Changing Circuit Descriptions
When you connect devices to a circuit, the circuit description is filled in automatically. The load description for each device is listed in the circuit. If more than one device has the same description, it is only included once.
While you can override the circuit description, circuit descriptions that have been overridden will not necessarily display accurate information if the devices on the circuit change later.
Instead, changing the descriptions on the connected devices is recommended. The methods for changing circuit descriptions are detailed below for the different device types.
Panels and Other Distribution Equipment
If the circuit is a connection to another panel or distribution equipment, you need to make the change in the downstream device using the Edit Distribution Equipment command.
Select the equipment you want to edit from the list. In the Feeder Specification section on the right side of the dialog box, there is a ☐ Description in Upstream Device checkbox. Check the box and enter the new description in the field provided.
Light Fixtures
If light fixtures are connected to the circuit, you need to make the change using the Light Fixture Project Schedule command.
On the right side of the dialog box, the settings for each load are listed. You can provide a different Load Description for each load. This description will be used in the circuit.
Receptacles
If receptacles are connected to the circuit, you can make the change in the receptacle schedule or on the individual receptacle. If you change it in the schedule, it will be changed for all receptacles of that type in your project. If you change it for the individual receptacle, it will only be changed for that receptacle.
Individual receptacles with modified circuit descriptions will ignore any future changes to the description in the schedule.
Receptacle Project Schedule
Run the Receptacle Project Schedule command.
The Panel Description for each load is listed in the Default Loads section on the right side of the dialog box. This is the default value used in the circuit description for receptacles.
Individual Receptacles
Use the Query Device command.
Select the receptacle to edit.
On the right side of the dialog box, there is an ☐ Override Schedule Load checkbox. Check the box and enter the new description in the Panel Description field provided.
Equipment
If equipment is connected to the circuit, you need to edit the individual equipment connection settings using the Query Device or Query or Edit Multiple Equipment command.
Select the equipment to edit.
The default setting for the Panel Description ▾ is Same as Equipment Callout. When this setting is selected, the panel description will match the Equipment Callout. You can select Custom to enter a different circuit description in the field provided.
Fixed Loads
You can add a description to a specific circuit using the Circuiting command.
In the Circuit Information section on the right side of the dialog box, you can set the Description field to what you want to display in the circuit description.
If the circuit does not have any devices connected to it, this will replace the default SPACE or SPARE text for the circuit.
If the circuit has devices connected, this description will be added to the front of the automatic circuit description. It does not override the descriptions that are already there.
Room Labels
Room labels can automatically be inserted in circuit descriptions. To enable this setting, go to the Circuits, Load Types, and Wire Sizes section of the Options command.
Set the Include room names in circuit descriptions ▾ option to Yes.
All of the rooms that the devices on the circuit are in will be listed at the end of the circuit description.
For this to work, the rooms in the building must have been defined using the Create Room command.