For large Cocon environments please select enter/change objects in geography first.
Right mouse click in map. Choose ‘open map for update’. Close map after changes are made.
Right Mouse click in map, Choose ‘close map for update’. Changes made will be visible after one hour unless the map is refreshed but refreshing will take a lot of time.

With this, you create a new building.

The cursor changes to . Now, you draw the contours of the building with the mouse. At the end, you must again arrive at the point from where you started drawing, after which you click with the mouse. Subsequently, the "Insert building" screen appears where you may enter the data of the building.

This allows you to create a new frame.

The cursor changes to . You indicate the place where the frame needs to be and click there after which the "Insert frame" screen is displayed, where you may enter the data of the frame.

With this, you create a new accesspoint.

The cursor changes to . You indicate the place where the accesspoint needs to be and click there after which the "Insert point object" screen is displayed, where you may enter the data of the accesspoint.

This allows you to create a new enclosure.

The cursor changes to . You indicate the place where the enclosure needs to be and click there after which the "Insert enclosure" screen is displayed, where you may enter the data of the enclosure.

An enclosure always needs to be drawn in an existing accesspoint. If you do not click in an existing accesspoint, you will be notified.

This allows you to create a new accesspoint and a new enclosure.

The cursor changes to . You indicate the place where the accesspoint and the enclosure need to be and click there after which the "Insert point object" screen is displayed, where you may enter the data of the accesspoint.

This allows you to draw a new cable in storage. You may only do this if you first select a cable or duct route and then choose for cutting a cable or duct route with the button. You may only insert a cable in storage in an accesspoint.

You then choose for the button, you point out the spot where the cables in storage need to be, and you see the "Cut line" screen in which you may enter the data of the cable in storage.

If you wish to draw a cable in storage, including the accesspoint, choose the button.

This allows you to draw an accesspoint, including a cable in storage. You may only do this if you first select a cable or duct route and then choose for cutting a cable or duct route with the button.

You then choose for the button, you point out the spot where the accesspoint and the cables in storage need to be, and you see the "Cut line" screen in which you may enter the data of the accesspoint and of the cable in storage.

This allows you to draw a new duct route. You need to let the duct route start and end in an accesspoint or building. You click the start point, draw the line to the first point where the duct route bends, click again at that spot and continue until you reach the end point. You then click the endpoint and the "Enter line object" screen appears.

This allows you to draw a new cable. A cable must run from a frame or enclosure to another frame or enclosure. You click the start point, draw the line to the first point where the cable bends, click again at that spot, and continue until the endpoint has been reached. You then click the endpoint and the "Enter line object" screen appears.

Often, a cable needs to be drawn over an existing duct route. If the duct route has complex contours, it may take a lot of time and effort to follow the duct route exactly. In that case Cocon offers the snap function which allows you to indicate only the start point and endpoint, and the cable will follow automatically the contours of the duct route. To do this you keep the Shift-key pressed down, then you point out the start point of the duct route and whilst you keep the Shift-key pressed down, you point out the endpoint of the duct route. If you then click, the contours of the cable will correspond exactly with those of the duct route. This will only work if you have activated the snap function. You do this with the button of the 'S' key.

This allows you to draw a new duct route, including a cable. A duct route with cable needs to run from a frame to another frame or an accesspoint. You click the start point, draw the line to the first point where the duct route bends, click again at that spot and continue until you reach the endpoint. You then click the endpoint and the "Enter line object" screen appears.

This allows you to draw a new guided drilling. A guided drilling may be drawn freely in the geography. You click the start point, draw the line to the first point where the drilling bends, click again at that spot and continue until you reach the endpoint. You then double-click the endpoint and the "Enter line object" screen appears.

This allows you to cut an existing cable or duct route. The existing object is divided into two new objects on the location of the cable cut.

If you wish to cut an object, you click firstly on this button, after which you need to indicate in what manner you wish to execute the cut. You may cut by drawing an accesspoint, enclosure, or a cable in storage at the position of the cut. To do this you click on one of the following buttons:, , , of . You then click on the position of the cable or duct route where you wish to execute the cut and the "Cut line" screen appears.

You may only cut a duct route by placing an accesspoint.

This allows you to draw a new duct route cable work.

The cursor changes to . Now, you draw the contours of the area with the mouse. At the end, you must again arrive at the point from where you started drawing, after which you click with the mouse. Subsequently, the "Insert, change, remove cable work" screen appears where you may enter the data of the area.

Routes are used to report per route all kinds of measurements later.

This allows you to draw a new route.

The cursor changes to . Now, you draw the contours of the route with the mouse. At the end, you must again arrive at the point from where you started drawing, after which you click with the mouse. Subsequently, the "Maintain routes" screen appears where you may enter the data of the route.

With this, a new blocked area is drawn.

