EDPPv250 DrumScheduleGuide (English)

e-DPP ( electrical - Data Processing Program )
Drum Schedule Comprehensive Learning Guide
<e-DPP v.2.5 New Feature>
Drum Schedule
Comprehensive Leaning Guide
1. Preface
The new feature Cable Drum Schedule has been added to e-DPP v.2.5. This guide was prepared for users to
master this new feature quickly and effectively.
The basic concepts and process flows adopted by the program are described one by one using the Example2
project.
2. Outline of Drum Scheduling Feature

Drum scheduling is a process of collecting identical cables (in terms of specifications and sizes) and allocating
them into a spool called Drum. A drum is a roll of cable of certain length.
Procurement of cables is generally transacted in unit of drum. And during the lay out (pulling) of cables at the
construction site the cables are drawn out and cut from the drums. For these reasons, a proper management of
drum is necessary to facilitate procurement processes and to maximize the usage of the cable in the drums.
Drum List and Drum Schedule
The two main purpose of drum scheduling are;
(1) Generate Drum List

Drum list is a summary of cable drums which enlist pertinent information about the description of the
drums. Generally, this list is used for procurement
(2) Generate Drum Schedule

Drum schedule is a listing of arrays of cables allocated to a drum. The arrays of cables represent the
segments of the cable wound in the drums. In other words, a drum schedule is a table of how the content
of a drum will be cut into pieces/sections. Generally, this schedule is used for construction.
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Flow of Drum Scheduling
A cable schedule is necessary before drum list and drum schedules can be generated. From the cable schedule,
e-DPP collects all distinct cable sizes of distinct specification and summarized them in table hereto referred as
Drum Specification. A Drum Specification table also contains the criteria for the management of the
length of cable that will be available in the drums for each distinct cable size of distinct specification.
Cable Schedule Drum Specification
Drum List Drum Schedule
Flow of Drum Scheduling
3. Execution with Example2 Project

Below are the following steps to execute Drum Scheduling:
Page
(1) Starting e-DPP and Checking Cable Schedule 2
(2) Creating Drum Specification Table 4
(3) Defining Drum Naming Convention 7
(4) Executing Drum Scheduling 11
(5) Editing Drum List 13
(6) Editing Drum Schedule 14
(7) Outputting Drum Schedule 17
(8) Checking Drum Data 19
(1) Starting e-DPP and Checking Cable Schedule

Lets start e-DPP and open Example2 project.
a) Select menu File Open. Locate and open Example2.mdb file.
Example2.mdb project is located in the following folder:
C:Program FileseDPPv250Example
Note: The above path is valid if e-DPP program has been installed in the default folder.
b) On the Open dialog, enter the password 123 and click the OK button.
Lets confirm that the cable schedule has been already created in Example2 project.
c) Select the menu Edit Cable or click icon. Cable Schedule will be indicated in the
outermost left cell.
d) Select DPPCable1 from the pull down list and click icon.
If the dialog below appears, click Fill Up button.
Then, the following screen appears in which you can confirm that the cable schedule has been created.
(2) Creating Drum Specification Table

