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Osmose O-Calc® Pro Pole Data Upgrade Utility User’s Guide
Osmose O-Calc® Pole Data Upgrade Utility
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Osmose O-Calc® Pro 5.2 Pole Data Upgrade Utility User’s Guide 31 March 2016 Copyright © 2002-2016 Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication are intended for distribution to and use by the licensed owner of the related software, and copies and reproductions of the document may be made solely for use by the owner. Licensee agrees to reproduce and incorporate Osmose Utilities Services Inc.'s copyright notice in any copy or partial copy. The publication may not be distributed, transmitted, sold, published, or otherwise provided, in paper, electronic, or any other format, to any third party without the prior written permission of Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. Licensee shall not modify, translate, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works based on the contents of this publication. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Some screens and functions depicted here may differ from those you see in the interface. Trademarks Osmose is a registered trademark of Osmose, Inc. O-Calc and O-Calc Pro are registered trademarks of Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. Windows, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7, .Net Framework, Microsoft Report Viewer and Microsoft Office 2010 Primary Interop Assemblies are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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Table of Contents Pole Data Upgrade Utility Overview ................................ 6 About the Pole Data Upgrade ............................................................ 6 Installation ......................................................................................... 6 System Requirements ........................................................................ 6 Preparing to Run the Pole Data Upgrade Utility ............................... 7 Working With the Pole Data Upgrade Utility ................... 7 Using the Pole Data Upgrade Utility ................................................. 7 Backing up the Database ........................................................... 7 Converting the O-Calc ™ v3.x Database .................................. 8 Converting XML Files............................................................... 9 Accessing the Converted Data in O-Calc™ Pro...................... 11
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Pole Data Upgrade Utility Overview About the Pole Data Upgrade Osmose O-Calc® Pro Pole Data Upgrade allows you to convert O-Calc™ v3.x databases into O-Calc® Pro .pplx files. The tool will create a set of OCalc® Pro Pole (.pplx) files and mimic the folder structure found in the original C-Calc v3.x database. The new pole files can then be used in the OCalc® Pro application. Due to changes between O-Calc™ v3.x and Pro, after the conversion process has been successfully completed there may be manual updates required. When poles are converted to the O-Calc® Pro format there may be subtle changes to the pole model. For example, insulators are required in OCalc® Pro therefore, during the conversion process j-hook or bolt insulators are placed on the pole to support spans such as Comm or CATV. In general, these changes will not affect the calculated pole loading.
Installation The Pole Data Upgrade Utility is included as part of the standard O-Calc® Pro installation. It is found in the same folder as the O-Calc® Pro executable and can be accessed through Windows Explorer or the command line.
System Requirements System requirements for Osmose O-Calc® Pro Pole Data Upgrade Utility include the following:
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Microsoft .Net Framework version 4.5 or later
Windows 7 (Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate, 32 and 64 bit (N))
Windows XP SP2 or SP3 Note: Windows XP SP3 will be supported until April 8, 2014.
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Windows Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate, 32 and 64 bit (N))
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Preparing to Run the Pole Data Upgrade Utility Keep the following points in mind before actually running the Osmose O-Calc® Pro Pole Data Upgrade Utility:
The logon account used to perform the conversion must have permission to read and write to the directories that contain the .mdb files and the specified target directory.
Microsoft Report Viewer 2010 (obtained from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads ) must be installed prior to installing the Osmose O-Calc® Pro and the Pole Data Upgrade Utility.
Microsoft Office 2010 Primary Interop Assemblies2010 (obtained from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads ) must be installed prior to installing the Osmose O-Calc® Pro and the Pole Data Upgrade Utility.
.NET Framework version 4.5 (obtained from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads ) must be installed prior to installing the Osmose O-Calc® Pro and the Pole Data Upgrade Utility.
