WireCAD ENTerprise CMS Tools > CMS Basics > Circuits > New Circuit Tool

Before you Start

The use of this tool assumes the following:

•	That you have added Backbones to the project.

•	That you have added the necessary Cable Types to the global Cable Types.

•	That you have an idea of what you want to connect together and that you know the first bit of infrastructure to which you will attach.

•	That you have created your Customer Furnished Equipment(CFE) in the Equipment Library for the originating and final destination equipment devices and/or that SysNames have been created for each individual piece of equipment to which you will attach.

How to create a New Circuit

1. Verify that you have created all your Equipment and Cable Types needed for this circuit.

2. From the Circuits Grid click [File>New] to launch the New Circuit tool.

3. Verify that your Circuit Number/Name is correct and that it is not duplicating an existing entry.

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4. Enter your IT System and Customer info.

Note: IT System is required. You will not be able to [Build] without an entry.

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5. Select your Origin(named equipment) from the drop down menu on the left. Alternately, select the Origin CFE (Customer Furnished Equipment) and fill in the detail data in the dropdown.

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6. Select your Final Destination System (named equipment) from the drop down menu on the right. Alternately, select the Final Destination CFE(Customer Furnished Equipment) and fill in the detail data in the dropdown.

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7. Select your Jumper To Equipment. This will be the first Patch Panel to which your Origin system will connect.

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8. Select the ports from your Origin equipment and the Ports on your Jumper To equipment. You will see that WireCAD creates a preview jumper between the 2 for you to verify correct connections.

Note: You can only create a jumper set that matches the Cable Strand Count set in step 3.

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9. Click [Add Jumper].

Note: If you have connector types that WireCAD believes do not match, you will be presented with a window stating "Connector String Mismatch". If you want to turn this message off, you can do so in the Application Menu > Settings>UserCMS.

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10. Click the [Next>] button.

11. Verify that a Backbone exists between the correct Patch Panels.

Note: WireCAD will automatically populate an available route between Patch Panels using existing Backbone structures.

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12. Click [Add Backbone Segment].

13. Verify the correct cables have been added to the Proposed Cables In Circuit list. Then click [Next].

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14. From this point, you can create additional Jumper To equipment, and place jumpers and backbone segments using steps 5-11.

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15. When you are ready to complete this circuit, select the [Last] button. The Final Destination equipment will populate the Jumper To the list for selection of the final set of jumpers.

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16. Select your last set of ports on both sides and click [Add Jumper].

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17. If you would like to see a Functional Block Diagram preview of this circuit, click the [Preview] tab.

Note: Preview will be generated with Project Settings.

18. Click the [Build] button to finalize this circuit.

Note: If you have not filled in the required fields or if the circuit Number/Name is not unique the [Build] process will not continue. Look for the icon to indicate fields that require attention