Creating an Equipment Terminal Block

You can create a terminal block (formerly named terminal board) with terminals.

This structure is displayed in the tree, under the Extensions > Port node.

Before you begin:
  • Create a logical reference (System) under the Logical node.
  • Create an equipment (Equipment01) under the logical reference. For more information, see Creating an Equipment Reference.
  • Optional: Define a representation for your terminal block in Data Setup. For more information, see Electrical Logical Resources.
  • Create a diagram view under the logical reference (System).
See Also
Creating Terminals
  1. Activate the diagram view.
  2. From the Edition section of the action bar, click Create Equipment Terminal Block .
  3. In the tree, select the equipment (Equipment01).
  4. In the Create Equipment Terminal Block dialog box:
    1. Type the name of the terminal block.
    2. Choose a type of terminal block.
    3. Choose a type of terminal.
    4. Type the number of terminals to be inserted.
    5. Optional: Type a prefix for the terminals' names.
    6. Type the name of the first terminal.

      Note: If there is more than one terminal, their names follow the alphabetical/numerical order according to the name of the first terminal.

    7. Optional: Enter a suffix for the terminals' names.
    8. Click Add.
      The terminals appear in the Terminals To Be Created area.
      Note: To remove terminals, select them in the Terminals To Be Created area and click Remove.
  5. Click OK to create the terminal block and close the Create Equipment Terminal Block dialog box.
    The terminal block and its terminals are created.
  6. Optional: If you have defined a representation for your terminal block, click the diagram view at the convenient place to insert the symbol.
    The symbol is placed and a context toolbar appears.
  7. Optional: To modify the position of the symbol, select one of the following commands:
    • Flip horizontally
    • Flip vertically
    • Rotate to left by 90 degrees
    • Rotate to right by 90 degrees

The Extensions node displays this new hierarchy.