CVC_Training_Guide.pdf

This document was prepared by L3 Communications for the 38th EIG/TS @ Tinker AFB ‐ OK 73145, under Contract #FA 8773‐04‐F‐0086

CVC Training Guide L-3 Communications ii

Change History

VERSION DATE DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES

- December 20, 2007 Draft Release

February 23, 2008 Review and revisions iii

Table of Contents

1. OVERVIEW

OBJECTIVE ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1‐1

BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1‐1

2. CVC FAMILIARIZATION

OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2‐3

CVC ROLES ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2‐3

WORKING WITH CVC WORKSPACES ........................................................................................................................................................ 2‐3

Managing Workspaces

Workspace Functionality

Exercise 2.1 Creating Workspaces

3. WORKING WITHIN CVC

THE CVC VIEW ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 3‐7

CVC VIEWER PANE ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3‐7

PRIMARY CVC FUNCTIONALITY .............................................................................................................................................................. 3‐10

Creating Communication Objects in the CVC Workspace

Creating Containers

Creating the CommPath and Ducts

Creating Cables

Adding Equipment

Containers

4. COMMUNICATION CONTAINERS

ADDING CONTAINERS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4‐14

Exercise 4.1: Creating Manholes

MODIFYING A CONTAINER ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4‐18

CREATING A SPLICE ENCLOSURE ............................................................................................................................................................ 4‐19

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Exercise 4.2: Creating Direct Bury Splice Cases

DELETING A CONTAINER ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4‐20

5. COMMPATHS AND DUCTS

CREATING COMM‐PATHS AND DUCTS ................................................................................................................................................... 5‐21

CREATING COMM‐PATH .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5‐21

MODIFYING A COMM‐PATH .................................................................................................................................................................... 5‐23

DELETING COMM‐PATH .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5‐24

INNERDUCTS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5‐25

6. CABLES

CREATING CABLES .................................................................................................................................................................................... 6‐26

Creating Cables

Deleting Cables

ADDING THE EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6‐29

MODIFYING CABLES WITH EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 6‐32

DELETING EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6‐33

7. ADDITIONAL DATA

8. IMPORT SHAPEFILE DATA

9. OUTPUT

CREATING REPORTS ................................................................................................................................................................................. 9‐39

PRINTING MAPS ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 9‐41

APPENDIXA:COMMUNICATION MAP SYMBOLOGY ……………………………..……..……………47

APPENDIX B:GLOSSARY……………………………...………………………….…………………….…………50

APPENDIX C: ACRONYMS…………………………………………………………………………..…………...55

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Introduction

1. OVERVIEW

This Training Guide provides informational material for utilizing the CVC application developed by L‐3 Communications for the 38th Engineering Installation Group.

This guide explains the CIPS Visualization Component (CVC) of Cyberspace Infrastructure Planning Systems (CIPS) using various methods and organizational patterns to keep the participants in the active learning mode. CVC provides a user‐friendly approach to developing and maintaining a communications infrastructure, using a Geographic Information System (GIS). CVC is designed to facilitate the production of various communication objects such as manholes, ducts, and cables.

CVC features include:

• The ability to develop and store customized workspaces

• A selective menu of bases and their various infrastructures

• A graphical view of infrastructures and detailed attributes

• The ability to generate tabular reports

Endpoints of cables are used to identify equipment and structures linked by cables (e.g., terminals, splices, repeaters, etc.). With training, regardless of background, users will be able to use the online GIS tools to add, modify, and delete features and associated attributes pertaining to communications infrastructure.

The process followed in this guide, and outlined below, follows the general procedures used in creating communications infrastructure. This process provides a pattern that is intended to be logical and easily understood by both engineers and installers.

OBJECTIVE

This training guide, in association with the training course, teaches the CIPS Visualization Component (CVC) of Cyberspace Infrastructure Planning System (CIPS). This training includes details that provide clarification of the various components and features of CVC;

the training also includes step‐ by‐step exercises that will assist in familiarizing CVC users with the product.

BACKGROUND

Recently the 38th EIG/TS Engineering and Data Service Center (EDSC) discontinued operations involving developing, updating, and maintaining Communications and Information Systems Installation Records known as CSIR’s. In July of 2007, the EDSC

1-2 stopped accepting engineering updates in order to migrate to the geospatially‐enabled enterprise data model of CVC.

For further information, refer to https://wwwmil.tinker.af.mil/38eig/edsc/.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Login credentials for the Windows PC workstation Network access to the education site Network access to the data server Active CIPS account CVC roles (requested through CIPS) Network access to a plotter

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2. CVC FAMILIARIZATION

OVERVIEW

The following section provides information related to the layout of CVC, as well as descriptions of each tool.

CVC Roles CVC role constraints govern what a user can view or edit in the CVC application. Upon initial log on to CIPS, the CIPS AF Level default roll is automatically assigned. The user must follow the "Access Request" process in CIPS to request the necessary CVC roles.

WORKING WITH CVC WORKSPACES

MANAGING WORKSPACES

The intent of Workspace functionality is to enable CVC users to make modifications and additions related to communication objects within one or more geographical areas of an Air Force Base and store them in an individually identified viewing component.

