Network Adapter

Miner & Miner's Network Adapter is a developed interface between the ArcFM Solution and third-party modeling and planning applications or analysis engines. Network Adapter provides tools to extract a model (selected set of features that comprise a feeder or distribution system) from the GIS and load data to an analysis engine via XML for further analysis.

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 analyze 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.

Network analysis is an integral process in the design and operation of a utility. Network Adapter assists utilities in balancing load across a network and planning for future expansion. It supports their ability to accurately analyze various scenarios and see how each may impact the existing network. Some analysis examples include load flow, voltage drops, voltage flickers during motor starting, and transformer load balancing.

Many third-party vendors specialize in the development of these tools. However, many of these analysis tools do not provide a seamless integration method with a corporate GIS database. Miner & Miner has responded to this need with Network Adapter. The Network Adapter data flow framework allows seamless integration of third-party analysis tools in the ArcFM Solution environment.