The next step is to create a drum specification table from the cable schedule.
a) Select the menu Tools Drum Schedule or click icon. The following dialog appears.
b) Click Edit Drum Specifications button. The cables of distinct sizes of distinct specifications
(having the same rated voltage, same type, same number of cores) will be summarized in the following
dialog.
In the above dialog, you can specify the criteria for the management of the length of cable that will be
available in the drums for each distinct cable size of distinct specification. 1) to 4) below describe the
functionalities of the above dialog while a) to c) are the instructions your execution.
1) Option
Select one of the two (2) options Max. Len or Round-Up.
Max. Len
If Max. Len is selected the maximum length of cable that will be available in a drum will be
equal to the value specified in Max. Length column. In other words, this option dictates the
limitation of the summation of length of the segment of the cables that could be scheduled in a
drum according to the fixed value in Max. Length column. Also, the actual available spare
length of cable in a drum may be equal or greater than to the value specified in Spare Length
column.
Round-Up
If Round-Up is selected the maximum length of cable that will be available in a drum varies to
the rounded-up value of the summation of the length of all segments of cables being scheduled in
the drum but not more than the value specified in Max. Length column. The rounding
number is the value specified in Round Up Length column. Also, the actual available spare
length of cable in a drum may be equal or less than to the value specified in Round Up Length
column.
This option may be selected if excessive spare is not required for certain sizes of cables of certain
specifications for some reason like for instance the cost per linear length of cable is high and/or
the cable manufacturer accepts fractional order.
Notes for both Max. Len and Round-Up option
i. The cumulative length of segments of cables that could be allocated to the drums is restricted by
the Scheduling Length. Scheduling Length is the difference between the values in Max.
Length and Spare Length column (Max. Length - Spare Length).
ii. In case a single (one segment) cable having a length more than the value specified in Max.
Length column, this single cable will be allocated to a single drum of length equal to Max.
Length. Though consideration can be taken later e.g. increase the drum length later or
consider splicing the cable.
2) Max. Length (m)
This parameter is used to determine the prospective and limitation of length of cable that will be
available in a particular drum. By default, this parameter is populated with value from cable
library if the corresponding data is available. Otherwise, a default value of 1000(m) is set.
3) Round-Up Length (m)
This setting is valid only when Round-Up option is selected. The default value is 20 (m).
Round-Up Length (m) must be less than 50% of Max. Length (m) and equal or less than Spare
Length (m).
4) Spare Length (m)
Specify the prospective length of cable you want to spare in a drum. The default value is 5% of
Max. Length(m). The actual drum spare length may be at least or at most equal to this value
depending on the selected option Max Len or Round Up as discussed in 1) Option above.
The Spare Length(m) should be less than 50% of Max. Length(m)
The functions of the individual buttons placed at the lower part of the dialog are as follows:
Scheduling Options All Max. Len

Globally set the Option to Max. Len
Scheduling Options All Round Up

Globally set the Option to Round Up
Drum Max. Length Update

Globally assigned value to Max. Length according to the data entered in the text box.
Round Up Length Update

Globally assigned value to Round Up Length according to the data entered in the text box.
Spare Length (m) Update

Globally assigned absolute value to Spare Length according to the absolute value entered in the text box.
Spare Length (%) Update

Globally assigned absolute value to Spare Length in percent of the Max. Length. The percentage
value is entered in the text box.
Update Table
The drum specification table will be updated based on the latest cable schedule i.e. new specification will
be added if any and/or the counts of cables and their cumulative length (total length) will be updated if any
relevant changes were made in the cable schedule. All the users defined setting and entry (i.e. data in the
Option, Max Length, Round Up Length, and Spare Length columns) will be unchanged.
Remake Table
The drum specification table will be reset based on the latest cable schedule and all the users defined
setting and entry will be overwritten with the default setting and data.
Initial Sort
Clicking this button returns the sort order to the original state when the dialog opens. This is effective
when the original sorting was re-organized by selective sorting. Selective sorting is being done by
clicking the header of a particular column on the table. The order of sorting alternatively changes from
ascending to descending and vice versa on subsequent click of the mouse at the header.
At this time, lets set Max. Length(m) to 1000m and Spare Length(m) to 5%
a) In the Drum Max. Length frame, enter 1000 in the textbox and then click Update button.
Observe the value in Max. Length column changes to 1000.
b) In the Spare Length frame, click Update button (corresponding to %). Observe the value in
Spare Length column changes to 50 (5% of 1000).
c) Click Save button to save the changes made.
d) Click Close button to close the dialog.
(3) Defining Drum Naming Convention