When starting a data conversion or new data creation session, a new workspace should be created for the specific project.

The work that has been developed within the workspace is not viewable within the live data until it is “Merged to Live”. (Changes can only be viewed by selecting the workspace after the data has been “Merged to Live”.

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After the workspace has been “Approved” then “Merged to Live”, the updated information will be viewable by all CVC users and the workspace will be removed from the Workspace Manager dialog box.

WORKSPACE FUNCTIONALITY

The Workspace Manager provides capabilities to work with four types of workspaces:

• O&M Workspaces

• CSIR Workspaces o Allows for storing and viewing purposes and is available with users with a CSIR Editor role.

CSIR workspaces provide both CD (CSIR drawings)and MH (Manhole detail drawings).

• TS&C (Technical Solution and Cost) Workspaces: Allows for elements created in CVC to be linked to CIPS Solution Elements and to submit the data into the Planned Workspace.

The ability to create TS&C workspaces limited to the following CVC Roles:

Base Comm Planner Stem B Stem E Stem C Base Planner

Planned (TS&C) Workspaces: Allows CVC users to view Planned Items, such as communication objects without merging them into live data. All planned elements that have been merged from a TS&C Workspace will be viewable within the Planned Workspace.

The tabs that display in the Workspace Manager dialog box indicate the type of workspace the user is working with. The Example below demonstrates a Workspace Manager that includes O&M and CSIR tabs, with the O&M tab selected:

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Workspace functionality enables users to perform the following primary functions related to creating new or working within existing workspaces.

• Create a new Workspace

• Open an existing Workspace

• Promote a Workspace from PLAN to MOD status.

• Approve a Workspace that is in MOD status.

• Merge an Approved Workspace to Live

• Lock or Unlock a Workspace

• Cancel out of the workspace manager

The Workspace has the following identifying elements assigned:

• Description: Provided by the individual creating the workspace record.

• Edit Type: Can be PLAN or MOD

PLAN: Workspaces set to PLAN Edit Type can be APPROVED, but not MERGED TO LIVE.

Select to update the Edit Type status to MOD.

MOD: Workspaces set to MOD can be APPROVED, and MERGED to LIVE.

• QC Approved: Set to YES or NO depending upon the approval status.

• Created By: The first initial and last name of the individual creating the workspace record.

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• Date Created: A system generated time and date stamp value indicating the date and time the workspace record was created.

EXERCISE 2.1 ‐ CREATING WORKSPACES

The steps involved in creating workspace records include the same basic actions regardless of the type of workspace. In this exercise, you will be creating an O&M workspace.

1. Select Open Workspace icon from the toolbar or select File > Open Workspace Manager from the File Menu.

2. From the Workspace Manager dialog box select . A pop‐up window appears, including two fields to identify elements of the new workspace.

3. In the Description field, enter “Sample Workspace 1.1”. This identifies the name of the workspace. Select Edit Type as MOD and select .

The new workspace record is now appears within the Workspace Manager dialog box.

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3. WORKING WITHIN CVC

THE CVC VIEW

The CVC Viewer Pane is appears along the left side of the window and provides a listing of all available data to be displayed in the Map View. The Map View is the large area on the right‐hand side of the screen. This window displays the data currently available for the selected base. The Map View area also provides a Workspace element where data such as manholes, cables, or equipment can be viewed and/or graphically placed when editing the database.

Navigating CVC

CVC Viewer Pane The Viewer Pane consists of three tabs: The Goto Tab, The Layers Tab, and The Layer Order Tab.

GOTO TAB: This tab is the default view of the workspace map view and is used to navigate through the MAJCOMS to the specific bases that will be provided within the datasets in the

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Workspace Map View. Once a base has been selected, a listing of the associated communication objects is provided. Expanding each communication object will display a listing of all the existing images that have been implemented into CVC within. An individual communication object can be selected and the Main View will zoom to the extents of the graphic representation.

There are three types of data in CVC that are available, along with their associated attributes; Communication Data, CIP (GeoBase Common Installation Picture) data, and Reference Features.

COMMUNICATION DATASET:

Containers Communication paths Equipment, and their required attributes.

CIP DATA:

Base boundary Roadways Buildings Airfield

REFERENCE FEATURES:

Additional data files providing background information outside of the base.

This is also referred to as the RIP‐ Regional Installation Picture

LAYERS TAB: The Layers Tab sorts the communication objects by source. The CIP will list basic map features from the base map. The Communication Features will list the basic communication feature classes that will be edited. When a feature class is expanded the data types associated with it are listed along with an example of how they are displayed in the map.

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Three check boxes are also listed next to each data type and can be used as “on/off” boxes for viewing the layer, viewing the labels for the layer, and making the layer selectable.

LAYER ORDER TAB: Lists the layers in the order they appear within on the workspace map view. The map is drawn from top to bottom of the list and to reorder a layer need only be selected and dragged to a new position. This means that large area type features must be at the bottom, so that lines, points, and smaller area features are not covered by them.

