Gold Medal Software 3/Gold Medal Software - Volume 3 (Gold Medal) (1994).iso/print/panel2.arj/PANEL.HLP

Text File | 1994-02-14 | 16KB | 559 lines

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Contents
╒═══════════════════════ Report Topics ═══════════════════════╕
│ Panel Name                            Panel Location    │
│ Panel Amp  System Voltage  Phase  Wire  Circuits  │
│ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │
│ Mounting             Main                  Ground     │
│ Conductors           Fed From              Raceway    │
│ Panel Manufacturer   Type of Panel         RMS,AIC    │
│ Circuit Description                          Size       │
╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛

╒════════════════ Names / Information / Notes ════════════════╕
│ Customer Information            Prepared By Information │
│ Headers and Footers             Notes                   │
╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛

╒═══════════════════ Reporting & Data Base ═══════════════════╕
│                                                             │
│ Data Base                    Maximum Field Length       │
│ Data Base Indexing           Data Base Repair Utility   │
│ Reporting - Print or File    Data Base Packing Utility  │
╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛

╒═══════════════════════ Miscellaneous ═══════════════════════╕
│                                                             │
│ Command Buttons  Printing Options       Special Keys  │
│ Control Windows  Screen Modes           Help on Help  │
│                                             Using Forms   │
╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛

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Panel Name

Enter the panel Name.  The Name field is the only indexing
field for the main screen.

When the cursor is on the Name field you can move previous
record by pressing Page Up or move to the next record by
pressing Page Down.
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Panel Location

Describe the location of the Panel.
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Panel Amp

The ampere rating of the panel.
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Wire

Generally 3 or 4 wire systems.
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Circuits

Maximum number of circuits is 42.  The number entered into
the circuits field will be used to size the reports.
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Mounting

Mounting method used.  Surface - Flush.
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Main

Information about the Main breaker or fuses.
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Ground

Ground wire size or any Grounding information.
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Conductors

List the conductors size and type feeding the panel.  If Cond,
Fed From or Raceway has any information it will add the entire
line to the report.
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Fed From

Where is the panel being fed from.
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Raceway

The Raceway or cable type that the panel is being fed with.
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Panel Manufacturer

The Panel Manufacturer.
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Type of Panel

Type of Panel Example:

■ Plug in
■ Bolt on
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RMS,AIC

The AIC rating of the circuit breakers.

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Circuit Description

Description of each circuit.

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Size

Ampere rating of the circuit breaker or fuse.

STANDARD AMPERE RATINGS
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Fuses and Fixed Trip Circuit Breakers.

15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 125,

150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 600, 700,

800, 1000, 1200, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000

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System Voltage

Enter the system voltage.
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╒═════════════════════ Standard Voltages ═════════════════════╕
│                                                             │
│  120,   120/240,   208Y/120,   240,   480/277,   480,   600 │
│                                                             │
╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
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Phase

Phase of the system. This field will accept 1 or 3.

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Customer Information

The Name, City, State & Zip fields are indexing fields.

To change the index to the prepared for name, select set
index to Name from the top menu.

When the cursor is on the prepared for field you can move to
the previous record by pressing Page UP or move to the next
record by pressing page Down.

The default index is the Name field of the main work screen.


Prepared By Information     Headers and Footers
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Prepared By Information

This information will print on all reports under the
prepared by heading.  If the Prepared by NAME field is
empty no prepared by information will print on the report.








Customer Information     Headers and Footers
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Headers and Footers

If a header has any information it will print near the top
of all report that print the prepared for information.

If a footer has any information it will print near the bottom
of all reports.







Customer Information     Prepared By Information


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Notes

This area is for the program operator only.  Information in
the Notes field will NOT print on any reports.
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Data Base Indexing

PANEL has 5 Indexing fields.

■ Name
■ Prepared for Name
■ Prepared for State
■ Prepared for City
■ Prepared for Zip

Records are sorted in an ascending order based on the current
indexing field. The default index when PANEL is started is
the panel NAME field of the main work screen. To change the
index select the desired index from the Names screen menu.

