Finding and Replacing a Device in the Steps
The Device tab of the Find and Replace dialog box allows you to find and replace occurrences of a device in the switching steps. This is helpful for finding a device in a switching sheet that has many steps. You can also use this function if you are reviewing a switching sheet and find that the wrong device was entered in a number of places.
To find occurrences of a device within the Steps list, complete these steps:
1. Open the switching sheet.
2. Click on the Steps tab.
3. (Optional) Select a step with a valid device name within the Steps list.
4. Click the Find and Replace... button on the Steps tab toolbar. The Find and Replace dialog box opens.
5. Click the Device tab, if not already selected. The Find field displays the selected step's device alias, if an optional step selection was made before displaying the Find and Replace dialog box. Otherwise, enter a device ID in the Find field.
6. Click the Find Next button to navigate through the list of steps, highlighting each occurrence of that device.
To replace a device, complete these steps:
1. Open the switching sheet.
2. Click on the Steps tab.
3. (Optional) Select a step with a device that you wish to replace.
4. Click the Find and Replace... button on the Steps tab toolbar. The Find and Replace dialog box opens. If a device ID was not preselected above, enter a device ID in the Find field.
5. Select a device from the Viewer. The Replace With field is populated with the device alias. The New Phases column indicates the phase options of the newly selected device. By default, the ALL Phases option is selected.
6. If the device you are replacing is used in a grounding operation, click the Ground Node option menu and select the secondary device from the list.
7. Click Replace.
Notes:
• If you attempt to replace a device for a step when the step action is not valid for the newly selected device, then you will receive a Step Edit Failed error message indicating that the action is not valid for the device type selected. You either need to select a device that is valid for the current step action or use a delete and insert operation to get the step replaced.
• If you are replacing a device association on a step that has had its Operation text modified, a Reset Operation Text dialog box will open asking you if you want to reset the operation text. You will have three options:
• Click Reset to reset the text;
• Click Continue to keep the manually entered Operation text.
• Click Cancel to cancel the device replace.