ArcFM Network Adapter

Network Adapter is an interface between the ArcFM solution and third-party modelling and planning applications or analysis engines. Network Adapter provides tools to extract a model from the GIS and load the data to an analysis engine via XML. Network Adapter also extracts results from the analysis engine and displays them in any ArcFM solution application including ArcFM, Designer, and Responder. Thus, as feeders are modified, planners can quickly analyse the feeder with the analysis software and display the results in a GIS environment. Network Adapter eliminates the need to maintain data in two separate systems. The corporate GIS database becomes the system of record for all network information. Standard templates for CYME's CYMDIST, Milsoft's WindMil, and Advantica Stoner's Electric Solver are included with the Network Adapter installation.

Network Adapter for Telvent DMS is accessed as a stand-alone tool leveraging ArcGIS Engine Runtime. It allows you to export a particular feeder (or multiple feeders) from a geodatabase using a MultiSpeak XML format. Telvent DMS and this implementation of Network Adapter are part of Telvent's Smart Grid Solution.

Network Adapter allows planners and designers to:

• Perform calculations within the GIS environment and display results graphically on the GIS map
• Save previous calculations for future reference
• Create what-if scenarios by running the analysis in a version designated for study purposes
• Integrate GIS and third-party calculations engine for a convenient, easy-to-manage solution