Once the racks, ports and slots are defined, the Equipment to be installed in the racks must be defined.

Open the Equipment Dialog Box

1. From the File > OpenComms Settings > ISP dialog select the Equipment tab.
2. The Equipment Editor dialog box opens.

   

Edit an Existing Equipment Model

1. Select an equipment device from the Equipment List. Highlighting the equipment loads the information into the dialog box.
2. Edit the Equipment Editor input fields as necessary.
   Note: If fields are unavailable for selecting, this means that the equipment is in use and cannot be modified.
3. Click Update to save changes into the spec file.

Add an Equipment Model

1. Key in the equipment ID in the database field.
2. Click Add to save the equipment into the spec file and to make the dimension fields available.
3. From the Class pull-down menu, select a class and a sub class.
4. From the Status pull-down menu, select active or inactive. An inactive equipment stops being available when placing equipment.
5. Key in Wire Run Label, Series name, Manufacturer name, Manufacture Part #, Internal Part #, Equipment Use and Cost.
6. Click Fits In to designate a piece of equipment (card) to fit in a particular slot.
7. Enter the equipment Width, Height, Depth, Top and Bottom Gap.
8. Enter the equipment Power, Flow Rate, Current, Noise and Air Temp Rise.
   Note: For device defined under the Power class and the PDU sub class, the Current parameter setting is used as the maximum current of the Power Distribution Units.
9. The OSS Type pull-down menu is only used when the Inside Plant will be exported to a status-monitoring database. Bentley Systems customize this for each customer's requirements. Contact your sales representative for more information.
10. Select the Can Piggyback check box to define if this equipment cannot be placed in a rack; but rather that it can be attached to another piece of equipment, like a two-way splitter attached to a patch panel port.
11. From the Front and Back Image pull-down menu, select an image to associate to the front and back of the equipment that is used during the rack elevation creation.
12. Select the cells to use for the front and back elevation and for the schematic files.
    Note: The cells that are selected must be created with the correct origin point location and with the exact dimensions for the device.
13. The shaded area at the bottom of the dialog box is a representation of the device and displays ports and slots as defined.
14. Click the Front/Back button to setup and check for the correct ports and slots placement.
15. Click Shift Ports to move ports on the equipment.
16. Click Ports to add/edit ports on the equipment.
17. Click Slots to add a slots to the equipment.
18. Click Update to save the equipment into the spec file.

Delete an Equipment Model

1. Highlight the name in the Equipment List.
2. Click Delete to remove the equipment from the spec file.
   Note: An Equipment model that is in use within a project cannot be deleted. In order to delete a Equipment model from the Equipment Editor dialog, all of that particular Equipment model must be replaced in the existing network before it can be removed.

Edit an Existing Port on an Equipment Model

1. From the Equipment Editor dialog box, highlight an equipment and select Front or Back.
2. Click Ports.
3. The Port Editor dialog box opens.

   

   The Port Editor dialog box defines the Port type and location(s) of each Port on a device. The Port locations can be defined individually or using an array.

4. Select a port from the Port List. Highlighting the port loads the information into the dialog box.
5. Edit the Port Editor input fields as necessary.
   Note: If fields are unavailable for selecting, this means that the port is in use and cannot be modified.
6. Click Update to save changes into the spec file.

Add a Single Port to an Equipment Model

1. From the Equipment Editor dialog box, highlight an equipment and select Front or Back.
2. Click Ports.
3. The Port Editor dialog box opens.
4. Select a Cable Type and Port Type.
5. Enter a port ID.
6. Define the location (x,y) of the port. The x location starts from the upper left corner of the device (front & back) and is defined, in inches, from left to right. The y location starts from the upper-left corner of the device and is defined, in inches, from top to bottom. For example: 0,0 would be the upper-left corner, while 4,2 would be four inches to the right of the left corner and two inches down.

   

7. Select the port location on the Front or on the Back of the device.
8. Select the type of port: Input, Output or I/O (Thru) Port.
9. From the Mapping section, click Add.
10. The Select Ports to Map dialog box opens.

    

11. Select a port from the Available Port List and click Add to create a connection between the two ports.
12. Click Add Single to save the port settings. Adding a Port using the Single button is very time consuming when adding more than a couple of Ports. An Array button is used to create a group of Ports.

