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Design and Documentation
- Intelligent coax network model for HFC networks
- Placement, edit, and review of all cable, devices, and other facilities
- Real-time signal calculations and tap sizing during design
- Calculates RF signal levels for up to eight frequencies in any combination of forward and return
- Calculates all noise and distortion levels
- Recalculation command ensures network design specifications
- Global recalculation ensures design standards followed
- Determines powering requirements for all equipment
- Network model connectivity maintained during placement and edit
- Editing environment ensures network and design reliability
- Automatic property-based annotation of amplifiers, tap levels, end of line levels
- Equipment may exist in different build states during design lifecycle
- Supports cable simulators, loss in cable splices and user-configured devices
- Jumper settings allow for powering amplifier legs in any combination
- Headend to customer network model
- Full network connectivity between outside plant and inside plant documented with Bentley Inside Plant
- Fully integrated with Bentley Fiber and Bentley Inside Plant
- Handles node segmentation and MUX scenarios for today’s HFC networks
Configurable Equipment Standards
- Define all aspects of equipment used in RF/coaxial cable design
- Easy-to-use GUI for equipment specification
- Options to control all drawing placement tools
- Configurable parameters for all coax devices and power supplies
- Graphical performance display of device frequencies
- Pre-configured library included
- Ensures standards are consistently followed throughout the entire project
- Equipment specifications report
Engineering Calculations
- Real-time noise and distortion analysis
- Analysis of carrier noise (C/N), composite triple beat (CTB), second order distortion (SOD) and cross modulation (XMOD)
- Visual identification of items that exceed design specifications
- Interactive powering calculations and optimization
- Active and global recalculations
- Calculates the forward, return, interstage pads and equalizers
- Allows for input of fixed and variable pads and equalizers
Analysis and Reporting
- Review all devices
- Apply and review unlimited customizable attributes to any graphical coaxial feature
- Review signal levels on any device and addresses fed from taps
- Locate and render devices anywhere in the system
- Bill of materials for all RF equipment and cable
- Bill of materials by build state
- Address list by node service area
- Monitors minimum forward and return amplifier inputs
- Verifies consistency between strand/duct footages and cable lengths
- Node boundary feature placement command allows for quick and easy optimization of service areas based on homes passed
Powering Standards and Calculations
- Configure power supplies with up to four outputs
- Centralized powering scenarios supported
- Cross node power supported
- Move and change power equipment
- Power by power supply boundary feature or power block point features
- Power count percentage
- Easy to move power supply/inserter functionality produces optimum results
- Support of direct input power to amplifiers, nodes and other coaxial features used for power insertion
- Automatic update of amp/end-of-line block information after powering
- Supports HALO, wedge and worse case scenarios
- Supports power passing and equalized taps
- Supports splitting power supply outputs
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