Connector Refinement and Signal Mapping

Refining

a Slot Connector on a Slot

You can refine a slot connector (generalized connector) on a slot by creating specialized connectors for it.

See Connector Refinement and Signal Mapping for an overview of refined connectors.

Note

See the Connector Refinement and Harness Synchronization - Best Practice topic for points to consider when you are creating generalized / specialized connectors.

Procedure

Select the slot connector or slot 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.

In the Connectors tab, click the cell displaying the name of the slot connector and click the Add Connector Mapping () button; a new row for a specialized connector is added to the table.
For the specialized connector, specify the connector name, and Part or Pin Count.
Caution Give specialized connectors different names to the generalized connectors to avoid issues when synchronizing data to Capital Harness Designer. If you reduce the pin count, the system verifies that the count is not below the minimum required for the signals and wires mapped to the connector, and it removes only unused cavities from the signal map.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each specialized connector that you want to create for the slot connector.Note If required, you can also create variant connectors in the Signal Map dialog box. See Creating a Variant Connector in the Signal Map for a Slot, Inline or Interface Connector.
Optionally, create a Fanout diagram for the slot connector:Click a cell displaying the name of the slot connector or one of the specialized connectors in the Connectors tab and click the Show Fanout () button; the Fanout Viewer Dialog Box displays. Select a specialized connector in the Node tree located at the top of the dialog box and specify a Length for the bundle segment connecting to that specialized connector.Note In the node tree, you can reorder the connectors and add new bundle nodes.

Repeat step 5.b for each specialized connector and then click Close; you return to the Signal Map Dialog Box for Slot.

Click OK.

Results

The specialized connectors are not displayed in the Diagram Window or Design Browser (Design tab) but are saved in the signal map for the slot.

Parent Topic:

Connector Refinement and Signal Mapping