11_Circuit Your Takeoff: Assigning Panels and Circuits with Smart Data Capture (5:59)

Overview

Use Smart Data Capture in Inspire Search to add panel and circuit information to assemblies already placed on a sheet. The tool detects circuit numbers and panel home runs around each symbol. You then select groups of devices and link them to the appropriate panel and circuit tag instead of typing the data into each assembly. It is for anyone circuiting a project.

What you'll learn

• How to open Smart Data Capture from the Inspire Search menu
• How to choose which assemblies get circuited and run panel and circuit detection
• How to read the pink and green symbol colors
• How to link a group of devices to a detected panel and circuit tag
• How to break a wrong link and reassign a device
• How to find unassigned devices with the By Panel and By Assembly lists
• How to assign a circuit manually and save the circuit data

 

Before You Begin

Place your assemblies on the sheet before you start. Smart Data Capture adds circuiting to existing assemblies; it does not place them. The video uses a sheet with a duplex receptacle assembly and a default box.

Allow roughly one to two minutes for the first detection run, depending on drawing density.

 

Part 1 — Open Smart Data Capture and Run Detection

1. In the left-hand toolbar, click Inspire Search.
2. At the bottom of the menu, click Smart Data Capture.
3. In the assembly list, leave checked the assemblies you want to add circuiting to.
4. Uncheck any assembly you do not want circuited. In the video, the default box is unchecked so only the duplex receptacles are circuited.
5. Run Detect Panel and Circuit.
6. Wait for detection to finish. The system looks for symbols on the sheet, the circuiting information around each symbol, and the panel information.
7. Review the panel home runs the system identified.
8. Click Save and Continue.
9. Find a room with pink devices. In the video, the circuit 47 devices are pink because they have not been assigned panel and circuit information.
10. Click each device on circuit 47 to select it.
11. Click the green tag for the panel and circuit those devices belong to.
12. Confirm that blue indicator lines trace from each selected device back to that tag.
13. Confirm that the device tags now read PP2F47.
14. Move to the next room and repeat: select the circuit 55 devices, then click the matching panel and circuit tag.
15. Compare the number of blue indicator lines with the number of devices you selected. In the video, four devices were selected but only three lines appeared.
16. Locate the break button to the right of the green tag the device is incorrectly linked to.
17. Click the break button. The device turns pink, indicating that it is unassigned.
18. Select the device.
19. Click the correct panel and circuit tag.
20. Select the unlabeled devices you want on the same circuit. In the video, both hallway devices are selected.
21. Click the panel and circuit tag you want to assign them to. In the video, they are tied into circuit 46.
22. In the upper right side of the workspace, open the list of unassigned devices.
23. Choose how to view the list:
24. Click an item in the list. The sheet jumps to its location and highlights the device.
25. Assign the appropriate panel and circuit to that device.
26. Click the device.
27. Select the panel.
28. Enter the circuit number. In the video, the circuit entered is 88.
29. Click Assign. This replaces any panel and circuit information already assigned to the device.
30. Check that every device is green.
31. Check that the unassigned list is empty.
32. Click Save.
33. Click Proceed.
34. Confirm that the tags on the sheet are updated with the panel and circuit information.

Note: Allow roughly one to two minutes for the first run, depending on drawing density.

 

Part 2 — Read the Circuiting Workspace

After you click Save and Continue, the sheet opens in a circuiting workspace where each symbol is color coded.

What you see	What it means
Pink symbol	The assembly still needs panel and circuit information
Green symbol	The assembly has its panel and circuit information filled in
Green tag	A panel and circuit tag the system detected on the drawing (for example, PP2F47)
Blue indicator lines	The selected devices are linked back to that panel and circuit tag
Break button	Located to the right of each green tag; breaks the link between a device and its tag

Best practice: The first time you open this workspace, click Tour in the upper right-hand corner for a walkthrough of each window.

 

Part 3 — Link Devices to a Panel and Circuit

Note: A device can inherit circuit information from the drawing that does not belong to it. In the video, the fourth device had picked up 61 (the narrator calls it panel 61) instead of circuit 55 on the PP2F panel. The missing indicator line revealed the incorrect assignment.

 

Part 4 — Break a Wrong Link and Reassign the Device

 

Part 5 — Assign Circuits to Unlabeled Devices

Some devices have no circuit label next to them on the drawing. The video shows this with the corridor devices.

Note: You can also use this process to move devices to a different circuit.

 

Part 6 — Find Unassigned Devices with By Panel and By Assembly

View	What it shows
By Assembly	Every unassigned device or assembly on the sheet. This can be a really long list.
By Panel	The unassigned list organized by panel

 

Part 7 — Assign a Circuit Manually (Manual Override)

Use a manual override when a device needs a panel and circuit that detection did not provide.

If an assignment changes later, break the link and tie the devices back to the correct home run. The video demonstrates this by selecting the circuit 79 devices and linking them to their home run tag.

Note: When the panel name sits next to the circuit number at each device (for example, every tag reads like PP2F79), the system detects and applies that information automatically. When the drawing shows only the circuit number, select the devices and link them to the home run tag.

 

Part 8 — Save the Circuit Data

Note: On save, the system fills in the circuit data for each assembly using the panel and circuit assignments you made.

 

Quick Reference

What you need	Where to find it
Smart Data Capture	Left-hand toolbar → Inspire Search → bottom of the menu
Choose assemblies to circuit	Assembly checklist when the tool opens; uncheck what you do not want circuited
Panel and circuit detection	Detect Panel and Circuit
First-run wait time	Roughly one to two minutes, depending on drawing density
Guided walkthrough of the workspace	Tour button, upper right-hand corner
Device still needs circuit data	Pink symbol
Device has circuit data	Green symbol
Link devices to a circuit	Select the devices, then click the green panel and circuit tag
Remove a wrong link	Break button to the right of the green tag
Unassigned devices list	Upper right side → By Panel or By Assembly
Manual override	Click the device → select panel → enter circuit → Assign
Commit the circuit data	Save, then Proceed

 

Troubleshooting

Issue	Resolution
Detection is taking a long time	Expected on the first run. Allow roughly one to two minutes, depending on drawing density.
Fewer blue indicator lines than devices selected	Check whether a device inherited the wrong circuit from the drawing. If so, click the break button next to its green tag, then select the device and click the correct tag.
A device you did not want circuited is in the results	Reopen the tool and uncheck that assembly before running Detect Panel and Circuit.
Devices have no circuit label on the drawing	Select them and click the appropriate panel and circuit tag, or use the manual override.
Not sure what is left to assign	Open By Panel or By Assembly in the upper right side. Click an item to jump to it on the sheet.
Not sure what a window in the workspace does	Click Tour in the upper right-hand corner.
Panel was not applied automatically	Automatic assignment happens when the panel name sits next to the circuit number at each device. Otherwise, link the devices to the home run tag.