Underground Structures

Underground structures house equipment that supports underground cable networks.

Underground Structures Identification

Manufacturer

The manufacturer of the component.

Model Number (required)

The component's model number. The model number is required to be unique across all resources of the same type.

Company ID

The ID your company assigns to the component. It is recommended that you use unique company IDs. You will see a warning if you type a company ID that is not unique, but you are allowed to continue with a non-unique ID.

Description

A short description of the component.

GIS Symbology

GIS Symbology provides you with the ability to specify symbology text for various component specifications in Catalog. This text is published to GIS with DHFC features and can be used as a basis for symbology.

Catalog Id

The GUID assigned to the component.

Is Deprecated (default: not selected)

Toggle to mark the component as deprecated.

Underground Structures Properties

Underground Structures

Underground Structure Type (required)

Select the type from the drop-down.

TIP: Where does this drop-down come from? It comes from Solution Center > DHFC > Application Settings > Underground Structures.

Symbol Name

Type an abbreviation for the structure. This labels the structure in the map with the abbreviation. For example:

IMPORTANT: While the Symbol Name field accepts many characters, we strongly recommend to use abbreviations up to 2 characters. As you can see in the image above, 2 characters completely occupy the symbol, and any more would spill out onto the map.

Minimum Point Value (required) and Maximum Point Value (required)

The auto-optimization engine uses these values in calculations for optimizing your network design in Designer HFC.

The underground structure contains other components, and these values determine how many components and at what size can fit inside the cabinet.
- While the underground structure has a range of values between a minimum and maximum, all other components have a single Point Size value.
For example, assume a cabinet has a Maximum Point Value of 210, a Node has a Point Size of 100, and an Amplifier has a Point Size of 50. That means one Node and two Amplifiers could fit inside that particular cabinet (100 + 50 + 50 = 200, which is less than 210). A cabinet that was rated at only 190 could not accommodate the same combination of components because it is too small.