Harness Concurrency

Harness concurrency is functionality that enables you to run Capital Wiring Integrator in Multi‑User mode or Single‑User mode. Multi‑User mode enables multiple users to open the same Capital Wiring Integrator design for simultaneous editing and permits each user to work on a different portion of the design. This is achieved primarily by the ability to lock individual harnesses and slots.

If you do not run Capital Wiring Integrator in Multi‑User mode, the application is run in Single‑User mode. In this mode, if a user opens a design, other users can only open the same design in Read‑Only mode.

If a lock is held on a design in Capital Wiring Integrator, you cannot edit or delete that design in Capital Project Manager. If you hold a lock on a slot or harness in Capital Wiring Integrator, other users cannot perform editing actions that operate directly on that locked object and connected objects. Connected objects can be bundles, nodes, inline connectors, slot connectors, device connectors, cavities, and wiring objects. Any actions that they cannot perform are unavailable for the locked objects.

Note

To run Capital Wiring Integrator in Single‑User mode, your user account must have the Manage Planes permission set in Capital Access Manager. You can still edit a design in Multi‑User mode if you do not have this permission set. See the Capital Access Manager User Guide to set permissions for user accounts.

Relationships between

Locks and User Modes

There are various relationships between locks and user modes.

Complete Design Lock in Single-User Mode

If you edit a design in Single‑User mode, you have a complete design lock that enables you to edit everything and prohibits other users from editing any object in the design. If another user is editing the diagram in Multi‑User mode, you cannot change to Single‑User mode. If you have the Manage Design permission, when you open a diagram that is not being edited by another user, you are automatically in Single‑User mode and therefore have a complete diagram lock. When you close the diagram in Single‑User mode, the diagram lock is removed.

The following actions are available in Single‑User mode only:

• Edit design constraints

• Edit skeleton

• Edit diagram border

• Edit physical scale

• Edit design properties / attributes

• Edit diagram properties / attributes

• Add shapes/text/image / symbol

Weak Diagram Lock in Multi‑User Mode

If you edit a design in Multi‑User mode, you have a weak lock on that design. This means other users can edit the design in Multi‑User mode only. To edit a slot or harness in that design, you must lock the object to prevent other users from editing it at the same time. See “Locking a Harness or Slot when Running in Multi‑User Mode” in this topic.

When you close a design in Multi‑User mode, your weak lock is removed. If you change from Multi‑User mode to Single‑User mode, any slot or harness locks are removed because you can then edit any objects without manually locking them.

When you are editing a diagram in Multi‑User mode, you can dim objects that are unlocked and objects that are locked by other users to identify objects that you have locked and can edit. See “Dimming Slots and Harnesses that are Locked by Other Users or Unlocked” below.

After you have edited an object, unlock it so that other users can edit it. See “Unlocking a Harness or Slot when Running in Multi‑User Mode” in this topic.

If you create a new harness or slot in Multi‑User mode, no other user will see the new object on their Concurrency tab until you save it. When you save the object, you have a lock on it automatically.

Concurrency Tab

The Concurrency tab is displayed at the bottom left of the application window and enables you to view the lock state of the design, each harness, and each slot:

• Mode field — Used to select whether you are running in Multi‑User or Single‑User mode. See “Selecting to Run in Multi‑User or Single‑User Mode” in this topic.

• Table of harnesses and slots — Used to view a list of slots, harnesses, and their lock states. See “Selecting which Lockable Objects to View on the Concurrency Tab” below. The table contains the following columns: Lock — Identifies whether the object is unlocked , locked by you, or locked by another user .

Modified — Identifies whether the object has been modified since the last save in the current session. The column is blank for unmodified objects.

Object Type — Identifies whether an object is a slot or a harness.

Name — Displays the name of the object.

Locked By — Displays the name of the user who has the object locked.

• Connected Objects table — Identifies the slots and harnesses that are connected to the objects that are currently selected in the table. The columns are the same as the “Table of harnesses and slots”.

Selecting to Run in Multi‑User or Single-User Mode

To select the user mode:

• Click Actions > Concurrency > Switch to Multi User Mode/Switch to Single User Mode.

• Click the Concurrency tab to the left of the application window.

• In the Mode field, click the dropdown list and select Multi User or Single User. Restriction If another user has a weak lock on the diagram that you have open, you cannot change to Single‑User mode.

Selecting which Lockable Objects to View on the Concurrency Tab

To view the following objects, use the buttons below the table on the Concurrency tab :

• Harnesses

• Multi-harness slots (slots connected to multiple harnesses)

• Single‑harness slots (a slot connected to a single harness)

• Multi‑harness connectors (connectors connected to multiple harnesses)

If a red stop sign is displayed on a button, the objects are not currently displayed on the tab.

If a red stop sign is not displayed on a button, the objects are already displayed on the tab.

Locking a Harness or Slot when Running in Multi‑User Mode

To lock:

• Right-click the harness or slot on the diagram or Design Browser (Capital Wiring Integrator) and select Lock.

• Click the harness or slot on the diagram or Design Browser, press the space bar and enter Lock.

• Ensure that the object to lock is listed on the Concurrency tab, and click the unlocked padlock symbol at the start of the table row for it.

If the object is listed on the Concurrency tab, the padlock symbol for the object changes to a locked padlock to indicate that the object is locked. The name of the user holding the lock is displayed in the Locked By column. Any other users viewing the object on the Concurrency tab in another session will see a locked padlock with an extra mark .

Locking behavior:

• If you lock a harness, the action also refreshes and locks all single‑harness slots on the harness.

• If you lock a slot connected to a single harness, the action also refreshes and locks the harness attached to the slot.

• If you lock a slot connected to more than one harness, the action also refreshes any harnesses directly connected to it.

Unlocking a Harness or Slot when Running in Multi‑User Mode

Tip

You can only unlock an object if you have saved any modifications to the object.

To unlock:

• Right-click the harness or slot on the diagram or Design Browser (Capital Wiring Integrator) and select Unlock.

• Click the harness or slot on the diagram or Design Browser, press the space bar and enter Unlock.

• Ensure that the object to unlock is listed on the Concurrency tab and click the locked padlock symbol at the start of the table row for it.

If the object is listed on the Concurrency tab, the padlock symbol for the object changes to an unlocked padlock to indicate that the object is unlocked.

Dimming Slots and Harnesses that are Locked by Other Users or Unlocked

You can dim slots and harnesses on the diagram if they are locked by other users or are unlocked, to identify which objects are locked by you and are therefore editable in the design.

Note

If you print a design, any dimmed objects are printed normally.

1. Click the Dim By Harness Lock Status
   button at the bottom of the application window to enable the dimming functionality. No red stop sign is displayed. If a red stop sign is displayed , no objects are dimmed in the design. Alternatively, you can right‑click the Dim By Harness Lock Status button to display two sliders and a Dim check box to enable objects to be dimmed. One slider is for unlocked objects and the other is for objects locked by other users .

2. Move the sliders up and down to adjust the dim levels.

3. Click in the main application window to hide the sliders.

Refreshing Harness Information with Changes from Other Users and Synchronize the Wiring

To refresh harness information:

• Select or multi-select unlocked objects on the Concurrency tab and click the Refresh Harnesses and Slots
  button next to the Mode field to refresh the selected objects.

• Deselect everything on the diagram and click the Refresh Harnesses and Slots

                        button next to the Mode field to refresh the entire design.
  

• Select an unlocked object on the diagram, press the space bar and enter Refresh, to refresh the harness on which the object is located and any adjacent modified harnesses.

Parent Topic:

Capital Wiring Integrator

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