In the Device Panels window, select the Manual configuration check box to define the device panel and cable manually.

   OR

   Clear the Manual configuration check box to define the device panel and cable automatically.

3. Select the required device panel – instrument associations for which you want to create device cables.

4. Select Actions > Create.

   

   • If you cleared the Manual configuration check box, Smart Instrumentation creates and configures the device panel automatically. The creation process ends at this point and the new device panels appear next to the selected instruments in the Device Panels window. The software displays a cable icon next to the new device panel indicating that a device cable is connected to it.

   • If you selected the Manual configuration check box, the creation process continues.

5. On the Create Device Panel and Cable dialog, in the active group box ( Conventional connections or Plug-and-socket connections) do the following for each device panel associated with an instrument:

   1. Select New.

   2. On the dialog that opens, enter the appropriate values.

   3. Select OK.

6. On the Create Device Panel and Cable dialog, select OK.

   The new device cable appears in the Device Panels window next to the selected instrument.