2011

Setting up COILPINS for two wired devices
The automatic pin list look-up and assignment at component insertion time
is not limited to relay devices as shown in the example above. You can encode
two wire devices like pilot lights or proximity switches into the database file.
Insert the Manufacturer and Catalog numbers and fill in the COILPINS filed
with the terminal pin numbers. Leave the PINLIST field blank. Now, when
you insert one of these devices and do a catalog lookup and part number
selection, AutoCAD Electrical quickly looks for a MFG/CAT match in the pin
list database. On a match, AutoCAD Electrical pulls out the device's coil pin
numbers and inserts them in the newly inserted device.
Setting up a PINLIST
The PINLIST column in the Pin List database specifies the contact types and
their respective pin numbers. A two terminal contact has three elements in
this format: contact type, terminal pin, terminal pin. Each PINLIST value can
have up to 256 characters. Use a value 0-5 to specify the contact type, where:
■ 0 = convertible contact
■ 1 = N.O.
■ 2 = N.C.
■ 3 = Form-C (NO/NC pair)
■ 4 = multiple-pole terminal strips or undefined type
■ 5 = multiple-pin or stacked terminals
If you set PINLIST = "0,13,14;0,23,24" then 0= contact type, 13 (or 23)=
TERM01, and 14 (or 24)= TERM02.
If you set PINLIST = "0,13,14,*prompt," "*prompt" adds a description label.
This optional label is always the last element of the list and is preceded by an
asterisk character (if the asterisk is left out, the comment is interpreted as
another pin number).
To view or manually edit the PINLIST values, select Edit Component, and
then click NO/NC Setup on the Insert/Edit Component dialog box.
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