Introduction: This is the stand-alone version of lesson 4 out of 11 in the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Learning Path. Fiber optic cables alone do not provide a comprehensive view of your network. Splice points within CrescentLink enable the creation of connections between cables and equipment, allowing for detailed tracing and reporting of every circuit within the network. Maintaining accurate and up-to-date data is essential for network design, performance optimization, cost analysis, and maintenance planning. To address these needs, CrescentLink is designed to model the equipment and fiber requirements of an evolving cable network through its splice point capabilities. This course utilizes the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Training Resources dataset (Download here).  If you do not already have this dataset, please download it and use the project within throughout this course.   Topics Covered: Splice points as a feature Workflows for creating and using splice point features CrescentLink Connector tool Viewing network connectivity & generating splicing documentation Read more

Introduction: This is the stand-alone version of lesson 5 out of 11 in the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Learning Path. Network connectivity requires specialized equipment. In this lesson, we will use Network Manager to create equipment at splice points. The Connector tool comes into play again for cable-to-equipment, and equipment-to-equipment connections. This course utilizes the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Training Resources dataset (Download here).  If you do not already have this dataset, please download it and use the project within throughout this course.   Topics Covered: The relationship between equipment and splice points Additional uses of the Connector tool The Equipment Port Modeler in Network Manager Read more

Introduction: This is the stand-alone version of lesson 6 out of 11 in the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Learning Path. Being able to identify cable attribute information and connectivity while looking at your network should be easy.  Utilizing CrescentLink's cable count functionality will make your map more user-friendly, readable, and informative.  This course illustrates how you can enter cable counts into your network, and how you can leverage ArcGIS Pro's labeling functionality to display this information on your cable feature labels for quick visual reference to your network's connectivity. This course utilizes the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Training Resources dataset (Download here).  If you do not already have this dataset, please download it and use the project within throughout this course.   Topics Covered: Network Manager and the Cable Count Editor The Fiber Count Assignment tool for count push automation Esri feature labeling functionality Read more

Introduction: This is the stand-alone version of lesson 7 out of 11 in the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Learning Path. CrescentLink also provides the means for managing a Path network. Paths are most often used for Conduit management, but can also be used for ditch and strand management.  Keep in mind that while we are covering path creation after we've placed our fiber features, you are just as easily capable of placing these features first, and adding fiber later. This course utilizes the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Training Resources dataset (Download here).  If you do not already have this dataset, please download it and use the project within throughout this course.   Introduction: Path and path access features Internal path detail objects (conduit, aerial strand, trench, etc...) Path detail objects Read more

Introduction: This is the stand-alone version of lesson 8 out of 11 in the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Learning Path. CrescentLink provides the ability to incorporate Additional Cable storage, such as risers and different slack loops, within your network map, enabling you to manage this additional cable footage alongside your active network.  This course walks through how to create each type of additional cable feature, and the various methods for visualizing the impact of this added footage in your network.  We also cover how to close out a work order by converting it from a proposed status to an existing status. This course utilizes the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Training Resources dataset (Download here).  If you do not already have this dataset, please download it and use the project within throughout this course. Topics Covered: How to properly place additional cable features, and how to relate them to their respective cables Reviewing the impact of additional cable footage to your network Closing out a work order to convert it from Proposed to Existing Read more

Introduction: This is the stand-alone version of lesson 9 out of 11 in the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Learning Path. This lesson keeps the online, self-paced learning path aligned with the live training workshops that are conducted live.  Lesson 9 is a Build Your Own Network lesson that is typically reviewed collaboratively during live trainings.  However, due to the absence of a live trainer for this self-paced lesson, it is designated as optional within the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Learning Path.  In recognition of its optional status, this lesson is available at no cost.   For those that are participating in the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Learning Path, please begin the lesson for further instructions.  Even though this is an optional course, some actions are required before you can proceed to Lesson 10.   If you are viewing this lesson outside of the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Learning Path and you would like feedback from the GEOGRAPH Academy team on a network that you have built, please begin the course and follow the instructions within.  This course utilizes the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Training Resources dataset (Download here).  If you do not already have this dataset, please download it and use the project within throughout this course. Objectives: This lesson incorporates everything learned in lessons 1-8: Introduction to ArcGIS Pro & CrescentLink Work Order Management Fiber Cable Management Splice Points & Connectivity Managing Network Equipment Cable Counts & Esri Labeling Path Network Management Additional Cable Management (Slack & Risers)   Using what you know about building networks in CrescentLink, design a network that contains a backbone trunk, a couple feeder routes branching off of the main trunk, and add all the necessary components to create connectivity throughout the network.  Ensure that you have some half-lit circuits that are ready to provide service to service locations.  For those that are participating in this course within the CrescentLink for ArcGIS Pro Learning Path, there is no need to go so far as to create service drops just yet as you will get practice doing that in Lesson 10.  For anyone looking at this course outside of the learning path, feel free to be as thorough as you wish. Read more