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Primary CVC functionality

CREATING COMMUNICATION OBJECTS IN THE CVC WORKSPACE

The user must have a workspace open to be able to create communication objects. All data types typically require 3 pieces of information; Disposition, Map Source, and Map Accuracy

• Disposition The current state of the object, such as in‐use, proposed, or abandoned in place (AIP)

• Map Source Where the information for this data came from; common references include field survey, CSIR drawings, and GPS locations.

• Map Accuracy The accuracy of the placement of data is in CVC. The numeric value entered represents the accuracy in meters For instance, if manholes are placed in CVC based on estimated locations from CSIR drawings then they would have an average map accuracy of 25 meters and ‘25’ would be entered in this field.

If the manholes were placed on GPS gathered locations then, on average, the manholes would have a map accuracy of 1 meter. Individual accuracies can

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CREATING CONTAINERS

Creating containers in CVC is a simple process in which most types of manholes have been accounted for in templates and the dimensions need only to be provided in a set of associated fields to create a manhole, vault, etc. Containers are the foundation of a large‐ scale communications infrastructure in that they are usually placed in the ground first before conduit is laid to connect them with the existing infrastructure.

Large containers, such as Vaults, are used as termination points, while Manholes and Handholes define the major points in routing the communications cables.

CREATING THE COMM‐PATH AND DUCTS

The Comm‐Path represents conduit laid in a trench connecting the containers to the existing infrastructure through which the cables will travel. Creating both the communications path and the duct openings together saves time while entering data and reduces mistakes often seen in continuous data.

Since the duct banks on corresponding walls between two containers or manholes are built together, there is a virtual connection between each duct opening along the Comm‐Path.

Cables connected to a duct opening in the first manhole in a series will auto‐populate data connected to that same duct opening in the next manhole of that series. This saves time when the cable name, count, and sheath information do not have to be repeatedly typed within each manhole and ensures that, if the data was accurately entered the first time, it will remain accurate.

A subset of the duct system is any innerduct that may be installed and needs to be added to the parent ducts.

CREATING CABLES

The pathway has been defined, yet communication between two locations does not exist until the cables have been pulled through the system created up to this point.

The cables are typically in the form of various capacity fiber optic and copper cabling used to transmit data, voice, and even cable television. These cables typically start in a Vault and continue through a series of Manholes and Handholes until they reach their termination point in a building. When there is not a permanent infrastructure of containers and conduit in place, cables are often buried directly into the ground to reach outlying buildings and antennas or to provide communications capabilities to a temporary structure.

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ADDING EQUIPMENT – Equipment covers a wide variety of items that are attached to communications cables. This equipment can perform the following functions:

• Modify a signal

• Amplify or reduce a signal to accommodate the distance in covers

• Add a charge to a cable

• Splice a cable to allow it to take multiple paths

• Start or end a cable’s connection with terminals

The type of equipment can be limited by what type of cable (fiber or copper) is being used, but is usually placed onto the existing cable, with the exception of terminals and splices, which can be placed prior to creating cables or after.Exercise 3.1: Viewing Information

Viewing information in CVC does not require a Workspace.

Select MAJCOMS > USAF – AMC > Dover AFB > Buildings from the Goto pane. This will display a list of the buildings that are present on Dover AFB.

By clicking on any of the building names within the list, the viewer will zoom to the extent of that particular building.

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CONTAINERS

Containers are typically concrete encased structures below ground that allow access to cables. There are typically five container types available within CVC:

• Manholes

• Handhole

• Pullbox

MANHOLES: Can be large enough for a person to enter through small round or square opening at the top of the container. The inside of a manhole consist of metal racking along the walls to support cables, service loops, splices, and splitters.

Note: Handhole and Pull boxes can be created with the Manhole features provided in CVC and identified as follows in the description:

• MH – Manhole

• HH – Handhole

• PB Pullbox

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HAND‐HOLES: Similar to manholes in structure, but cannot usually support large splice cases or full entry of a person.

PULL BOXES: Small enclosure used to assist in pulling cable through an extended length of conduit in situations where a hand‐hole is not feasible.

PEDESTALS: An aboveground container made of metal or fiberglass that can allow connection of buried cables to objects such as temporary buildings, antennas, or cameras.

SPLICE ENCLOSURES: Outdoor splice cases buried in the earth along a length of direct bury cable (often times due to maintenance or as a stand‐alone structure. Allows centralized termination points for communication cables.

VAULTS: Exist within a building or as a stand‐alone structure. Allows centralized termination points for communication cables.

4. COMMUNICATION CONTAINERS

ADDING CONTAINERS

When adding containers in CVC it is important to be aware of how the container objects related to one another geographically. The attributes and ancillary information associated to the various container types provide additional perspectives, allowing the user to duplicate the placement and proportions of the actual object. Although the following exercise reference creating Manhole objects specifically, the same methods can be used in creating other containers.

