Cable Configuration

 Segment Name

Text

Enter a name for the cable or group of cables in this right of way segment.  This name must match the corresponding Cable Interface components.

Steady- State Frequency

REAL

Literal

Enter the steady-state frequency of the system.  This parameter is used only for output file display when using the frequency-dependent line models. When using the Bergeron model, this is the frequency of calculation. Enter 0 for DC [Hz].

Segment Length

REAL

Literal

Enter the segment length from sending end to receiving end [km].

Number of Conductors

REAL

Literal

Disabled for cables.

Termination Style

Choice

Select Remote Ends or Foreign Ends.  

See Constructing Underground Cable Systems and Multi-Project Simulation for details.

Coupling of this Segment to Others Is

Choice

Select Enabled or Disabled.  Selecting Enabled will enable the mutual coupling feature.

Coupled Segment Tag Name

Text

Enter a valid name for the coupled set of transmission segments. See Mutual Coupling for more details.

Horizontal Translation of this Segment

REAL

Literal

Enter the horizontal distance from this transmission segment to the reference segment in the mutually coupled system. Enter 0.0 if this segment is the reference.  See Mutual Coupling for more details.

This Segment Is

Choice

Select whether or not this particular segment is the reference segment for this mutually coupled system.  See Mutual Coupling for more details.

File

Choice

Select Generate automatically or Previously generated.  

The default setting of this option is Generate automatically, and should be set to this almost always. On rare occasions, some expert users would prefer to generate their own constants file, and so in these situations, Previously generated should be selected.

If Previously generated is selected, the constants file specified by the Custom Path parameter will be copied from its current location and pasted to the temporary folder. It will also be automatically renamed to the Segment Name of this segment, and its extension modified to either *.tlo or *.clo, depending on whether the segment is an aerial line or a cable.

Custom Path

File Path

Enter a path and file name to specify the custom constants file to be used.