NEC MA4000 - Manual (Page 60)

4-26 Setting Up Infrastructures
MA4000 Expense Management Cable Management User Guide - Issue 1
Connecting a Firestop to a Pathway
Connecting a Firestop to a Pathway must be done via the Pathways-
Connected Firestops tab. See Connecting a Pathway to a Firestop .
The Connected Pathways tab displays information from the Pathways
category. When you connect to a firestop from a pathway, the
information will appear here. You cannot connect to a pathway from this
tab.
Pathways
Pathways house and transport cables within your company's
infrastructure. Pathways can be set up at any time, but to connect them
to backbone cables, termination hardware, or horizontal links, these
should be set up first.
See
“Adding Termination Hardware” on page 4-10 ; “Horizontal Links” on
page 4-14 ; and “Adding a Backbone” on page 4-20 .
Adding a Pathway
Adding Pathway Info
Step 1 Highlight the space that will be the Source space for the Pathway.
Step 2 Click the Pathways option in the List View.
Step 3 Click the Add button.
Step 4 Enter the Pathway ID.
Step 5 From the drop-down list, select the type of Pathway being used for this
space: Aerial, Cable Tray, Conduit, Innerduct, OSP Conduit, OSP
Raceway, or Raceway.
Cables in Pathways
The Cables in Pathways tab shows all the horizontal links and backbones
connected to the selected pathway. To specify that a cable uses a
particular pathway, you must set up the link from that cable's Pathways
Used tab. See “Horizontal Links” on page 4-14 , and “Adding a Backbone” on
page 4-20 .
Connecting a Pathway to a Firestop
Firestops must first be set up in the Firestops tab.
Step 1 Click the Connected Firestops tab on the Pathways Detail View for the
selected pathway.
Step 2 Click the Add button in the Detail View.
Step 3 When the Location window appears, highlight the firestop to which you
wish to connect, and click Accept.
Step 4 Click Save.