EXERCISE 4.1: CREATING MANHOLES

1. With the workspace open, select the Add Manhole icon icon from the toolbar.

2. Click within a selected area of the Workspace Map View. The New Manhole dialog box provides the following tabs, allowing the user to provide the attributes associated with the Manhole object:

* indicates tabs that contain required data

• Required*

• General ‐ The type of manufactured container

• Size and Shape*

• Contents

• Spatial

• Miscellaneous

• Read Only

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3. Attributes

• Required (All four fields provided are required elements to complete a

Manhole object.)

i. Name: Provide a name that will quickly identify the new manhole.

For this exercise, enter “MHTrain01”.

ii. Disposition: Identifies the current state of the object.

1. In service and being used

2. Proposed

3. Abandoned in place (not in use)

4. Collapsed

5. Temporary

6. To Be Determined

7. Unknown

Select “In service and being used”

iii. Map Source: The source from which the communication object the data originated.

1. CSIR – Communications System Installation Record

2. GPS field located and verified data

3. As‐built drawings

4. Aerial photography

5. Tab Map series

6. National Geodetic Survey data

7. Satellite Imagery

8. Hand drafted map

9. Field Location Survey

10. Unknown

Select CSIRCommunications System Installation Record

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iv. Map Accuracy: Denotes the accuracy, in meters, of each feature’s location on the map.

1. For items collected from a GPS survey, the accuracy of each point can be extracted from the GPS data or can be entered as a standard “1.”

2. For features digitized from CSIR drawings a standard “25” may be entered.

Enter 25

4. From the Size and Shape Tab, select one of the graphical container images. Once selected, the dimensions associated with the selected shape must be entered in fields provided in the Shape Dimensions area. For this exercise, select the 4Side Equal shape.

(The most common type of manhole is typically the 4‐Side Equal. )

MANHOLE SIZE AND SHAPE DATA:

SIZE AND SHAPE Graphical images represent the various types of Manholes.

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ELEVATION The elevation of the floor, rim and the elevation units. This is not required and is ancillary information that can be entered in the future if unknown at the time the Manhole image is created. Leave this area blank for this exercise.

SHAPE DIMENSIONS In addition to the information that exists on the Required tab, the Shape Dimensions are also required to complete a Manhole. The numeric values associate the flaps on the manhole shape image to the associated Shape Dimension fields. Shape Units refer to the units used to measure the size of the manhole, usually measured in feet, but can occasionally be measured in meters or centimeters.

For this exercise, enter the following :

Side 1: 6

Side 2: 8

Depth: 8

Shape Units: Select Foot 0.3048006

5. Click to complete the Manhole. The new manhole image will appear within the Workspace Map Area.

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Note: When the next Manhole is created, the fields will be pre‐populated from the attributes of the previous Manhole. If no changes are required, provide rename the new Manhole and click .

MODIFYING A CONTAINER

After the Manhole has been created, it may not be positioned so that it accurately reflects the orientation of the manhole in the ground. It is important that the Manhole be positioned properly in your data. This exercise will show you how to reposition containers.

EXERCISE 3 : MODIFYING THE POSITION OF CONTAINERS

1. Select from the toolbar and select the object you want to rotate. The object is surrounded by a gray band to indicate that it is selected.

2. Click on the rotation handle and drag it in the direction that you want to rotate the image. As the image rotates, a numeric value will identify how much the new position of the image angles from north.

This example indicates that the image has been repositioned to a 3.7‐degree angle.

Note: If a need exists to modify the attributes of the container, select the “Modify

Container” button on the tool bar, then select the appropriate container type to modify from the list. The “Modify Manhole” dialog box will appear and you may modify any or all of the attributes pertaining to the selected container.

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CREATING A SPLICE ENCLOSURE

Splice Enclosures are unique in that they are normally a type of equipment, but in this scenario are represented as a container to allow proper allocation of the changing cable name, size, and/or count within the splice.

Splice Enclosures are associated with direct buried cable and direct bury cables are located in the ground. They are used to splice and moisture seal underground communications cables. This exercise will show you how to create a Splice Enclosure.

EXERCISE 4.2: CREATING DIRECT BURY SPLICE CASES

1. Select Add New Splice Enclosure from the toolbar.

2. Click within a selected area of your workspace map view.

3. The new Splice Enclosure dialog box will appear, providing Access to the following 5 tabs:

4. Enter the appropriate attributes of the Splice Enclosure image and click

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DELETING A CONTAINER

Deleting a container is useful when a container has been removed from the ground or when updates to proposed infrastructure have been acknowledged. Because the entire communications infrastructure is built on top of or in connection to these containers, the user will be required to delete the associated data.

EXERCISE 5: DELETING CONTAINERS

Enter the appropriate

1. Select Delete Container from the toolbar.

2. Select the specific object that you would like to remove from the Map View Workspace

3. A confirmation message will appear confirming that you would like to delete the selected manhole.

4. Click “Yes” to confirm the deletion.

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5. COMM‐PATHS AND DUCTS

CREATING COMM‐PATHS AND DUCTS

The Comm‐Path is the path between containers and buildings. Creating a Comm‐Path between two containers or buildings usually represents the set of multiple ducts that are laid in a trench in the ground to protect the cables. The Comm‐Path can also represent aerial cables, cable bridges, direct buried cables, underground road crossings, and stub outs.

Once the Comm‐Path has been drawn to connect two or more containers or buildings.

