Connector Refinement and Signal Mapping

Refining

an Interface Connector

You can refine an interface connector (generalized connector) 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 interface 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 Interface Connector displays.

In the Connectors tab, click the cell displaying the name of the interface 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 Cavity 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 cavity 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 interface 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 interface connector:Click a row 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 Interface Connector.

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 interface connector.

Parent Topic:

Connector Refinement and Signal Mapping