Setup and Configuration
• Easy-to-Use GUI for Equipment Definition
• Pre-Configured Library Included
• Ensures use of engineering standards in design
• Configure Frames, Equipment, Slots, and Ports
• Copy Frame/Rack Assemblies for easy replication of equipment
• Validation Rules
• Properties
• Card in proper equipment
• Card in proper slot
• Equipment placement in racks
• Air spaces between equipment
• Port mapping through equipment
• Connection Rules
• Jumper Cable-to-Port consistency
• Port-to-Port consistency
Design and Layout
• Work organized by Project or Work Order
• Design or Import Floor Plans in MicroStation
• Drill down through progressive levels of floor plan detail
• Simple Drag and Drop Equipment Placement
• Edit equipment properties
• Automatic generation of Rack Elevations (Front and Back Views)
• Use MicroStation to add additional work instructions or details
• Equipment state and port connectivity graphically depicted by color
• Actively establish connections inside building or to outside plant
• Generate Connections Report
• Maintain connections while copying or moving equipment and frames
Engineering Documentation
• Wire Run Reports
• Circuit Trace Reports
• Automatically Generated Schematics
• Rack Elevation Views (Front and Back)
• Connectivity Reports by Service
Reports
• Equipment Specifications
• Bill of Materials
• Connection Report through entire facility to customers served
Engineering Calculations
• Engineers define parameters
• Specification file may be saved for re-use
• Loss Budget Analysis
• Optical Coupler Optimization
• Laser, Splitter definition
• Splice, Cable, and Connector loss definition
• Define parameters by device or globally
• Perform Calculations on one or all nodes
• Reports
• Laser Loss Budget
• Laser Connections
• Node Levels
• Node Connection
• Engineering Calculations BOM