Information about this path must be filled out and will define the contents of the path, then allow the creation of duct openings inside the containers or buildings.

When drawing a Comm‐Path, the first click inside each container defines the central point around which the duct openings are created. In the attribute GUI the size, shape, and characteristics of the duct bank will need to be defined. Once this has been done and the OK button has been selected to finish creating all of the features, a matching duct bank will be drawn on the corresponding areas of each container or building.

The following is a list of available Comm‐Paths in CVC:

Aerial – Above ground path between poles, towers, or buildings Cable Bridge – Bridge only used for cables Cable Trough – Pathway on top of ground for cables Direct Buried – Below ground path where soil has direct contact with cables Duct – Single communications duct Ductbank – A container for multiple ducts Stub‐Out – Short duct used with manholes and vaults

CREATING COMM‐PATH

This exercise will show you how to connect containers and buildings with a Comm‐Path.

EXERCISE 6: CREATING A COMM‐PATH

1. Select Add New Comm‐Path Segment form the toolbar.

2. Select “Arial” from the drop‐down list.

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3. After selecting the segment type, click on the appropriate area within your workspace, then drag the path segment from the beginning are to the ending area.

(Click once outside the manhole flap to place a vertex.)

Note: Placing a vertex here will allow the user to move the manhole and still keep the comm.path’s coordinates.

4. After completing the drawing segment, the New Communication Path Segment dialog box will appear. This is where you will enter information about the properties of the ductbank. These properties are usually found on the CSIR sheets, but they can also be determined through firsthand knowledge or your co‐workers.

There are certain items that are required and other items that are not required in the “New Path Segment” window. The required items include: “Disposition”, “Map

Source”, “Map Accuracy”, “Number of Ducts Wide”, “Number of Ducts High”, “Material”, Inside Diameter”, “Diameter Units”, and “Duct Spacing”.

5. Enter the following information under the required fields:

o Disposition: In service and being used o Map Source: CSIR – Communications System Installation Record

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6. Click OK to complete the Comm‐Path.

Most of the information about the ducts can be found on the CSIR sheets and manhole detail sheets. In particular is the number of ducts. These are sometimes found on the CSIR sheets but often times it is best to refer to the manhole details in order to find out the number of ducts between two connected containers. The material of the ducts is usually indicated on the CSIR sheets as well as the diameter. The duct spacing however will not be indicated on the CSIR sheets. This can be defined as the spacing of one duct to the center of the next duct (in a row). As an example, if using four inch ducts and you want two inches between the ducts, you would need six inches center to center.

Remember also, that you can always select the ducts and move them to accurately represent what the actual duct openings look like in the manhole (this will be discussed shortly).

MODIFYING A COMM‐PATH

There are times when the ducts in a manhole flap are spread out or in a unique position on the flap. The software will allow you to manipulate one or all of the duct openings to accurately reflect the duct openings in the actual manhole.

EXERCISE 7: MODIFYING A COMM‐PATH

1. Select Modify Comm‐Path Segment from the toolbar.

2. Click on the appropriate segment image in the workspace. The associated dialog boxes will appear in association with the type of Comm‐Path Segment selected.

3. Move the ducts further apart, closer to the manhole flap edge than in the center as in the image below.

4. Select the “Go to Next Manhole” button.

5. Click on the Comm‐Path to ‘run’ to the next manhole.

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6. Reposition ducts connected by the ductbank so that the two flaps look similar.

7. Use the Select Feature button to modify the ductbank between the manholes.

8. Select the Comm‐Path between two Manhole objects

9. Select the button that appears in the lower left corner of the map‐view workspace window.

10. Right‐click anywhere along the line and select “Insert Point”.

11. Place the mouser over the vertex you’ve just created an select “Delete Point”.

Note: Clicking ’Cancel’ will forfeit any changes you have made.

DELETING COMM‐PATH

EXERCISE 8: DELETING A COMM‐PATH

1. Use the “Zoom in Window” tool to zoom into MH‐TRAIN01.

2. Select Add New Comm‐Path Segment from the toolbar.

3. Select “Duct Bank” from the list.

4. Draw a duct bank from the manhole to another object within your workspace.

5. Enter the following information in the New Path Segment window:

• Disposition: In Service and Being Used

• Map Source: CSIR – Communications System Installation Record

• Map Accuracy: 1

• Number of Ducts Wide: 2

• Number of Ducts High: 1

• Material: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

• Inside Diameter: 4 o Diameter Units: Inch – 2.54 centimeters o Duct Spacing (ctr. to ctr.): 6

6. Select the “Delete Comm‐Path Segment” button.

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7. Single‐click the Comm‐Path you’ve just created.

8. Cancel the prompt to confirm deleting the Comm‐Path.

INNERDUCTS

Innerducts are found within the main duct and serve to protect the cables during installation. Innerducts can also be used to provide a barrier from other cables and they can be left empty for future expansion or immediately filled with cable. Either way, Innerducts also serve to organize cables within a ductbank. This exercise will show you how to create innerducts.

