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Using a cable mirror for a cable is in many ways an alternative to the use of a numbering algorithm. Both the algorithm and the cable mirror defines the cable core numbers of the cable, and thereby also how many cores the cable have. This is used for automatic cable core numbering, in both cases. An advantage with a cable mirror, is that it offers a nice graphical overview in the circuit diagram of both used and unused cable cores, including convenient cross-references. Please refer to the figure above.

 

Technically speaking, the cable mirror is very similar to a conventional contact mirror. However, while the contacts in a contact mirror have either two or three connection point numbers each, the cable cores only have one cable core number each. That cable core number is analogue to the connections point numbers of contact mirrors.

 

The function code for a cable core is always KAB.

 

The function code for the entire cable mirror is always KABSP. (The symbol Generator will not allow you to specify anything else).

 

When it comes to details about creating cable mirrors, everything that is special for this kind of symbols deals with the cable cores and is described in the Cable cores for cable mirrors topic. Please refer to that topic.

 

•Cable cores for cable mirrors