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White Paper WP-MFG-00246 April 2013 Guide by Miles Nicholson
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Editing the Pin List Database AutoCAD Electrical The pin list database holds information about the contact and pin numbers of the electrical components. The pin list information is held separately from the component part record as wildcards are allowed. This allows one entry to be defined for several components. It is accessible via the Schematic ribbon > Other Tools panel > Other Tools >
Each manufacturer has its own pin list database table. In this example, select Telemecanique and then Select
and enter LC1D0910
Select Highlight LC1D0910??* and select
MANUFACTURER
The manufacturer name must be consistent with the manufacturer name defined for the part
CATALOG
The catalogue number must be consistent with the part defined. It can contain wildcard characters. * = zero or more characters ? = a single character
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ASSEMBLYCODE
AutoCAD Electrical internal assembly code (must be consistent with the catalogue lookup files)
COILPINS
The terminal pin numbers for a coil or parent device. For a coil, this value is generally two pin numbers separated by a comma (for example, A1,A2). However it is not limited to just two pin numbers and may be several pins defined for a variable speed drive as an example. In theory, this should be called parent pins rather than coil pins
PINLIST
Defines the Contact type and pin numbers. For a two terminal contact, there are three elements in the group and follows the format: Contact type, terminal pin, terminal pin In this format, 1 = N.O., 2 = N.C., 0 for convertible contact, 3 for Form-C (NO/NC pair), 4 for multi-pole terminal strips or undefined type, and 5 for multiple-pin or stacked terminals. A description label can be associated with a pin pair. To add description labels, please see below as an example: 1,13,14;1,23,24,*aux contact=";2,31,32,*NC=; N.B.
A “;” separates each contact
In this format, the optional comment is always the last element of the sublist and follows an asterisk character. If no asterisk is present, then the comment is interpreted as another pin number. Convertible contacts encoded as type 0, followed by two pin numbers, assume that the pin numbers do not change when a contact is flipped between N.O. and N.C. If the pin number of the contact changes based on the difference between the N.O. and N.C. configurations, encode each type 0 entry as "0,pinNO,pinNO,pinNC,pinNC;". The first two entries after the "0" flag give the pin number for the N.O. configuration and the second two for the N.C. configuration. AutoCAD Electrical picks the correct pair based upon the contact type being inserted or edited. Changeover contacts must be entered in this order: common pin, NO pin, NC pin. A changeover contact set where C=12, NO=13 and NC=11 would be 3,8,5,6.
PEER_COILPINS
This is used typically when associating two devices for example a forward and reverse contactor pairing. The peer-coilpins follow the same principle as the coilpins.
PEER_PINLIST
The peer-pinlist follow the same principle as the pinlist.
Whilst it is obvious how the above component is defined, a component such as a 3 pole circuit breaker would have coil pins of 1,2 with a pinlist of 1,3,4;1,5,6.
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