Four of the five indexes also have multiple sub indexes.

■ Prepared for Name  > City > State
■ Prepared for State > Name > City
■ Prepared for City  > Name > State
■ Prepared for Zip   > Name > City

Maximum Field Length         Data Base

Data Base Repair Utility     Data Base Packing Utility
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Screen Modes

Panel will default to 43 line mode, however you can set the
monitor to 50 line mode with the following command.

■ For 43 line mode type PANEL 43 then press ENTER
■ For 50 line mode type PANEL 50 then press ENTER




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Control Windows

CONTROLLING WINDOWS
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* With the keyboard use Ctrl + F7 to activate the window move
  feature. Use the arrow keys to place the window at the
  desired location. Press ENTER to set the window in the new
  location. The cursor must be on the window you want to move
  when using the keyboard method.

* With the mouse click the top bar and drag to the desired
  location.

* Ctrl + F4   -  Close the active window.

* Ctrl + F6   -  Activate the next window.

* Ctrl + F7   -  Move a window.

Command Buttons   Special Keys
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Reporting - Print or File

All reports can be sent to
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■ Printer ports LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3
■ An ASCII file via a user supplied name.

When sending reports to the printer you also have the option
to produce multiple copies from 1 - 10 with the copies field.

When sending a report to file PANEL produces an ASCII file
that you can edit with any word processor. You also have the
option to select append or replace. The default is replace.

■ With replace PANEL will first check if the user supplied
  file name already exist. If so a message box will confirm
  that you want to continue and overwrite the existing file
  or cancel the operation.

■ With append if the file already exist PANEL will add the
  report to the end of the existing file otherwise a new file
  will be created. A convenient way to use append is to
  produce multiple report all into the same file.
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Special Keys

■ F1 Help       -  Displays a help message about the
           task you are performing.

■ ENTER         -  Signal the computer to accept an entry
           that you have made, and move the cursor
           to the next field.

■ TAB           -  Move the cursor to the next field. When
           in the help window pressing TAB will jump
           from one hyper-link to the next.

■ SHIFT + TAB   -  Move the cursor back to the previous field.

■ ALT + HOT KEY -  Used to select a menu item or command
           button function. Hot keys are highlighted
           in white.

■ ESC           -  Move towards the main screen and out of
           program.

■ UP ARROW      -  Move the cursor to the previous field.

■ DOWN ARROW    -  Move the cursor to the next field.

■ PAGE UP       -  When at the customer name, page up will
           move to the next data base record.

■ PAGE DOWN     -  When at the customer name, page down will
           move to the previous data base record.

■ HOME          -  Move the cursor to the beginning of the
           current field.

■ END           -  Move the cursor to the end of the
           current field.

■ MOUSE         -  Select any field or button.

■ Ctrl + F4     -  Close the active window.

■ Ctrl + F6     -  Activate the next window.

■ Ctrl + F7     -  Move a window, with directional keys.

Command Buttons   Screen Modes
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Data Base

All records can be saved to disk in a data base file named
PANEL.MDB. The data base will first show records on an
ascending order based on the NAME field of the main screen.

When an index from the names screen is selected the following
indexes are in use.
Name   =   Name   ->  city  ->  state
City   =   City   ->  name  ->  state
State  =   State  ->  name  ->  city
Zip    =   Zip    ->  name  ->  city

Example: The name index will sort based on the name field
     first, then as sub-index it will sort on city and
     lastly on state.

Data Base Indexing           Maximum Field Length

Data Base Repair Utility     Data Base Packing Utility
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Help on help

Selecting a Help link
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With the keyboard - Press TAB or Shift-TAB to select a link.
            Press ENTER to jump to that topic.

With a mouse      - Click on phrases outlined by two triangles.


Scrolling the Help window
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With the keyboard - Press the cursor navigation keys.

With a mouse      - Click on the horizontal or vertical
            scroll bars.


Closing the Help window
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With the keyboard - Press Esc or Ctrl-F4.

With a mouse      - Double click on the window's control box icon.
            top left.


Contents - Displays a table of contents for the application's
       Help. Press C to select Contents.

