Intro
This article introduces the basics of the trunk bus layout in PVFARM. There are three different trunk bus schemes available:
Horizontal Trunk Bus Air
Horizontal Trunk Bus Trench
Multiple Vertical Trunk Bus
Horizontal Trunk Bus Air
When using the "CI_HorTrunkbus" scheme, the combiner boxes are generated in the middle of the arrays, next to the motor gaps (if using trackers). To select these combiner boxes, you can either:
Hold the Control key and window across to select them all.
Press Control + A to select all, then once selected, go to the "Combiner Box" option to isolate just the combiner boxes.
You can then move them by pressing T and dragging them to a more convenient or suitable location.
Horizontal Trunk Bus Trench
The "CI_HorTrunkbus_Trench" scheme appears to generate a single combiner box, but pressing Control + A and selecting "Object Selected" reveals that multiple combiner boxes are stacked in one spot for each block. To adjust them:
Ctrl+ A then select "combiner boxes", or ctrl+ box over and move the cluster of combiner boxes to the desired trench location.
Multiple Vertical Trunk Bus
In the "CI_MultVertTrunkbus" scheme, the combiner boxes are placed along the top rows. This works well for an east-west road layout. However, if you have a north-south road:
Rotate the road to align with the north-south direction.
Select the combiner boxes:
Hold Control and select the combiner boxes along the top if you only want to move a specific row.
Press Control + A and select "Combiner Box" to select all combiner boxes.
Rotate the selected combiner boxes using the gizmo's wheel and align them along the road.
Conclusion
These are the different trunk bus schemes available in PVFARM. In the next article, we will explore circuits and how to manipulate them.