EXERCISE 9: EDITING INNERDUCTS

1. Select the “Innerduct(s)” tool.

2. Click inside a specific duct to place the innerducts.

3. In the New Innerducts window enter the following information:

a. Disposition: In Service and Being Used

b. Map Source: CSIR – Communications System Installation Record

c. Material: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

d. Inside Diameter: 1.25

e. Diameter Units: Inch – 2.54 centimeters

f. Shape: Round

g. Number of ducts to create: 4

4. STEP 5 > Use the image below to create innerducts in the other three ducts.

5. STEP 6 > Use the “Goto Next Manhole” tool to ‘run’ to another object.

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6. Notice the innerducts have been populated in the connected ducts at this end.

7. Using tools and features you have learned thus far, navigate through the rest of the vaults and holes and add 2 innerducts to each open duct.

8. While adding the remaining innerducts use the “Modify Path Node” tool to modify the attributes if they are entered incorrectly.

9. If too many innerducts are mistakenly placed, use the “Delete Path Node” to delete them.

6. CABLES

CREATING CABLES

Cables are entered into CVC based on the individual manhole drawings on the CSIR drawings. There are many different types of cable. The CSIR drawings will provide the information needed to enter the sheath data. For examples on how to read cable information from a CSIR refer to Appendix C: Communication Map Symbology.

Graphically showing where cables exist in a container. How they enter or leave that container is the foundation for this software. It is important that each cable be entered accurately and graphically presented in an orderly manner. The following exercises will show you how to create multiple types of cables (copper, fiber, etc.), how to define the sheath information, and enter cable names and counts.

It is important to note that cables are created only in manholes, handholes, vaults, buildings, pullboxes, direct bury splices, or pedestals. They are not created between containers. Cables are further created beginning and ending on nodes or junction nodes.

Examples of nodes and junction nodes include ducts, innerducts, stub outs, splices, and terminal points.

CREATING CABLES

EXERCISE 10: ADD A CABLE, SHEATH INFORMATION, NAME AND COUNT

1. Select Add New Cable Sheath from the toolbar.

2. Choose Twisted Pair from the dropdown list to create a copper cable.

3. Click once inside an innerduct to start the cable.

4. Select Add New Cable Sheath from the toolbar.

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5. Choose Twisted Pari from the dropdown list to create a copper cable.

6. Click once inside an innerduct to start the cable

7. Draw the cable as shown below and single‐click inside the final innerduct to complete the drawing.

Note: When ‘racking’ a cable around a manhole, the cable can pass outside of the manhole, if it starts and ends properly within the container.

8. When completed the dialog box will appear, allowing you to provide the associated attributes of the segment.

9. Select the Cable Range Tab (next to the Sheath Tab) on the New Path Segment window.

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10. Click the “Add Cable Range” button.

11. Using the cable example, enter the name and counts.

Number: CA‐02

Cable Pair Start: 1

Cable Pair End: 25

Sheath Pair Start: 1

12. Click OK on the Cable Range window to return to the New Cable Segment dialog.

13. Click OK on the New Cable Segment dialog.

14. In the toolbar click the “Session Tag” tool to activate tagging.

15. Click the “Cable Tag” tool that is now active.

16. Select the cable you have just created to view its tag.

Note: You will see now that a label appears and will move to wherever your mouse moves.

In order to place the tag, position the tag wherever the tag does not interfere with any of the information in the main viewer. To permanently place the tag, simply click again. To delete a tag, follow the same procedures as placing a tag; however place your mouse over the yellow dot and right mouse click. You will see that a blue box appears next to your mouse cursor with the word “Delete”. Simply click “Delete” and this will delete the cable tag you previously created.

17. Use the “Goto Next Manhole” tool to ‘run’ to MH‐TRAIN01.

18. Continue CA02, 125 by selecting the “Add New Cable Sheath” and drawing a cable from the coordinating duct from CV‐TRAIN01 to a duct leading into the Clubhouse.

19. Notice that the Existing Cable Sheaths window appears instead of the New Cable Segment dialog.

20. Select CA02 from the list and click OK to complete the cable in MH‐TRAIN01.

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DELETING CABLES

To delete a cable use the “Delete Cable” tool from the toolbar and select the cable segment within a container or building to be deleted.

A prompt will ask you to confirm the cable delete before proceeding.

Equipment

ADDING THE EQUIPMENT

Many equipment types that can exist on a CSIR sheet. Some of the most common include the splice, service loop, and terminal. Some equipment can be found inside a container and some can be found inside a building such as a terminal.

Below is a sample of the equipment types available:

• Air Pressure Device is a device used to add and keep air pressure within a cable or conduit.

Amplifier is an electronic device that increases the strength of the signals passing through it.

Annunciator is an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active.

Camera is a device used for capturing pictures or data and/or a device for translation into electrical impulses.

Device (Other) is any other equipment that may not be listed here.

Electronic Marker is a device used to locate non‐metallic cables within the ground.

Ground is an object that makes an electrical connection with the earth.

Load Coil consists of wire wound around a core to create a magnetic field for a coil.

Pull Box is a small container where a cable can begin or end. It can provide an outlet to which an external source can connect.

