Creating labels for Multi with several parts

Yes. It starts in the Circuit Name Maintenance List.

The Maintenance List now has a field for Cable Length. (This is different from the Cable Length column in the worksheet) In that Field, you enter each length separated buy a comma. So if Part 1 is 100', Part 2 is 75', and Part 3 is 50' you enter 100',75',50' in the Maintenance List.

The Multi Label that came pre-built on Install has a '# of #' field that works exactly as you expect it to.

[Edit: After playing around a bit, I found you can also add the Cable Column to the Maintenance list]

I put jumpers and the like in the Cable column, other people like to create a column for each cable type.

Unless I'm mistaken, the 208v phase bug has been around since LW4. I was hoping 6 would squash it.

Bill, For Moving Light racks, try naming your "dimmers" (or breakers) with letters and numbers. I name my racks ML A, ML B, and so on.

So my breakers for rack A are A1, A2, A3.... and the same for B (B1, B2...)

This will keep everything separate, but still make sense to the crew as to which breaker is which.

And you can link your Multi cables to the racks, which will then populate the Dimmer column for you as you set the Circuit Name and Number.

That's an interesting question. The way I look at it, every new cable is a new Part, so you've got 4 Parts there, not 3.

But to keep it in your world...yes, I think that should work as you intend it. LW reads a comma as a "separator" and a plus sign as a "combiner". So it should be able to handle that logic.

In the Label generators' Formatting Palette, you select the Cable text field and check the box that reads "Separator characters generate new labels." (I shouldn't quote that, I'm not looking at the window right now, but I'm pretty sure that's the text.)

If you also want a "1 of 3" tag on the cable, create a 2nd Cable text field and check both the Separator box and the "field is # of #" box.

That should give you what you're looking for.

[EDIT: I went into my "Testing" LW file to see what would happen. Yes, it would create your Part 1 as 100' + 25'. However, it does not separate them for counting. So your count would show

1) 100' + 25'

instead of

1) 100'
1) 25'

So keep that in mind as you make your final counts.]

There are so many ways to lay out your Racks and PD's numerically. It's great to see how other people do it!
Here is how I lay out my Racks and PD's. I just name my Dimmer Racks 1-2: 101-196, 201-296 and then PD's 3+ 301-348 as needed.
In this show I have 7 dimmer racks and 3 PD's.





You can see in this circuit name maint. how you can link the Circuit names in the PD's with no patch bay and the dimmers will fill in automatically. One of my favorite new features!

Scott,

Rack 5 is a split fed Sensor rack

Port A is universe 1 ...starting at 501 - 512
Port B is universe 2....starting at 2/1 DImmer 513

Yes then you can link them.

Kev