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Data When Cloning a Connector

When you use the Clone Cavities action to copy cavity definitions from a slot, inline or interface connector, certain data is copied.

The copied data includes:

Cavity names.
Backshell termination names.
Signal mappings for backshell terminations and cavities (including inline preferred signal and option expression mappings for interface connectors), see below for examples of how signal mappings are modified on the replicated connector.
Rules on the connector and children objects.
Cavity attributes/properties.

The copied data does not include:

Graphical properties.
Connector names.
Backshell names.
Connector refinement data.
Connector attributes/properties.

Modified Signal Mappings

When signal mapping data is replicated in a connector, object types and names (but not actual objects) are compared. For example, when comparing a signal mapping for a backshell termination, both the signal name and signal type must match.

Figure 16: Example Modification of Signal Mapping for Replicated Connector (1)

In the above example, target signal S1 has the same mapping as the source signal S1. In addition, the system always assigns a signal such as S1 here as the preferred signal in the target.
The source signal S222 is assigned to target signal S2; target cavity CAV22 is renamed to CAV2.
Target old signal mappings for signals S33, S44, S55 and S77 are removed because they do not match the source mappings. That means, wires on those target cavities are disconnected. The leftover cavities are unused.
Target signal SD1 maps to an unused cavity that is renamed to CAV6; backshell termination BK1 is removed and wiring connected to BK1 connects to CAV6.
The target old mapping has no S3 signal. The source mapping has a preferred signal S333. In the target new mapping, signal S333 is mapped to an unused cavity that is renamed to CAV3. In this case, S3 is not used as the preferred signal.
In the target new mapping, an unused cavity is renamed to CAV4 and signal S4 is mapped to it as the preferred signal to match the source mapping.
In the target new mapping, an unused cavity is renamed to CAV5 with no signal to match the source mapping.
Extra cavity CAV7 is deleted in the target new mapping. Figure 17: Example Modification of Signal Mapping for Replicated Connector (2)
In the above example, signal S1 has three source mappings but the target old mapping lists signal S1 just once. The target new mapping contains two new mappings with S1 as the preferred signal.
In the source mapping, backshell termination BK1 has two mappings. In the target old mapping, BK1 has not match. In the target new mapping, the mapping for signal SD33 is removed along with the connecting wiring. You cannot assign a preferred signal to a backshell termination. Figure 18: Example Modification of Signal Mapping for Replicated Connector (3)
In the above example, the target old mapping for signal S2 partly matches the source mapping for cavity CAV1. In this case, the signal S1 is not assigned to CAV1 in the target new mapping.
In the target new mapping for CAV2, you can assign signal S3 or S4 as the preferred signal.
The target old mapping for signal SD2 partly matches the source mapping for backshell termination BK1. In this case, the signal SD1 is not assigned to BK1 in the target new mapping. Figure 19: Example Modification of Signal Mapping for Replicated Connector (4)
In the above example, the option expression in the target interface connector is replaced by the source option expression if the source data is from an interface connector; otherwise, any option expressions on the target mapping are removed.
In the target new mapping, signals S3 and S4 are added and mapped to the cavity CAV3. Note When copying connector data between designs, it is possible that a design containing a target connector does not contain all of the signals listed in the source data. If the target is an inline connector, the resulting mapping lists the signal as a preferred signal (the entry is just a string and the system does not create an actual signal). If the target is an interface connector a new signal is created for the new mapping as long as the signal type is not a shield.

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