a) Click Run Drum Scheduling button in the Drum Schedule dialog. The following dialog
appears.
The explanation of the functionalities of the above dialog will be described later. Lets define the drum
naming convention first. The drum naming convention is a rule how the drums will be assigned with ID
(Drum Number) automatically.
b) Click Edit button. The following dialog appears.
e-DPP provides a powerful and flexible features for setting up the drum naming convention. For the
criteria in generating the ID (drum number) of the drums, it is possible to attach the geographical
information such as site area, substation, etc. where the cables will be physically laid out, user-defined
static strings and/or serial number (unique number identifier) in combination to the cable specification.
Moreover, the user can assign abbreviation Code for each criterion for flexibility.
The Followings are the detailed feature descriptions of this dialog:
1) Source of Naming Fragment
There are fifteen (15) tables that serve the criteria to produce the intended format of the Drum
Number. Six (6) of which correspond to the cable specification & sizes, five (5) correspond to
geographical information of cables where they will be physically laid out, three (3) correspond to
user-defined static strings, and one (1) correspond to serial number (unique number identifier).
The contents (records) of each table except for the three (3) user-defined static strings are dynamic
with the Cable Schedule (meaning their value depends on what is available in the Cable Schedule)
and the one (1) serial number is a dynamic counter.
In each table are records of Value & Code. The data in the column Value is data extracted
from Cable Schedule and the data in the column Code is default or user-defined data that will
represent the Value. Hence, the combination of the Codes is actually the one that comprises
the Drum Number.
e-DPP pre-assigned default abbreviation for the Code but the user can later freely assigned any
alphanumeric up to 10 characters to yield meaningful message. However, the drum number is
limited only up to 26 characters and therefore selection of the Codes and their combination should
be exercised thoroughly in order for the resulting drum number do not to exceed the said limitation.
Cond Type (Conductor Type)

This table corresponds to the type of conductor of the cables. The value of 0 and 1 denotes
copper and aluminum respectively. The default Code is CU for 0 and AL for 1.
If all cables in a particular project are composed of copper conductor (or aluminum), this (Cond
Type) criterion is not usually needed to be part of the drums naming convention.
Rated Voltage
This table corresponds to the rated voltage of the cables. The default Code for each Value is set to
alphabet letter.
Cable Type
This table corresponds to the type of insulation, jacket, and other mechanical or environmental
protection of the cables. The default Code for each Value is set to alphabet letter(s).
#Wire
This table corresponds to the number of conductors in the cables. The default Code is set as to the
number of conductors in two digits format. For example if the number of conductor is 3, then the
corresponding default Code is 03.
Unit
This table corresponds to the configuration of the conductors in the cables, e.g. Core (C) or Pair (P).
The default Code is set as same as the Value.
Cable Size
This table corresponds to the size of the cables. The default Code is set as same as the Value with the
following exception;
i) Slash (/) used in AWG size series like in 4/0 or 2/0 is designated to S since this
symbol is not allowed by the program to be included in the drum number. For example,
the Code for 4/0 is defaulted to 4S0,
ii) Dot (.) used in metric size series like in 2.5 is designated to D due to the same
reason as in i). For example, the Code for 2.5 is defaulted to 2D5.
Site Area, Substation, Process Unit, Switchboard, Bus

These tables correspond to the geographical location of the cable where they will be laid out. Their
title explains their scope. The default Code for each Value of each table is set to alphabet letter(s).
User Text 1, User Text 2 & User Text 3

Any static strings (alphanumeric and hyphen) which is required to be part of the drum Number may
be entered here.
Serial Number
Serial number is a part of drum number that makes a drum number unique in case there is more than
one drum of identical specifications (having cable with the same specification). This number
corresponds to the count of drums. Therefore, it is a must to have this number. Number of digits
from 1 to 5 is available as option for user to choose. The numbers of digits dictate the number of
digits of the serial number and it signifies the number of leading zeros less the digits of the count of
a particular drum. For example, if you selected number of digits of 4 and the count of a particular
drum is 32, then the serial number will be 0032. In case user has chosen number of digits less
than the number of digits of the count of a particular drum, the exact number of the count will be
utilized. But the presentation of those counts which exceed and those which are within the chosen
number of digits will be different. For example, if the chosen Number of Digits is 3, all counts less
than 1000 will be presented in 3 digits (001 to 999) and those 1000 and above will be presented in
more than 3 digits (1001 to ? ).
Clear All button

