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Synchronizing Wiring Changes With a Capital Wiring Integrator

Design

You can synchronize changes in the associated Capital Logic Designer designs with the topology design. This step is required if changes have been made to associated Capital Logic Designer designs since they were associated with the topology design.

Note

Synchronization occurs automatically when you open a topology design (even in read‑only mode) and when an open topology design is activated.

Restrictions and Limitations

To avoid unconnected wires when synchronizing plugs to device slot connectors, the plugs in the logical design must be device harness connectors (connected to a device). By default, the system considers unconnected plugs to be inline connectors which cannot be matched by name to slot connectors.

Prerequisites

The Capital Logic Designer designs must be associated with the topology design. See Logical Design Association.

Procedure

To synchronize wiring changes:

Press the space bar and enter Synchronize Logical Changes.
Click the Refresh Wiring button () in the Design Browser (Capital

Wiring Integrator).

Caution

You should be aware of the following:

If you change the Logical Design Association in logical designs that are open in another session, the changes are not reflected in the logical designs which are already associated in the Capital Wiring Integrator design. You must click the Synchronize Logical Changes button () in the topology design to refresh the associated wiring designs that would reflect the changes applied in the other sessions.
If you make any changes in the associated logical designs, the Refresh Wiring button is updated with a prompt to perform the action again ().

Results

If logical objects have changed names, been created or deleted, the associations with objects in the topology diagram change accordingly.
The Sync Tab displays any messages or errors related to this action.
If a modular connector has an unused child connector that is not placed in the associated Capital Logic Designer design, the Wiring Browser displays only the placed parent and placed child connectors as active; the unplaced child connector is dimmed. The Design Browser (Design tab) in the Capital Wiring Integrator design does not display the unplaced child connector.
The process can route wires from a single device pin to multiple harnesses through direct-to-device hole connections. See Holes for an example.
If the synchronization process finds a change to a device that means it is now obsolete, the device and its corresponding wiring is updated accordingly in the Capital Wiring Integrator design and the Sync tab provides details of the changes:

If the process finds a change to a device that is placed, the device is removed from the design and the placement status is updated with a message in the Sync tab.

If the process finds a change to a device that is not placed, there is no change in the topology design.
The synchronization process lists the logical objects under the respective harnesses to which they belong.
The action updates the routing status of conductors that belong to placed devices:

When the connection between two placed devices is established without any missing component, the conductor is categorized into Unassigned if there is no signal association defined with it. If a conductor has a signal associated with it in that scenario, it is categorized based on the signal assignment (any attribute or property). It includes wires, splices, and shields.

If a wire does not find a route, it is categorized into Unrouted. A user will need to run the Routing Assistant to find the desirable path and implement it. See Routing Assistant.

Parent Topic:

Logical Design Association