This section covers how to navigate the LYNX program upon opening, managing windows within LYNX, and how to use the search features.
Quick Find:
This tutorial will focus on the sectionalizing equipment database, the regulator database is functionally similar but with different symbols for the device nameplate sections (Panel & Regulator). |
The LYNX program uses windows within the program to complete different functions. See the Windows page for list of each different window with links to their pages.
Start Screen Layout
Tabs
Buttons
Active Equipment
From this window you can view active equipment (installed and in the field).
Nameplate
In this window you can access individual equipment by Co-op/Equipment #, enter new equipment, change existing equipment specifications, change the status of devices, and add comments to individual devices.
Banks
This window allows you to view, add, and delete banks.
This screen is for Banks characteristics, NOT equipment in banks |
Change Out
Use this window to move equipment in and out banks, as well as to make device status changes.
Change Out History
From this window you can view all Equipment moves into and out of Banks.
Operations Readings
In this window you can check, add, edit, or delete the number of operations (fault breaks) recorded from the devices.
Testing/Maintenance
To open windows to complete tasks in LYNX either use the dropdown menu under File OR select the button from the toolbar
You can have more than one window open at once (for example you could have the Nameplate and the Change Out windows open), if you are actively editing data it is recommended to only have one window open because the different windows pull data from the same location. If you make changes to one window it won’t be reflected on the other until you refresh or close and reopen it. |
Ex. Vertical tile of two windows
There is a variety of ways to search for a specific device, bank, or record within LYNX. There are also tools for filtering records.
Inside the Active Equipment and Nameplate windows you can filter and search entries to find specific devices in three ways.
Use one of these methods for searching if you wish to find a device and edited its information. |