Clicking on this button resets all the above settings to default pre-assigned setting. Convention
Builder is reset as well and only Serial Number 3 Digits remains.
2) Convention Builder
Once all the appropriate Codes in Source of Naming Fragment frame are defined, the next step is
to build the naming convention for the Drum Number. There are Ten (10) sections in the
Convention Builder frame and combination of these sections will comprise the Drum Numbers.
Each section needs to be filled-in from any of the 15 items in the Source of Naming Fragment
frame by drag and drop operation.
Notes:
i. Each item in the Source of Naming Fragment can only be used once in the Convention
Builder.
ii. At least one section in the Convention Builder is compulsory to be filled-in by Serial
Number from the Source of Naming Fragment.
Clear 1Clear 10 button

Clicking this button clears the section (textbox) underneath. Empty sections are eliminated after
execution of Save button and reopening of the dialog.
- (Hyphen)
Check the checkbox above the hyphen label to inserts a hyphen between the adjacent sections.
Sample (Max. 26 char)

A sample of the drum number is reflected here for reference. It shows dynamically the format of
the drum number related to the product of the convention builder.
As the maximum length of drum number is limited to 26 characters, this textbox will help you
distinguish if you exceed such limitation.
At this time lets use the default naming convention.
c) Click Close button (if you altered any setting, do not save the changes).
(4) Executing Drum Scheduling

Now we resume to the Run Drum Scheduling dialog as shown below. In this dialog, we will execute
drum scheduling and both Drum List and Drum Schedule will be generated or updated. But before
the execution, let us first discuss what inside the dialog: 1) to 5). Later you will find step a) and b) for
your execution.
1) Scheduling Objects
Select from the pull down lists which cables of certain size of certain specification are the target of
scheduling. The list of cable specification available for scheduling is shown in the list box on the right
pane. If the target are all the cables, leave all the pull down list to All
About *Data Source

Data Source is a name of cable manufacturer (MFRName) in e-DPP cable library and intended to use for
discriminating the cable data when different cable manufacturers are selected with identical specification of cables.
When the cable data are not extracted from e-DPP cable library, Data Source list shows a blank. This occurs if the
name of manufacturer is not specified when the cable data have been populated by User Data Import or Data Filling
action. However, even in such case, the drum scheduling program treats those cables as Manufacturer name =
<blank> in the same manner as for the other cables.
2) Geographical Criteria
Taking into consideration the transportation of cable drums from warehouse to the site area where the
cables will be pulled and also the efficiency of the cable pulling works, the drum scheduling preparation
should consider the relationship of the pulling locations and the equipment to be served. The larger
the plant is the more the quantities of drums and the more important this issue becomes.
For example, if two (2) cables belongs to two (2) different substation located far to each other are
scheduled in the same drum; after one of the two (2) cables has been laid out, the drum needs to be
transported again to the other far substation. This procedure is inefficient and may put the drum prone
to damages due to repetitive relocation. Hence, it is necessary to improve such procedure by optimal
drum scheduling. There are two (2) methods to realize an optimal drum scheduling as follows;
i. Filter the prospect cables for drum scheduling by Geographical Criteria.

ii. Use the Orphan Control as discussed in 4) Options-Orphan Control.
When Geographical Criteria is applied, it is required to manually execute one by one each group of
target cables (group of cables of the same location). On the other hand, Geographical Criteria has an
advantage. For example, in case engineering work in some areas is delayed due to some reasons but in
some areas it is already complete and for those completed areas placement of order of the cables is now
required, then Geographical Criteria may be the best option.
3) Options Scheduling Scope

These options are effective at the second and subsequent runs. Either the cables that have been
already scheduled to drums or the cables that have not been yet can be target of scheduling.
If Only cables without drum no. option is selected, an additional option is available i.e. to take into
account the spare lengths of the existing drums, meaning if a particular cable with certain length can fit
in the available spare length of a certain existing drum then this cable will be scheduled to that drum.
4) Options Orphan Control

