Copper Cable (Designed)

Command: Copper Cable (Designed)
Menu path: Copper > Copper Cable (Designed)
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Functional description: Adds copper cable with the property - Designed.
 


By using the Copper Cable (Designed) command it is possible to lay three types of copper cables:

  • Feeder and/or distribution cable
  • Drop cable (underground)
  • Drop cable (aerial)


Copper cable - Feeder/Distribution network

Laying the cables between the nodal elements of the feeder/distribution network you’ll get the feeder/distribution network copper cable.
Feeder/Distribution network nodal elements are:

  • Telephone Exchange
  • Feeder Distribution Interface (FDI)
  • Splices (distribution network)
  • Distribution terminals (DT)
  • PT (Public Telephone)
  • Slack loops


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An example of a cable laid in distribution network.


Copper cable - Underground drop plant

Drop plant underground cable is created by laying cable from the DTs to the drop plant nodal elements elements,
if the DTs from which the cables are laid are of the following type:

  • Pedestal DT
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Also, drop plant underground cable is created by lying cables from the splice point (drop plant)
to the drop plant elements, if the splice point is not on the telephone pole (i.e. burried splice).


Copper cable - Aerial drop plant

Drop plant aerial cable is created by laying cable from the DT to the drop plant elements,
if the DTs from which the cables are laid are of the following type:

  • Aerial pole-mount DT
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  • Aerial roof-mount DT
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Also, drop plant aerial cable is obtained by laying cables from the splice point (drop plant)
to the drop plant elements, if the splice point is on the pole.

Copper Cable (Designed) command enables the laying of copper cable with predefined properties.
These properties can be changed through the Properties window.

By laying in this way, you’ll get the cable with the following properties:


Properties


TCG global properties:

  • TCG Object Identifier
  • Note  - in this field enter remarks regarding the selected copper cable
  • Owner - (Owner of the infrastructure)

Cable length:

  • Trench length (m) - length obtained from the drawing
  • Sinuosity (%) - (default sinuosity, defined in the system settings)
  • Sinuosity (m) - automatically calculated on the basis of the previous item
  • Slack Loop Length (m) - average slack loop length (reserve in length) of the copper cable is defined in the system settings.
  • Cable length (m) - length calculated based on previous items related to the length (displayed on the cable label, if the As-built length is not entered)
  • As-built length - 0 (entered by the user based on the on-site data and displayed on the cable label, if entered)

Copper Cable:

  • Cable type (without capacity)
    is determined on the basis of system settings according to the network it belongs to (feeder/distribution, aerial or underground drop plant)
  • Network type - defined depending on the elements between which the cable is laid (feeder/distribution or drop plant)
  • Pathway type* - aerial or underground, depending on the elements between which the cable is laid
    (* This property does not exist in feeder/distribution cables because they are by default laid underground)
  • Cable status - Designed
  • Locked  - by default the cable is not locked
    If the cable is locked, its capacity will not be changed during the automatic optimization of cables.
  • Year built - (current year is offered)

 

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Figure 1


Cable laying procedure

Cable laying procedure is the same for all cables.
The only difference is in the properties assigned to the cable upon laying.
The procedure is described on Copper cable laying page.

Addition:

If during the cable laying, you click on an element that does not belong to the copper network (e.g. a manhole or ODF),
the program will simply ignore it until you specify the appropriate element of copper network.