The cursor changes to . You can now draw the contours of the blocked area with the mouse. You must eventually end up at the point where you started drawing, and then click the mouse. The "Manage blocked areas" screen will then appear where you can enter additional information on the blocked area.

With this, a new permit area is drawn.

De cursor changes to . You can now draw the contours of the permit area. You must eventually end up at the point where you started drawing, and then click the mouse. The "Maintain permits" screen will appear where you can enter the permits' detailed information.

Zooming in and out with a WheelMouse during entering objects is only possible from MapInfo version 7.8

With this button you select the object you wish to change. First, you need to indicate what sort of object you wish to select. You do this with one of the buttons , , , , , , , or . If an object has been selected (recognizable from the black block at the four corner points) you may move it. With the and buttons you may change the contours of the object.

If you have trouble selecting an object in this manner, please use the HighLight option by clicking on the object from the list of objects with the right mouse-button.

Through this button you may change the contours of an object. First point out the object (if you wish by clicking the button first) and then click this button. You may now move the points out of which the object is composed. With the button you may also add new points. With these 2 buttons together, you may entirely determine the contours of the object.

Only buildings, frames, cable works, duct routes, and cables may be changed in this way. This is not possible for point objects (accesspoints and enclosures).

With this button you may expand the number of points out of which an object is composed. You firstly indicate what sort of object you wish to change, after which you select the object. Then you click the button to indicate that you wish to change the contours. Then you click this button. Now you may point out with the mouse the point in the object where a point needs to be added. This point must always be situated at the outside of the object.

Only buildings, frames, and cable works may be changed in this way.

With this button you may place a selected object on the Windows clip board. With the button you may then paste a copy of this object in the geographical screen.

With this button you may paste the object which is situated in the Windows clip board, into the geographical screen.The new object will be placed at the location of the original object.Then you may move it with the mouse.

With this you can enter and/or change scales. To enter scales press the beginning and end point. You can now also generate help (extra) lines by double clicking a third time to the side on which the help (extra) line needs to be located.

To change scales press this button . When this button is selected scales can be replaced and changed.

To delete scales including help (extra) lines select the scale and press "d". When you press "del" only the selected scale will be deleted.

This allows you to cancel an existing cut in a cable or duct route and to merge subsequently the cable or duct route. For this, you need to select first which layer needs to be changed in the geography (cables or duct routes). After this, the cables that need to be merged (maximum 2) or duct routes need to be selected by keeping the Shift-key pressed down. Then you press the button. This function works both for the removal of an accesspoint (at duct routes) and an enclosure and slack (with cables). If a slack has become superfluous it will be removed automatically. An accesspoint and an enclosure need to be removed by hand if they are no longer needed.

Change the layer building

Changing the layer entails that you may change existing objects in this layer and create new objects.

As soon as you have applied the changes and you wish to change another layer you will be asked whether the changes need to be saved. Thus, you may only make changes in one layer at the time.

Change the layer frame.

Change the layer Accesspoint.

Change the layer Enclosure.

Change the layer Cable work.

Change the layer Route.

Change the layer Blocked area.

Change the layer Permit

Change the layer Duct route.

Change the layer Cable.

Change the layer cable in storage (slack).

Change draw layer

Change label for the selected objects

Change the layer with guided drillings

Use this button to switch off the changing of a particular layer.

Run through the entire duct route of the cable and offers the possibility of placing a cable in all associated duct routes. The "Enter relation cable/ducts" screen is opened for this purpose.

Cancel the last changes made.

You may only cancel the last changes made this way. If you wish to cancel all changes click one of the or buttons and answer the question whether the changes need to be saved in the affirmative or negative.

Save the changes made. First you will be asked for confirmation, before the changes will be saved.

Once saved, you cannot cancel the changes, except by reversing the changes by hand.

If no changes are made to the geography, yet objects have been selected, you will be asked whether these objects need to be added to the cable work. This way, geographical objects may be associated with one or more cable works without changing them.

With this you read in the CAD files which need to be compared to the Cocon geography.

With this you execute the comparison.

This button switches the Cocon duct layer on and off.

This button switches the layer with the imported layers on and off.

This button switches the layer that is the overlap between the imported layers and Cocon on and off.

With this button you close all imported layers and the layer containing the overlap.

With this button you close this section and the section appears again in which you may enter new objects.

This allows you to adjust the geography of one or more selected lines by an existing Cocon object. First select what sort of object need to be changed by clicking the button at the button series under 'Change geography', then select the lines to which you wish to adjust. If there are several lines you need to keep the Shift-key pressed down. Click the adjust button and a screen appears with all possible objects that may receive the new, composite contours. Select only the desired objects and click OK. This action may be performed fro cables, duct routes, and r> If you have selected in this way 2 or more duct routes, you will be asked whether you wish to merge these duct routes into one duct route.

If during this Cocon session a comparison with CAD files has been executed, this button will be visible. With this button you may perform the comparison again, for instance after you have made changes in the geography.