The objective of the Options Orphan Control is the as same as the situation presented in 2)
Geographical Criteria.
The options here permit the global scheduling of cables by geographical criteria. The goal of each
option (checkbox) is self explanatory as their title implied. Particular option (checkbox) is enabled
only when its counterpart (pull down list) in the Geographical Criteria frame is set to All and the
subject addressed by the said option is not utilized in the Drum Naming Convention Builder.
5) Clear All button

Clicking on this button deletes the drum list and all drum schedules.
Guess what! Will there be any conflicts in the scheduling results when any of the above options were
changed at each separate runs? Well, e-DPP takes the following considerations:
i. When the Drum Scheduling is executed for all cables without Orphan Control options, all cables
will be assigned to particular drums. Also, the columns Site Area, Substation, Process
Unit, Switchboard and Bus in the Drum List Editor (discussed in later part of this text)
indicates All. Re-executing Drum Scheduling but this time [Site Area = OFFSITE] in
Geographical Criteria is selected; this will result to recollecting of all cables belonging to
OFFSITE site area, un-schedule them from the drums where they were schedule in prior and then
re-scheduled them to new drums. The cable length available in the drums where the said cables
were un-scheduled will be updated (spare length will become greater). There will be a situation
due to successive re-scheduling of cables that certain drums will have 100% spare (to be referred
here as empty drum). In such case, these empty drums will remain intact in the Drum List due to
possibility of re-utilization through manual re-scheduling of cable owing to some unforeseen reason
at the later part of the project.
ii. When the initial Drum Scheduling is executed with option [Site Area = OFFSITE] is selected and
then re-executed but this time [Site Area = All] is selected. What will happened here is in the
first execution, the cables in OFFSITE area will be scheduled to certain drums and on the
second execution those cable will be re-scheduled to another drums that will serves the All site
areas leaving the former drums empty (100% spare) and these empty drums will be automatically
deleted from the Drum List. The reason is e-DPP assumed that these empty drums will not be
re-utilized by manual re-scheduling.
At this time, lets execute the drum scheduling with no changes in the above settings.
a) Click the Run button.
b) Click Yes button on the successive message box which will prompts you if you want to open the
generated drum list. The Drum List Editor dialog opens as below.
A case might happen when Total Length(m) exceeds Drum Length(m) and as result Spare Length(m)
becomes negative. This occurs when length of single cable exceeds Drum Length(m) (indicated in red
color) as explained in (2).b).1) note ii. Although a cable having a length greater than the Drum Length
seems impossible and illogical to schedule to such drum, e-DPP persist to doing so. This is due to the fact
that once a said cable has been excluded from scheduling user may tend to overlook it next time. In
general, one of the following measures can be taken in such situation:
i. Consider splicing the cable within the capacity of the drum

ii. Request the cable manufacturer to produce special drum.
Unless user takes any of the measures above, the warning will remain.
(5) Editing Drum List

The drum list editor shown above can be opened immediately after execution of the drum scheduling or
clicking on Edit Drum List button in the main dialog. Lock, Drum Length (m), PO No. and
Maker columns may be edited in the drum list editor. Please read all through the following in order to
get good understanding about the subject. Also, some instructions are embedded for you to execute.
Checking Lock cell protects the drum and its contents (cables) against changes when the drum
scheduling is executed again. This function is useful to mark the drums that have been already ordered to
manufacturer.
Drum Length (m) may be altered in the following cases, etc.:

i. As mentioned in the (4) Editing Drum Scheduling, when length of single cable exceeds Drum
Length (m) and special size of drums need to be ordered to manufacturer.
ii. A drum has an excessive spare length.
User may enter any data in PO No. and Maker columns for additional information.
Followings are the descriptions of the functionalities of the buttons placed in the lower part of the dialog.
Lock All & Unlock All

Check or uncheck all the cells in the Lock column in one step.
Show New Drum No. & Hide New Drum No.