Add an Array of Ports to an Equipment

1. From the Port Editor dialog box, select a Cable Type, a Port Type and enter a numeric value for the port ID.
2. Click Add Array.
3. The Add Port Array dialog box opens.

   

4. Enter the number of columns and rows being defined.
5. Enter the distance, in inches, between columns (Y).
6. Enter the distance, in inches, between rows (X).
7. Select the ports numbering scheme: Across the panel by rows in the X direction or Down the panel by columns in the Y direction. For example:

   

8. Select Match Ports on Back to automatically create ports on the back while mapping the front and back ports. Mapping is accomplished when a port on the front is identified to map/match to a port on the back. Such as: Port 1 mapped to Port 1b.
9. Key in Front and Back Prefix and Suffix to add to the number.
10. Click OK to initiate adding the defined Port Array.

Delete a Single Port

1. From the Port Editor dialog box, select a port from the port list.
2. Click Delete Single.
3. The port is deleted from the spec file.

Delete a Group of Ports

1. From the Port Editor dialog box, click Delete Select.
2. The Select Delete dialog box opens.

   

3. Select multiple ports by holding the shift key.
4. Click Delete to delete the selected ports.
5. The ports are deleted from the spec file.
   Note: Ports assigned to devices of sub class “Laser Card (Eng)” and “Splitter Card (Eng)” need to contain a corresponding sequence number for them to show in the Engineering Setup dialog boxes.

Review a Port

1. From the shaded area at the bottom of the dialog box, click on one of the ports.

   

2. The Port Review dialog box opens.

   

3. Edit the Port Review input fields as necessary.
   Note: If fields are unavailable for selecting, this means that the device housing this port is in use in the Comms project and cannot be modified until this device deleted or replaced in all locations within the Comms project.
4. Click Update to save changes into the spec file.

Edit a Slot on an Existing Equipment Model

1. From the Equipment Editor dialog box, highlight an equipment and select Front or Back.
2. Click Slots.
3. The Slot Editor dialog box opens.

   

   The Slot Editor dialog box defines the Slot type and location(s) of each Slot on a device. The Slot locations can be defined individually or using an array.

4. Select a slot from the Slot List. Highlighting the slot loads the information into the dialog box.
5. Edit the Slot Editor input fields as necessary.
   Note: If fields are unavailable for selecting, this means that the slot is in use and cannot be modified.
6. Click Update to save changes into the spec file.

Add a Single Slot to an Equipment Model

1. From the Equipment Editor dialog box, highlight an equipment and select Front or Back.
2. Click Slots.
3. The Slot Editor dialog box opens.

   

4. Select a Slot Type and enter an ID.
5. Define the location (x,y) of the Slot. The x location starts from the upper left corner of the device and is defined, in inches, from left to right. The y location starts from the upper-left corner of the device and is defined, in inches, from top to bottom. For example: 0,0 would be the upper-left corner, while 1,4.5 would be one inch to the right of the left corner and four and a half inches down.
6. Click Add Single to save the slot settings.
   Note: Slots can be added to equipment only if the equipment has not been placed within a frame/rack.

Add an Array of Slots to an Equipment Model

1. From the Slot Editor dialog box, click Add Array.
2. The Add Slot Array dialog box opens.

   

3. Enter the number of slots being defined.
4. Choose between adding slots in columns or in rows.
5. Enter the distance, in inches, between slots.
6. Key in Prefix and Suffix to add to the number.
7. Click OK to initiate adding the defined Slot Array.

Delete a Slot on an Equipment Model

1. From the Port Editor dialog box, select a slot from the slot list.
2. Click Delete.
3. The slot is deleted from the spec file.

Review a Slot on an Equipment Model

1. From the shaded area at the bottom of the dialog box, click on one of the slots.

   

2. The Slot Review dialog box opens.

   

3. Edit the Slot Review input fields as necessary.
   Note: If fields are unavailable for selecting, this means that the slot is in use and cannot be modified.
4. Click Update to save changes into the spec file.

To Associate a Card to a Slot on an Equipment Model

1. From the Equipment Editor dialog box, highlight a piece of equipment.
2. Click Fits In.
3. The Select Slots dialog box opens.

   

4. With the -> and <- buttons, move the slots in the Does not Fit In or in the Fits In list.
5. Click OK to save changes into the spec file.