Patent ID: 8010999
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A cable installation support and management system, comprising: a portable terminal carried by a worker and a server which exchanges necessary information with the portable terminal via a network, the cable installation support and management system being used when laying a cable along a predetermined route in a facility, where a cabling data card containing cable identification information unique to the cable is attached to an end of the cable, and when connecting the end of the cable to a panel and a terminal board, wherein: the portable terminal comprises: a reading device which reads the cable identification information out of the cabling data card attached to the end of the cable, a first storage device which downloads and stores operation information which, being associated in advance with cable identification information and provided by the server, supports operations on cables authorized for use, an operation information acquiring device which acquires, from the first storage device based on the cable identification information read by the reading device, operation information about the cable corresponding to the cable identification information, said operation information including a cable connection diagram, and a display device which displays the operation information acquired by the operation information acquiring device; and the server comprises: a second storage device which stores operation information which supports operations on cables to be laid in the facility by associating the operation information with the cable identification information about the cables, an extraction device which extracts operation information about a cable authorized and available for use from the second storage device in response to a download request from the portable terminal, an operation information providing device which provides the operation information extracted by the extraction device to the portable terminal together with the cable identification information, and wherein the cabling data card is attached to each of opposite ends of the cable, where the cabling data cards attached to the opposite ends contain different cable identification information to at least distinguish opposite ends from each other.