Radar is an electronic device designed to detect objects at distance and determine their distance from the device.

Radio Receiver is an electronic receiver that detects, demodulates, and amplifies transmitted signals.

Repeater is an electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again.

Sensor is a device that receives a signal or stimulus and responds to it in a distinctive manner.

Splice is used when one cable becomes two or more cables, to combine multiple cables, or to drop counts/pairs from the cable.

Splitter is a device that splits cables, usually used on coaxial cables.

Telephone Pole is a tall pole supporting telephone wires.

Terminal is a device attached to the end of a cable.

Terminator is a resistor that is connected to a signal wire to match impedance and prevent reflections.

Tower is a tall structure where cables and/or other electrical components begin, run through, or end.

The following exercise will show you how to create several types of equipment and when and where to place them.

EXERCISE 11: ADD EQUIPMENT

1. Zoom to two duct openings that exist within a structure.

2. Select the “Add New Equipment” tool from the toolbar.

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3. Choose Terminal from the available types of equipment.

4. Click inside the structure near the duct openings to place the terminal.

5. Create a cable (use the Add New Cable tool) between the terminal and the duct that corresponds to the one you’ve connected.

6. Select this cable from the Existing Cable Sheaths dialog that appears.

7. Click OK to finish terminating the copper cable.

8. Create another terminal in the structure (near the other duct opening) and terminate the fiber optic cable you created on it.

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9. Zoom to an existing pedestal and place two terminals in it.

10. Using what you have learned about the tools and the data you have already created, continue to draw the copper cable from the vault to the direct bury splice (DB‐

TRAIN01).

11. In the splice enclosure, end the 25 pair cable on the center splice point.

Note: Create the cable inside the direct bury splice the same way you create a cable in a manhole using the Add New Cable tool.

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12. Continue the cable with only 6 pairs from the direct bury splice to the pedestal.

13. Because the follow‐on cable (6 pair) is a new cable you will have to populate the sheath information and the cable name and counts. Use the example above to do this.

14. Terminate the 6 pair copper cable on one of the termination points you create on the pedestal.

MODIFYING CABLES WITH EQUIPMENT

The following exercise will show you how to add splices to cables and how to modify cable information after a cable is spliced.

EXERCISE 11: MODIFYING CABLES

1. Create a fiber optic cable between the empty duct opening and the unused terminal using the following cable information.

2. Run this fiber optic cable from a structure the vault and end it in within an appropriate on the duct for the direct bury cable you created earlier.

3. Place a splice (use the Add Equipment Tool) midway on the cable.

Note: When you add a splice to an existing cable/segment, it will split the cable into two segments and each segment retains the original attributes.

4. Select the Modify Cable Segment tool from the toolbar.

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5. Select the cable segment between the splice and the direct bury duct opening.

6. A window identical the New Cable Segment window will appear. Select the Sheath Tab.

7. Enter sheath information for the a fiber optic cable:

8. Select the Cable Range Tab.

9. Select the record for the previous cable name and count (FO‐04, 1‐24).

10. Then select the Modify Cable Range button in the upper‐right corner of the window.

11. Enter the new cable counts but leave the cable name the same.

12. Click OK to the Cable Range window and OK to the Modify Cable Segment window.

13. Zoom to a pedestal and create a cable from direct bury duct opening to the unused terminal.

14. Select from the Existing Cable Sheaths window.

15. Click OK on the Existing Cable Sheaths window to finish terminating the Flash Shape – Lets you highlight the equipment that will be modified.

DELETING EQUIPMENT

To delete equipment use the Delete Equipment to select the equipment you wish to delete.

Click OK on the prompt asking you to confirm the equipment delete.

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7. ADDITIONAL DATA

IMPORT GPS DATA

Import GPS Data feature provides the ability to extract GPS data points into a CVC workspace.

1. With a Workspace Manager open, select Import GPS Data from the toolbar.

2. From the GPS File Upload dialog box, select the button associated with the type of communication object Infrastructures and elements that exist within the CVC map view and workspace. for which you wish to import data, select the file to import and press

. Note: It can take several minutes for the upload to complete.

3. The GPS data appears as follows:

8. IMPORT SHAPEFILE DATA

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Using the Add Data tool, additional user determined spatial data can be imported into CVC for use as reference information. Additional data is added as a layer under the User Shapes on the Layers tab. Imported shapefile data is viewable and selectable and attribute information is available using the Identify Object button. This imported data becomes a permanent part of CVC background data until you chose to remove it.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: Viewed from Windows Explorer, a single shapefile is actually a collection of files with the same name and different suffix’s. The minimum 3 required file extensions are:

• .shp

• .shx

• .dbf

Other possible extensions may include:

• .sbn

• .sbx

• .shp.xml

A very important forth extension is “.prj”, which provides the information regarding where in the world the shapefile location is. This worldfile is not currently created by the Trimble Pathfinder Office software when you are processing your field data collection efforts.

