Telvent Utility Group’s Education Services team is pleased to announce the release of our 2012 course calendar for instructor-led training classes offered at our headquarters in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Please review the extensive course list below, including basic, mid-level, and advanced offerings across the ArcFM Solution suite!

To get more information about Education Services, details regarding our core curriculum courses, or specifics on custom training and our Train the Trainer options, simply visit our web site.

Download the 2012 calendar.

JANUARY

1/9 to 1/13: Working with ArcFM- Electric, Gas, Water

1/24 to 1/26: Working with Responder

FEBRUARY

2/7 to 2/9: Working with Fiber Manager

2/20 to 2/21: Accelerated ArcFM- Electric, Gas, Water

2/22 to 2/24: Configuring ArcFM

MARCH

3/5 to 3/9: Customizing ArcFM

3/19 to 3/22: Working with Designer

3/23: Working with Conduit Manager

APRIL

4/16 to 4/20: Working with ArcFM- Electric, Gas, Water

4/24 to 4/26: Working with Responder

MAY

5/8 to 5/10: Working with Fiber Manager

5/21 to 5/22: Accelerated ArcFM- Electric, Gas, Water

5/23 to 5/25: Configuring ArcFM

JUNE

6/4 to 6/8: Customizing ArcFM

6/18 to 6/21: Working with Designer

6/22: Working with Conduit Manager

JULY

7/16 to 7/20: Working with ArcFM- Electric, Gas, Water

7/24 to 7/26: Working with Responder

AUGUST

8/7 to 8/9: Working with Fiber Manager

8/20 to 8/21: Accelerated ArcFM- Electric, Gas, Water

8/22 to 8/24: Configuring ArcFM

SEPTEMBER

9/10 to 9/14: Customizing ArcFM

9/24 to 9/27: Working with Designer

9/28: Working with Conduit Manager

OCTOBER

10/15 to 10/19: Working with ArcFM- Electric, Gas, Water

10/23 to 10/25: Working with Responder

NOVEMBER

11/6 to 11/8: Working with Fiber Manager

11/12 to 11/13: Accelerated ArcFM- Electric, Gas, Water

11/14 to 11/15: Configuring ArcFM

DECEMBER

12/3 to 12/7: Working with ArcFM- Electric, Gas, Water

12/11 to 12/14: Working with Designer

Overview

In ArcFM 10.0.3 there are new tools to help you manage, modify, and track the status of your cathodic protection systems. The automatic configuration discovers and defines existing CP systems, and identifies unprotected network features. The new desktop tool lets you create, view and edit CP system data via a simple interface. Use it to spot your network’s weak points and gauge the health of valuable infrastructure.

What’s the user interface look like?

A simple and intuitive user interface displays a list of all of your cathodic protection systems. CP System information such as length, surface area, number of rectifiers, anodes and test points is calculated and displayed automatically. Other features like a search bar and a filtering option keep the list of CP Systems manageable so it’s easy to locate and view the anything in the network.

What about when I make edits?

Edits that are made to the geometric network that affect a particular CP System (e.g. adding an insulator, extending a distribution main for a new subdivision, etc.) automatically flag the affected CP System in the UI. This feature helps to maintain the CP network and gauge whether valuable infrastructure is adequately protected.

A visual representation of each CP System is available to help identify and visualize the features that encompass the system.

Can I track test data?

Important test data can be graphed automatically within the tool to perform analysis and to identify data trends over time.

As mentioned above, these Cathodic Protection Management tools are available in ArcFM 10.0.3. For more detailed information visit the What’s New in ArcFM 10.0.3 post here on ArcFMBuzz!

If you have any comments or suggestions on the new tools please don’t hesitate to contact me at Matthew.Crooks@telvent.com.

For those of you who were unable to attend last week’s live webcast, What’s New in 10.0.3, please find a streaming version of the complete recording below. Approximately 60 minutes in duration, this engaging, informative on-line session showcases the new and enhanced functionality across the ArcFM Solution suite following the recent 10.0.3 release. Co-hosted by Telvent’s Education Services and Product teams, this session combines interactive presentation, live demonstration, and open Q&A. Take this opportunity to see and hear first-hand from the Product Owners for ArcFM, Fiber Manager, Designer, ArcFM Server, Responder, and Network Adapter.

Also for your reference are the session slides and a download version (.mp4 file, 74MB) of the recording. Please direct any questions or feedback to Todd Moran, Manager of Education Services at todd.moran@telvent.com

With the 10.0.3 release, Responder provides new functionality to enhance the user experience. In Responder, you can now edit or execute multiple switch orders simultaneously, streamlining the comparison process.

The new Delete Archive Records Tool allows you to delete incidents, calls and/or loadpoints from Archive Explorer. Mass Edit Archive Loadpoints and Calls allows you to mass edit loadpoints and calls to quickly change some common fields like Time of Outage or Time Restored. This can also be used to re-assign responsible device or move calls to a different incident.

For a complete list of everything we stuffed into 10.0.3, see the What’s New in 10.0.3 page on the ArcFM Solution Resource Center.

For 10.0.3, Telvent has transformed customers’ wish lists into powerful new features and intelligent enhancements.

The ArcFM team unleashed brand new tools to manage cathodic protection systems, including automatic CP system discovery and status monitoring to spot weak points and gauge the health of valuable infrastructure.

Among extensive changes to the Compatible Unit library structure, the Designer group delivered the CU Filter. Use it to quickly navigate your CU library via configurable filters.

Fiber Manager’s new Trace, Place, Connect tool accommodates a huge variety of Air Blown Fiber and multiplexing scenarios via the trace-based placement of favorites and automatic connection creation.

Network Adapter for CIM now supports exports of network feeders from an ArcFM geodatabase to CIM XML, which can be imported by Telvent DMS v3.2. The CIM export includes a Class/Field Mapping framework to support transformation of any GIS data model to any CIM profile.

For a complete list of everything we stuffed into 10.0.3, see the What’s New in 10.0.3 page on the ArcFM Solution Resource Center.