With this button the geographical information of the objects displayed is retrieved again from the database.

If any changes have been made you will be asked whether you want to save those changes.

First the question appears whether all relevant tables need to be renewed. If you answer "Yes" all tables will be renewed. If you answer "No" a window appears displaying all layers of the geographical screen. You may indicate that you wish to retrieve the information on one or more layers again.

Invoer

Add DP- gebied

Add addresspoint

Add accesspoints for the selected DP- area

Add enclosure for the selected DP- area

Design netwerk for the selected DP- area

Add a new route

Design FTTH project

Change

Change the DP- area

Change netwerk for the selected DP- area

Change addresspoint

Select (multiple) addresspoints

Change the address info

Divers

Automatically divide the AP areas

Calculate selected projects on DP areas

Generate survey forms

Remove FTTH design

Remove address point

View layer with addressess

Append trench

Determine intersection with the frontage of the building for each address

Import a CAD file

Adapt duct route to CAD file

Generate autocad file(s)

Show trench design in Google Earth

Print FTTH project

FTTH Options

Generate Treedrillings

for more information: see Treedrillings

On many locations in Cocon searching is being done by a wildcard. This means everything containing (a part of) the given string is being found in the searched items. It is possible to give a wildcard at the beginning or end of the search string by the “|” (pipe)-sign. This way only items containing the full search string (at the beginning or end) are being found.

Change

This opens the screen for changing the selected object.

The data of all objects, except the cables in storage and cable works, may be changed.

If you are not authorized to change the data of the object, you will only be shown a report screen.

Mark

Gives the selected object another color, making it stand out more.

UnMark

Removes the marking of the selected object.

Move object

Orientation: Left: -x / Right: x

Objects can also be moved vertically, by placing the letter V in front of the adjustment.

Orientation Up: Vx / Down: V-x

Reserve for removal

This allows you to give the selected object the status "Reserved for removal", via the "Reserve removal" screen.

The actual removal of this object takes place through the "Confirm/cancel project" screen.

Change location frame {only at frames}

You have the opportunity to change the location of a frame. This way, you transfer the frame to another location. The Enter/change building or frame screen is called up for this.

Replace by slack
{Only with frames and enclosure}

Replacing a frame or enclosure by a slack. All cables running to the frame or the enclosure are adjusted to this (detached from the frame or enclosure). The frame or enclosure will be removed. Every cable end ending in the frame or enclosure will get a slack.

If only 1 cable is required or if the frame or the enclosure may not be removed, you must first select in the geography the cable that is to be changed.

Reorganization accesspoint
{only with accesspoint}

Presenting the contents of a handhole in a more orderly fashion. If more enclosures are present in a handhole, the enclosures will be presented next to each other.

Center all enclosures and slacks
{only with accesspoint}

This centers all enclosures and slacks in the handhole.

Splice ducts
(only with accesspoints)

This will allow you to add splices of ducts and subducts. Prior to this, however, an accesspoint must be selected. The "Link ducts” screen will open.

Reroute ducts
(only with accesspoints)

This allows you to re-route one or more ducts, that according to the system run through a handhole, outside that handhole. For this purpose the duct routes and ducts concerned are selected at both sides of the handhole and then a new duct route is created. The "Reroute ducts" screen is opened.

Change location frame (only at frames)

You have the opportunity to change the location of a frame. This way, you transfer the frame to another location.The Enter/change building or frame screen will open.

Determine duct route {only with cables}

Cocon checks the existing relations of the duct routes by overlap.

If the overlap is 6 meter (or more) shorten than the duct route length, a notification the will ask the user if the relation should be removed.

Adapt cable (part)
{only with cables}

This function will allow you to take over the geography of the duct route through which (the selected part of) the cable runs. The cable must have an overlap of at least 95% with a 5-meter buffer zone around the duct route. In other words, a 5-meter width is required to separate 95% of the duct route from the cable. The cable must also be associated with a duct in the duct route.

Remove

Wit this, you remove the object, via the "Remove object" screen.

Clean

With this you may cleanse a duct route or cable. During clearing all points closer to each other than a given tolerance are removed; of three points that lie nearly (depending on a second tolerance) on one line the middle point will be removed as well. This action leads to the "Cleansing Duct route/Cable" screen.

Control

If the Control key is pressed while drawing you can draw more easy 45 and 90 degrees corners.

Control-S

Save the changes made. First you will be asked for confirmation, before the changes will be saved.

Once saved, you cannot cancel the changes, except by reversing the changes by hand.

Control L

All labels of the layers, cables, duct routes, accesspoints, enclosures, and frames become visible.

Control-O

All visible labels are removed from the geography.

Control-C

When an object is selected, copy an object. For more information look in the second table for the function Copy.

Control-V

When an object is copied, paste an identical copy of the object. For more information look in the second table for the function Paste.

Control-M

Open Layer Control

Delete

Removes the object from the geographical screen.

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