User may alter the program-generated drum numbers. Clicking on Show New Drum No. button
shows New Drum No. column where the user can enter a new drum number. Note that the new drum
number should be unique and up to 26 character long only.
Create New Drum

User may create a new drum to which unscheduled cables may be scheduled manually. Clicking on
Create New Drum button displays the dialog below.
Enter the new drum number and cable specification in the dialog. Note that the new drum number should
be unique. At this time, just click on Cancel button to close the dialog.
Delete Drum
Delete the drum that has the current focus. Note that only empty drums (no scheduled cables) can be
deleted.
At this time, as no change is made in the drum list click Close button to close the dialog.
(6) Editing Drum Schedule

User may want to edit some data of some cables (data which has relevance to geographical information
only) and/or modify the structure of scheduled cables in some Drums like moving cables from one drum to
another due to some reasons. Buttons Edit Drum Schedule and Move Drum Cables are
available to performed such activities.
1) Edit Drum Schedule

Clicking on Edit Drum Schedule button in the main dialog displays the following dialog.
The following can be edited in this dialog; Lock, Length(m), To and the geographical information
of the cables. If the length of some cables is increased and in total exceeds the drum length, an alert
message will warn you. You can either shorten the length of some cables to meet the drum length (but
seems not appropriate) or just note the message and save the changes and later move some cables to
other drums.
Checking Lock cell protects the cable against changes when the drum scheduling is executed again.
Lock All & Unlock All

Check or uncheck all the cells in the Lock column in one step.
Help, Preview, To Excel, Save, Close

The function of these buttons is self explanatory as their title implied.
2) Move Drum Cables

Clicking on Move Drum Cables button in the main dialog displays the following dialog.
In this dialog, cables can be moved from one drum to another drum of same specification (same cable
specification). Movement is done by drag & drop or arrow button operation. Neither Lock,
Cable ID nor Length(m) can be edited in this dialog. If user wants to edit cable length and/or lock
the cable, got to Edit Drum Schedule or e-DPP menu Edit Cable.
The dialog is generally divided into two (2) panes, the left pane and the right pane. Both panes
contain the same drums (drum no.) and a virtual drum named <None>. This <None> drum
en-house all unscheduled cables. By manipulation of selections of drum in the left pane and in the
right pane, it will enable you to move cables from one to another in both directions.
Another part of the dialog is the Select Cable Specification. Think of this Select Cable
Specification pull down list as a filter criterion for the Drums. Meaning the drums that will be
available in the left and right pane underneath has a cable specification as the selected one in the Select
Cable Specification pull down list.
Movement by Drag & Drop Mouse Operations
To move cables by Drag & Drop operations from one to another drum:
i. Select the specification of cable you wish to move in the Select Cable Specification pull down
list. The drums having that specification will be listed in the Drum Data panes.
ii. On the left pane (Drum Data (1)), select the drum number having the cable(s) you wish to move.
iii. On the right pane (Drum Data(2)), select the drum number where you wish to move the cable.
iv. On the left pane (Drum Data (1)) point to the Cable ID and drag & drop to the cable list section of
the right pane (Drum Data(2)).
v. Click Save button to save the changes and complete the procedure.
If user wants to move more than one cables at once, use the >> or << button. To perform such:
i. Same procedure as i. to iii. in Movement by Drag & Drop Mouse Operation above.
ii. On the left pane, point to the row headers (the cells under No column) of the starting cable and
drag to ending cable you wish to move. The highlighted cables are subject to move (see the
above picture).
iii. Click the >> button.
iv. Click Save button to save the changes and complete the procedure.
Note:
i) Only adjacent cables can be selected.
ii) If you want to select all cables, click the No cell (upper-left most corner cell)
3) Dont show message
Whenever the total length of cable scheduled in a certain drum exceed the drum length as result of the
moving cable to other drums, a message box will be displayed with a warning as shown below.
The warning message continues as long as the drum length is exceeded. Checking Dont show
message checkbox will free you up with this message.
(7) Outputting Drum Schedule

Return to the main menu of the drum scheduling and click on Edit Drum Schedule and then click
To Excel buttons. The following dialog appears.
All drums of all cable specifications

All the drums existing in the current drum schedule will be exported to MS Excel.
All drums of current cable specification

All the drums of the currently selected cable specification in Edit Drum Schedule dialog will be
exported to MS Excel.
Current drum
Only the drum currently selected in Edit Drum Schedule dialog will be exported to MS Excel.
Advanced
User may specify the condition what to export to MS Excel. Each item is combined with AND operator.
Page break per drum no.

