Adding a Wire

When you synthesize wiring, wires are added to the design. However, you may want to add more wires manually. For example, if you have any unrouted signals, you may want to add a wire along which you can route them.

You can either add a wire starting from an existing cavity in a connector (slot, inline, or interface) or create a new cavity and then add a wire. See Adding a Cavity to a Connector for more information about creating a new cavity.

You can also add a wire between existing cavities on ground slots. These wires are not based on any net conductor connection from the functional designs in Capital Logic Designer. You cannot add wire connections like this between equipment slots (even if ground devices are placed in the equipment slots). See Grounds and Ground Wiring Flow Using Ground Design Functionality for more information about the overall workflow when using ground devices and slots.

The Add Wire dialog box works in the context of active harness levels so you must set the appropriate vehicle configuration or specific harness levels to active before adding a wire. See Active Harness Level or Setting an Active Vehicle Configuration for more information about how to do this.

Procedure

1. Right-click the connector from which you want the wire to start in the Design Browser (Design tab) and choose Add Wire. Alternatively, click the connector, press Space Bar and enter Add Wire. The Add Wire Dialog Box displays.

2. In the From End window, click the cavity at which you want the wire to start.

3. In the To End window, click the cavity at which you want the wire to end.Note If you are adding a wire from a cavity on a ground slot, the To End box lists cavities on all other ground slots (including those on different harnesses). Note that you may need to create more than one wire if the target cavity is in a different harness). If a cavity in the To End box connects to a different signal to the one that is connected to the cavity in the From End  field, the signal name in the To End box displays in red.

4. If there are multiple harnesses at the connector, a Harness field displays. Select the harness to which you are adding the wire from the drop-down list.

5. Click OK.

Results

• The wire is added to the design.

• If there is a signal connected to one of the cavities, the wire is added to the list of wires under that signal in the Design Browser (Design tab).

Parent Topic:

Wire Editing in Capital Systems Integrator

Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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