Resource category

At the top you will find the so-called Resource category. The resource category is a tool for structuring the various resources and thus making it possible to find your way among them in a simpler way. The resource categories can be divided into several levels. Up to four levels are supported by the Catalogue of cadett ELSA. When cadett ELSA is delivered, a complete example of a resource category division tree is included, but it is entirely possible for the user to supplement this division or to replace it with his or her own.

An example of a resource category is “Protective equipment”. The resource category “F” for “protective equipment” is in turn divided into sub-groups in lower levels. In the second level you can e.g., find circuit breakers (“Safety cut-out”). When it comes to circuit breakers, you have several different types of them such as e.g., “H fuses”, “L fuses” and so on.

The resource category is displayed partly with its letter code and partly with a descriptive text e.g., “FB” for “Protective equipment / Bimetal releases”.

Numbering algorithm

A Numbering algorithm is a series of numbers that you can link to a specific item. Such a numbering series can be used, for example, for cables where it defines the numbering of the cable cores. Another example is connectors where the numbering algorithm specifies the numbering of the pins or sockets.

Limit

Limit, which is located directly to the right of the numbering algorithm, is used together with them. For a cable, the limit indicates how many cable cores the cable has. For a connector, the limit indicates how many pins or sockets the connector has. In other words, it is possible to have a numbering algorithm which continues far beyond the pins, sockets or cable cores that actually exist. The Limit defines where to stop counting.

Layout symbol

In the Layout symbol field, the name of a graphical symbol can be entered. This makes it possible to get an automatic selection of such a layout symbol when you draw the cabinet layout. A prerequisite for this to work is that height and width have also been specified, which takes place in the fields immediately below. If no layout symbol is specified but height and width are, cadett ELSA can create a box of the correct size as an alternative to a real layout symbol.

It can be mentioned in parentheses that the symbols used for the cabinet layout could be ordinary WBLOCKs without any attributes. The only requirement for them is that they must have a scale of 1:10.

Other types of cabinet layout symbols, both in 2D and 3D, are also supported.

Module

The Module, which is indicated to the right of Layout symbol, is usually set to 1. Examples when the module is not 1 are primarily connectors. For a connector, the module is equal to the number of pins or sockets. The reason for this is that connectors are drawn with one symbol for each pin or socket. Without a module, the number in the device list would therefore be equal to the number of pins or sockets. This is of course incorrect. The correct number for a connector is one. To achieve this, the module is set equal to the number of pins. When cadett ELSA calculates the quantity for the device list (BOM), the number of symbols in the circuit diagram is divided by the module to obtain the correct number.

Height

Width

Depth

Information about Height, Width and Depth is used as already mentioned for the cabinet layout.

Mass/weight

Information on how much the resource weighs (Mass/weight) could be used to make a calculation of the total weight of the entire structure.

Wear group

Each resource belongs to a so-called wear group indicating how quickly it can be expected that the devices will break and thus need to be replaced. For some wear groups, rapid wear is expected, and the devices must therefore be replaced quickly. For other wear groups, no wear is expected at all and in other words there is no need for replacement. The idea behind this is that you can use this categorization to calculate the need for spare parts. It is possible to state a minimum percentage and minimum quantity of spare parts required for each wear group. For example, the need for spare parts of a certain wear group can be 10 %, but at least 2 pcs.

Quantity in stock        

Ordering limit

Ordering quantity

Unit price

When it comes to stock information such as Quantity in stock, Ordering limit, Ordering quantity, Unit price, and so on, this is information that the electrical designer should not normally have to worry about. By linking cadett ELSA's catalogue to, for example, administrative software, stock management systems or the like, this information can be added to cadett ELSA's catalogue and be used when you produce ordering lists so that you do not, for instance, risk ordering components that are already in stock.

Update (present)

The Update field is used as a kind of version information for information about a certain given resource and can be used in connection with import of information from supplier files.

Information sheet

This field is used for a reference to where further information about the resource in question can be found. It can for example be a data sheet in form of a PDF file, a link to a web site or any other link.

Please refer to the Catalogue Hyperlinks topic, where a detailed description of this feature is found.