This .prj file can be acquired from the local Civil Engineering GeoBase/IS&G Office. This file is installation specific, but not data specific. A master .prj file can be used at each installation and renamed each time, to bring in a new background or GPS layer into CVC. ‐

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9. OUTPUT

CREATING REPORTS

The reports feature in CVC CIPS Visualization Component provides the ability to extract data and attributes related to specific communication objects depicted in CVC.

There are four report categories:

• Comm‐Path Length

• Comm‐Path Type

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• Sheath Length by Cable Number

• Sheath Size / Type / Length o by Cable Number o by Twisted Pair cables o by Fiber cables o for Coaxial cables

MyCVC Overview

The MyCVC features provide the ability to automatically store the current view of your work area.

• Save Current Settings

• Restore Previous Settings

• Export Current Settings

• Import Settings

• Create Bookmarks to store the current Map View.

• You can bookmark especially helpful topics for easy access, just as you bookmark pages in a web browser, and reread them at another time.

Provides a” display only” view of elements and communication objects. to provide quick access.

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PRINTING MAPS

Three methods are available for map outputs. From the FILE menu, PRINT provides a basic print screen selection and a CAD Print selection. The print selection uses a filled area look and the CAD Print selection gives a hollow‐filled look to the print.

Printing from the CSIRS Workspace manager provides a true scaled CSIRS specification CD drawing or a manhole detail drawing.

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Cable Records

The Cable Records module simulates, within CVC, the recordkeeping process of TMS type telephone records or other independent inside plant/telephone maintenance records.

The cable number and pair range within CVC are captured and provided to the CR page for additional information concerning Phone number, Building and room, and other general or specific information useful during operations and maintenance actions.

This screen is partially populated from the CVC database with cable information and allows the user to input additional physical plant information.

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This Tab allows both technical and personal information concerning the line record to be entered.

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9. CLRC

The Circuit Line Record Card is a spatial tool that provides the ability to draw, print, store, and delete circuit diagrams and their associated attributes. CLRC provides a schematic view of permanent or dedicated circuits across an installation.

The ability to quickly follow the connectivity of a critical circuit in a logical diagram rather than a spatial or mapping context provides value added during both the planning and troubleshooting phases of daily operations.

Additionally, end equipment information is maintained in the record. CLRC becomes an end‐to‐end outside plant/inside plant record of a circuit.

The left pane of the CLRC workspace pane provides images of Circuit Equipment that can be moved into the workspace.

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The CLRC input page provides seven Tabbed areas for population of circuit data. One of the pages, Location, is pre‐populated through the CVC building layer information.

• CIRCUIT VIEW

• DESCRIPTION

• CIRCUIT PAGE

• CIRCUIT PERFORMANCE

• LOCATION

• CONTACT

• EDITION

The schematic items are grouped into seven groups of symbols.

• IPE ITEMS

• END EQUIPMENT

• NOTES

• CLRC CONNECT

• TOOLS

• PARTS

• MUXES

Appendix A: Communication Map Symbology

Fiber Optic Cable Label Breakdown

A = Armored sheath, P = Plenum

12 = 12 Strand fiber cable, ranges from 1‐144

L = Loose tube buffer, T = Tight tube buffer

8.3 & 62.5 = Core sizes for multimode; 8.3 = Core size for single mode

A12L8.3F (1.25)

FO.01012\112

1 2

3 4

7 8

F = Filled core; Leave blank for air core

1.25 = Cable installed in 1.25” innerduct; 1 = Cable installed in 1” innerduct

FO = Fiber Optic cable; FS = Fiber Singlemode; FM = Fiber Multimode

01012 = Fiber cable number

1‐12 = Strand count

5. F = Filled core

Leave blank for air core

9. 1‐12 = Strand count

7. FO = Fiber Optic cable

FS = Fiber Singlemode

FM = Fiber Multimode

8. 01012 = Fiber cable number

6. 1.25 = Cable installed in 1.25” innerduct

1 = Cable installed in 1” innerduct

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Copper Cable (Twisted Pair) Label Breakdown

1. P = Plastic sheath cable PP = Double‐layered plastic sheath cable BLANK = Lead sheath cable A = Abam cable WA = Wire armored cable JP = Jute protected cable TA = Tape armored cable DTA = Double‐ taped armored cable

2. Number of cable pairs in cable. For 100 pair cables & up do not included 00’s, when labeling cables

3. For 24 pair cables & less us an “X”; For 25 pair cables & up us an “‐”

4. Gauge size for each conductor. Sizes are 19, 22, 24, or 26

5. PF = Plastic insulated filled core cable FF = Foam insulated filled core cable P = Plastic insulated air core cable BLANK = Paper insulated air core cable SC = Silk & cotton insulated AC = Acetate & cotton insulated DAC = Double acetate & cotton insulated.

P25–24PF

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Appendix B: Glossary

A glossary of commonly used terms follows. If a recognized abbreviation exists, it is enclosed in parentheses following the term being defined. Most of the abbreviations are used only on drawings. Refer to Federal Standard 1037A, Glossary of Telecommunications Terms and Definitions.

Abandon In Place (AIP) To leave buried cable or conduit where it is presently located and to cease maintaining or using.

Aerial (AER) Any class of communication plant placed overhead and supported by poles or other structures.

American Wire Gage…