Fiber Objects

The Fiber Objects tab lets you take the list of Available Objects that were published with the feature service, and add them to the list of Fiber Objects recognized by Fiber Manager XI. You also identify which layers in your published map service represent fiber assets (cables, strands, devices, patch panels, etc.). Once you have identified a layer as a fiber asset, you then map a small set of fields for the application to know where to find certain attributes and model name information.

To configure the Fiber Objects:

1. Review the list of fiber objects and see if any need to be added.

2. If you need to add more objects to the list, click the fiber asset you want to move once to highlight it.

3. Click the Arrow to move the selected fiber asset under Fiber Objects.

   

4. On the right hand side of the window, use the drop-downs to map each field. All fields for all fiber objects are mapped in the same manner:

   1. Next to Global ID, select GlobalID.

   2. Next to Parent Global ID, select FIBERPARENT.

   3. Next to Parent Class Model Name, select FIBERPARENTCLASSMODELNAME.

   4. Next to Child Class Model Name, select FIBERCHILDCLASSMODELNAME.

   5. Next to This Class Model Name, select THISFIBERCLASSMODELNAME.

   6. Next to This Class Model Name Value, leave this blank.

      Example of ActiveCommonPort settings.

      

5. After you configure each object, click Save.

   Some objects include additional configuration options:

   • Color — Map this to your Color field that is associated to the color domain. Typically, this applies to BufferTube and Strand.

   • Fiber Connection Display Fields — Use the Edit tool to check fields you want seen in the Fiber Connections pane.

   • Top Level Class Model Name — Select TopLevelCMN. This option is only for Connectable Objects.

   • Top Level Global ID — Select TopLevelGUID. This option is only for Connectable Objects.

Certain fiber assets have special configurations, which further determine their functionality in the application. Use the following points for guidance:

• Connectable — Check the Connectable box if the end user should be able to connect this object to another fiber object in the Fiber Connections pane.

  IMPORTANT: This applies to ports and fiber strands. Do not check this box for a device (for example) itself. Instead, check the box for the device’s ports.

• Display Source — The Display Source designation determines where you want to start grouping the connectable objects in Fiber Connections.

  For example, you can see how devices, fiber cables, and patch panels are available in the drop-down. This means those fiber objects have been designated as a display source. When you are working with ports or fibers, they are grouped at the hierarchy level that has the Display Source designation.

  

  Most often, the Display Source box is checked for these types fiber assets:

  • ActiveDevice

  • Dev (device)

  • FiberCable (this is the only feature class that receives this designation)

  • PassiveDevice

  • PP (patch panel)

  • Splitter

  If the Display Source box has been checked for a fiber asset and that same asset is in an existing Hierarchy, you cannot uncheck the Display Source box until you remove the asset from all Hierarchies.

• Connection Container — Check the Connection Container box for point fiber features (fiber assets that are actually sketched on the map). The Fiber Connections tool looks for this configuration to know which point fiber features it can open within the Fiber Connections dialog. In a standard implementation, these point fiber features would include:

  • Device Point (this is the sketched device point, not the non-spatial object device)

  • Patch Location

  • Splice

  • Splitter

• Splice Point — Check this option for the fiber object that represents your splice points. This enables the splice point functionality in the map, and it also enables the Splice Details configuration in the Schematics tab.

• Transition Point — Check this option for the fiber object that represents your transition point. You are allowed to check one (and only one) fiber object. This enables the transition point functionality in the map.

  IMPORTANT: If you started with an Import and that Import included a checked Transition Point, you likely do not want to uncheck it. If you uncheck an imported Transition Point, you are unable to check it again without re-importing the entire schema and configuration.

• Slack Loop — Check this option for the fiber object that represents your slack loop. You are allowed to check one (and only one) fiber object. This enables the slack loop functionality in the map.

Helpful Validation Feedback on the Interface

The more you configure your fiber assets across all the sub-tabs, the more validation feedback you receive on the interface. While working, look for these helpful tooltips and icons:

• If the fiber object is part of an existing hierarchy, it has the hierarchy icon.

• If the fiber object is part of an implied connection, if has the implied connection icon.

• Hover your mouse over the Information icon for validation feedback.

  

• In the list of Fiber Objects, look for font formatting:

  • Italic: the fiber object cannot be removed. Hover over the Information icon to read why.

  • Normal: the fiber object can be removed.