A Form-C contact set with NO on pin 5, NC on pin 6, and pin 8 common to both contacts would be encoded as 3,8,5,6. The program picks the correct pair based upon the contact type being inserted or edited.įor contact type 3 (Form-C), the pins must be entered in this order: common pin, NO pin, NC pin. The first two entries after the '0' flag give the pin number for the N.O. contacts, encode each type 0 entry as '0,pinNO,pinNO,pinNC,pinNC '. If the pin numbers are different for N.O.

This optional label is always the last element of the list and must start with the asterisk character.Ĭonvertible contacts encoded as 0,pin1,pin2, assume that same pin numbers are used for either N.O. If you set PINLIST = '1,13,14,*prompt,' '*prompt' adds a description label. If you set PINLIST = '1,13,14' then 1= contact type, 13 = TERM01, and 14 = TERM02. 4 = multiple-pole terminal strips or undefined type.Use a value 0-5 to specify the contact type, where: Each PINLIST value can have up to 256 characters. A two terminal contact has three elements in this format: contact type, terminal pin, terminal pin. The PINLIST column in the Pin List database table specifies the contact types and their respective pin numbers. Use the edit mode in the Catalog Browser to modify the Pin List database information as needed. After the pin list information is applied to a parent component, click NO/NC Setup on the Insert/Edit Component dialog box to view or edit the values. Pin lists are directly associated to catalog numbers and therefore are not applied to a component symbol until the catalog number has been assigned. If so, it retrieves the next pair of contact pin numbers from the parent and displays as defaults for the new contact.Īny device can have pins assigned to it, but common components that carry pin assignments are relays, motor starters, and connectors. As each contact is inserted and referenced back to the parent, AutoCAD Electrical toolset checks the pin information carried on the parent and verifies that a contact of the proper type is available.

If AutoCAD Electrical toolset finds a match on the MFG, CAT, and optional ASSYCODE values in this database table, the associated contact count and pin number information is placed on the parent schematic component. It can also automatically give you the next available pair as a default.ĪutoCAD Electrical toolset consults a Pin List table in the catalog database when a part number is added or changed on a parent schematic symbol. AutoCAD Electrical toolset can also track available terminal pin number pairs as you insert each new contact. When a newly inserted contact exceeds a predefined limit, AutoCAD Electrical toolset can alert you. AutoCAD Electrical toolset can automatically track how many contacts were assigned to a device like a relay or timer coil.

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