Search   - Opens a dialogue box that lists all available Help
       topics. Select a topic from the list box and press
       ENTER. Press S to select Search.

Back     - Jumps to the last Help topic viewed. Press B to
       select Back.

History  - Lists the last 20 Help topics viewed. Jump to a
       topic by selecting from the list box and pressing
       ENTER. Press T to select History.

Copy     - Copies the contents of the current Help topic into
       an edit area.  Select the text you want copied to
       the Clipboard and choose Copy.  Choosing Copy
       without selecting any text in the edit area copies
       the entire Help topic to the Clipboard. Press P to
       select Copy.
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Command buttons

New rec....... Create a new record.

Update........ Update the current record. When a record is
           changed in any way since the last save, a
           message box will ask if PANEL can update
           the record for you before exit.

Delete........ Delete the current record.

Prev.......... Move to the previous record in the indexing
           sequence.

Next.......... Move to the next record in the indexing
           sequence.

Find.......... Find a specific record. The search will take
           place on the field that is the current index.

Screen........ Toggle between the Names screen and the main
           work screen.

Exit.......... Exit the program.

Esc........... The Esc button will move out of the program.

Mouse......... Select a field or button, Move windows.

Command Buttons  Screen Modes   Special Keys
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Data Base Packing utility

ISAMPACK purges records marked for deletion and recovers disk
space formerly used by deleted records in 32K blocks.

When a record is deleted it is removed from the indexing order.
However the information remains in the data file. Using
ISAMPACK reconstructs the data file with active records only.

Syntax     ISAMPACK  DEMAND.MDB


Data Base Repair Utility     Maximum Field Length

Data Base                    Data Base Indexing
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Data Base Repair Utility

ISAMREPR recovers data bases that become corrupted; it
recreates them by systematically evaluating every table
and index and using every piece of internally consistent
information in the file.

Syntax     ISAMREPR  DEMAND.MDB




Data Base Packing Utility    Maximum Field Length

Data Base                    Data Base Indexing
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Maximum field length

The Maximum Field Lengths for the various fields is the data
that will be saved in the data base record. If you type in a
longer amount of information it will not be saved in the data
base file PANEL.MDB

 PANEL NAME.............24
 LOCATION...............24
 AMP.....................4
 VOLT...................10
 PHASE...................1
 WIRE....................1
 CIRCUITS................2

 MFG....................14
 TYPE...................15
 RMS,AIC................12

 COND...................14
 FED FROM...............15
 RACEWAY................12

 CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION....22
 AMP.................... 6

 PREPARED FOR NAME .....25
 PREPARED FOR ADDRESS ..25
 PREPARED FOR CITY .....20
 PREPARED FOR STATE ....20
 PREPARED FOR ZIP ......10

 HEADER 1, 2............72
 FOOTER ................72

 MAIN...................15
 MOUNTING...............14
 GROUND.................12

 NOTES..................72

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Using Forms

NEBS Compatible Forms from New England Business Service, Inc
are available  with all Electrical Design Software programs.
The advantage of forms is to enhance the appearance of the
printed reports.

To order forms ..................1-800-388-3810
Multipurpose Form ...............9331
Mail code number ................11028

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Printing Options

OTHER PRINTING OPTIONS
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1.  Use of the built in fonts available with most printers.
Many printers today have a selection of available font style
and size. However when selecting a font do not use a font with
PS proportional spacing, use a font with cpi characters per
inch. Check the printer manual to set the printer to the font
desired, then send the report to the printer.

2.  Use your word processor.  Send the report to a file then
load that file into your word processor.  If your word
processor program has left and right margins that are less than
the with of the report you should first set your margins wide
enough then load the file.  Once loaded into your word processor
you can use all the printing capability of that program to
produce a more enhanced version of the circuit directory.

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Support

When you call for support have available:

1. The name as displayed on the opening screen.

2. The name of the program.

3. The version of the program.

BY PHONE:
Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:PM Eastern Standard time
call (603)-893-9008 if we are not available at the time of
your call please leave your name, phone number & a good time
to call back.
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        Attn: Customer Support