Working With the Pole Data Upgrade Utility Using the Pole Data Upgrade Utility In order to process poles created using O-Calc ™ 3.x with O-Calc® Pro, you must first convert the O-Calc™ v 3.x Database (.mdb) to O-Calc® Pro pole data files (.PPLX). A .PPLX file will be created for each pole found in the O-Calc™ 3.x database. The following section describes this process. Backing up the Database Back up your O-Calc™ 3.x database to a secure location before you convert the database. Complete the following steps to backup your O-Calc™ v3.x database: 1. Open O-Calc™ v3.x. 2. Select the O-Calc™ .mdb file. 3. Select Help>O-Calc™ Maintenance>Backup Database.
4. Browse to a folder where you want to save the backup and select Save. 5. When prompted, click OK to confirm the action. Note: If you have O-Calc ™ 3.x installations that use networked SQL databases you will be required to extract the data to an mdb file using SQL backup. This backup file can then be used as input to the Pole Data Upgrade Utility.
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Converting the O-Calc ™ v3.x Database Perform the following steps to convert the O-Calc™ 3.x database for use with O-Calc® Pro: 1. Browse to the location where the O-Calc® Pro application was installed. Note: By default the O-Calc® Pro application is installed in C:\Program Files\Osmose\O-Calc Pro\Bin.
2. Double click on PoleDataUpgradeUtility.exe. 3. Select the MDB to PPLX tab.
4. Click the O-Calc 3.x MDB file browse button and browse to the location of the O-Calc™ 3.x .mdb file you backed up previously. 5. Click the Target Directory browse button and browse to the location you want the converted data files placed.
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6. Click the Convert MDB to Poles button
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Caution: Running the Pole Data Upgrade Utility twice to the target directory will cause files to be over written. Note: Once the O-Calc™ .mdb file is converted all the poles within the .mdb file will be stored in the target directory as individual .pplx files.
7. Click OK to the pole conversion completed message 8. Click the X in the upper right hand corner to close the Pole Data Upgrade Utility.
The figure above shows the results from converting the .mdb file in our example. All the poles within the .mdb file have been converted to .pplx files for use in the O-Calc® Pro application. The files are placed in folders matching the folder structure used within the O-Calc™ v3.x .MDB file. Converting XML Files Perform the following steps to convert .xml files to .pplx format for use within O-Calc® Pro: 1. Browse to the location where the O-Calc® Pro application was installed. Note: By default the O-Calc® Pro application is installed in C:\Program Files\Osmose\O-Calc Pro\Bin.
2. Double click on PoleDataUpgradeUtility.exe. 3. Select the XML to PPLX tab.
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4. Click the Source Directory browse button and browse to the location of the .xml files you want to convert to .pplx. 5. Click the Target Directory browse button location you want the converted files placed.
6. Click the Convert XML to Poles button
and browse to the
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Caution: Running the Pole Data Upgrade Utility twice to the target directory will cause files to be over written. Note: Once the .xml files are converted an individual .pplx file will be created for each .xml file and stored in the target directory.
7. Click the X in the upper right hand corner to close the Pole Data Upgrade Utility.
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The figure above shows the results from converting the .xml files in our example. All the .xml files have been converted to .pplx files for use in the O-Calc® Pro application. Accessing the Converted Data in O-Calc™ Pro Complete the following steps to access the converted .xml or converted OCalc™ v3.x data in O-Calc® Pro: 1. Open the O-Calc® Pro Application. 2. Select File>Open Pole.
3. Browse to the location of the pole you wish to open and select the (pole name).pplx file and click Open.
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4. The O-Calc® Pro application will then load the pole information and display the contents.
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After completing a pole data upgrade it is important that you review the converted pole data and look for “Note:” entries titled “Conversion Warning”. These entries identify data items that have been adjusted. Such items might include:
Non-Standard crossarm adjustments.
Any equipment with an incline angle.
Any equipment with a rotation angle different from its offset angle.
Example of a Note: Conversion Warning
No warnings are issued during the pole data conversion so it is important that you examine the converted pole data. Warning notes do not indicate that any action is required; they simple flag corrections and adjustments that were made to conform to the new pole data mode.
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