Checking this checkbox inserts a page break per drum number in MS Excel sheets.
Select the option Current drum and click on OK button. The drum schedule is exported to MS
Excel as shown below.
(8) Checking Drum Data

By virtue of editing cables outside of Drum Scheduling program (e.g. in Cable schedule), inconsistency in
the structure of the drum schedules and drum list may occur. For example: 1) Cables of certain
specification might be assigned to drums of different specification, 2) New drums might be specified in
cable schedule though does not exist in the drum list. e-DPP can detects these two (2) cases of
inconsistency.
Click on Check Cable & Drum Data button in the main dialog. The following dialog appears.
Inconsistent Specifications
This area enlists the drums and their contents having disagreement between the specification of the drums
themselves and the specification of one or more cables assigned to them. The inconsistent parameters are
highlighted in red color.
It is a must to resolve the inconsistency by correcting the relevant items in the cable schedule or re-execute
drum scheduling (either manually un-schedule from the drum the inflicted cables or re-run drum
scheduling).
New Drums
This area enlists the drums that exist in the cable schedule but do not exist in the drum list. This situation
happens when user entered certain drum numbers (not registered in the drum list) in the cable schedule.
The user can select (by checking the checkbox adjacent to the drum number) the drums which he thinks are
certainly necessary in the project and click the Add to Drum List button to officially register the said
drums to the drum list. Those drums which the user thinks are not necessary should be deleted in the
cable schedule.
(Note: When a new drum number is added to the drum list, Data Source field becomes always blank.)
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Drum Schedule Comprehensive Learning Guide

<e-DPP v.2.5 New Feature>

2. Outline of Drum Scheduling Feature

Drum List and Drum Schedule

The two main purpose of drum scheduling are;

(1) Generate Drum List

(2) Generate Drum Schedule

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Flow of Drum Scheduling

Cable Schedule Drum Specification

Drum List Drum Schedule

Flow of Drum Scheduling

3. Execution with Example2 Project

(1) Starting e-DPP and Checking Cable Schedule

a) Select menu File Open. Locate and open Example2.mdb file.

Example2.mdb project is located in the following folder:

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(2) Creating Drum Specification Table

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Select one of the two (2) options Max. Len or Round-Up.

Notes for both Max. Len and Round-Up option

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2) Max. Length (m)

3) Round-Up Length (m)

4) Spare Length (m)

The Spare Length(m) should be less than 50% of Max. Length(m)

Scheduling Options All Max. Len

Scheduling Options All Round Up

Drum Max. Length Update

Round Up Length Update

Spare Length (m) Update

Spare Length (%) Update

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c) Click Save button to save the changes made.

d) Click Close button to close the dialog.

(3) Defining Drum Naming Convention

b) Click Edit button. The following dialog appears.

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The Followings are the detailed feature descriptions of this dialog:

1) Source of Naming Fragment

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Cond Type (Conductor Type)

Site Area, Substation, Process Unit, Switchboard, Bus

User Text 1, User Text 2 & User Text 3

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Clear All button

Clear 1Clear 10 button

Sample (Max. 26 char)

At this time lets use the default naming convention.

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(4) Executing Drum Scheduling

About *Data Source

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i. Filter the prospect cables for drum scheduling by Geographical Criteria.

3) Options Scheduling Scope

4) Options Orphan Control

5) Clear All button

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a) Click the Run button.

i. Consider splicing the cable within the capacity of the drum

(5) Editing Drum List

Drum Length (m) may be altered in the following cases, etc.: