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This topic focuses on the procedure to place Panel Markers in a GPS calibrated drawing.

For a similar procedure using the Map tool see this topic.

 

Prerequisites

This topic assumes that you have a GPS calibrated drawing of your plant.

For more information on calibrating your drawing see here.

Further, this topic assumes that you have identified GPS coordinates for your Locations in your Locations table. For more information on this topic see here.

 

Explanation

WireCAD has the ability to place a polyline for every Backbone in the Backbones table for which GPS location coordinate data exists. The markers placed are based on the current filter settings. For more information on setting filters see here.

 

The Arc Distance, Self-Connect Arc Distance and the Show Mode can be determined in the menu. For more information on these settings see this topic.

 

The marker text, color and other settings can be controlled in the GPS Settings panel.

 

The tool can [Show Backbone Stats] such as the fiber count, availability, and blocked fiber count. This data, if generated, is displayed in the tooltip of the Backbone when the mouse hovers over it.

The statistics are presented in the form: Backbone Number FiberMode\Count\Available\Blocked

 

You can also see Backbone stats with or without having the [Show Backbone Stats] checkbox checked by double-clicking a Backbone. Doing so will present a message box with the stats.

 

The polyline can be made to show only its end points or if the Show Vias is checked it will jump from the starting location through every Via location until it reaches the ending location.

The polyline can also be made to show the Backbone number as the polyline LineType

 

Related Topics

GPS Settings

Display Tab

 

Procedure

1.Open your GPS calibrated drawing. If your drawing does not display GPS in the lower right-hand corner, stop.

2.Select the Arc Distance and Self-Connect Arc Dist. Arc Distance sets the polyline bulge factor. An Arc Distance of 1 creates an arc of 180°.  For more information see this topic.

 

 

3.Select the Overlay Mode. For more information on the Overlay Mode see this topic.

4.Enter any Filter data that you would like to limit the display of Backbones by.  For more information on the Filters see this topic.

5.Click Mapping Tools > Display > Backbones. This will display all locations for which GPS data has been entered. If you have an empty filter all Panels with found GPS data will be shown.

6.You are done.

 

 

Note: Although we are showing a real world location in these examples the data is completely fictitious. Any resemblance to any data living or dead is purely coincidental.