Connector Refinement and Signal Mapping

Mapping a Signal to a Hole or Slot Connector Cavity on a Slot

You can map a signal and wire to a hole or slot connector cavity (either a generalized connector or a specialized connector) on a slot.

Procedure

Select the slot, hole or slot connector in the Diagram Window or Design Browser (Design tab) and either:

Right-click the selected object and choose Signal Map.

Press Space Bar and enter Signal Map.

The Signal Map Dialog Box for Slot displays.
On the Signal Mappings tab, you can find rows for signals and wires (if generated) mapped to connector cavities by default. You can change these mappings if desired (see Moving, Swapping, and Copying Signal Mappings).
Note The Connector column drop-down list is filtered to show only connectors that are present in the same configurations as the device that is being mapped to. If an expected connector is missing, it may have the wrong variant assigned or the plan definition could be incorrect. When there are unmapped signals in the Signal Map dialog box, a message displays at the bottom of the Signal Mappings tab: There are unmapped signals. To view them click here. You can click to open a separate Unmapped Signals tab that lists the same columns but only the rows for unmapped signals. The tab is tearable and can be dragged away from its position so that it displays in its own separate window. When first dragging the tab to display the separate window, you must release the mouse button within the area of the Signal Map dialog box. You can then drag the separate window to a location outside of the dialog box.

Click OK.

             Note 
                 You can move, swap, and copy signal mappings when editing
                     them in the Signal Mappings tab of a Signal Map dialog box. See Moving, Swapping, and Copying Signal Mappings.

             

         
         
             Note 
                 When wires from an abstract harness level have been assigned to a
                     physical harness level, a signal map may display a warning symbol for a
                     wire mapping, with the following tooltip: The mapping contains options
                     expressions that are not supported in the physical harness level
                     definition of <harness_name>, and there is no other valid
                     mapping.

                 Figure 95: Physical Harness Level Warning
                     
                     
                 

                 This means, the wire has an option expression that is not supported by
                     the physical harness level assigned to the harness. To fix this issue,
                     you must edit the physical harness level to include the option or create
                     a new physical harness level that includes that option, and assign the
                     wire to it. You must not edit the signal mappings after a physical
                     harness level is assigned.

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Connector Refinement and Signal Mapping