Terminal Strip Builder
General
The Terminal Strip Builder is a function that builds the records required for a terminal strip, its terminals, and a terminal strip diagram. Component builders are started when you choose to add a component or to reselect the specification for a component.
Procedure
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Enter the name of the terminal strip in the terminal strip name edit box. A default name is provided by the name sequence assigned to the terminal strip folder.
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You can choose the specification for the terminals from the EDS catalogs. Click the
button, then choose the desired terminal specification.A default map file is used to map the columns from the catalog file to the columns in the ratings record of the component. You can choose a different map file by clicking the
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Enter the first terminal name, and the number of terminals for the strip.
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Click the name sequence. Further presses of the button will add terminal strips named incrementally.
button to add the terminal strip to the database without exiting the dialog. The terminal strip name on the dialog will be updated to show the next name as determined by the terminal strip folder -
Click the [OK] button to add the terminal strip to the database and exit the dialog.
Click the
button to add the number of terminal strips specified in the "Number of T-Strips" box, then exit the dialog.If you are re-selecting the terminal strips from the catalog then the number will be disabled, but clicking
will modify all of the terminal strips that you have chosen to re-select from the catalog.-
Click the
button to exit the dialog without adding any further terminal strips to the database.
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Terminal Strip Diagrams
For each new terminal strip, the builder can create a terminal strip diagram. If you are reselecting the specification for an existing terminal strip then the function will not add a diagram.
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When you exit the builder, you will be asked if you wish to add the diagram for each new terminal strip.
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The automatically created terminal strip diagrams are named by concatenating the diagram type followed by the terminal strip name.
You may rename the diagrams if required. You may remove the terminal strips from the diagrams and place them on other diagrams if required.