Connector Refinement and Signal Mapping

Specialized Connector

The term ‘specialized connector’ refers to the connectors in a mini-topology created using connector refinement for a slot connector on a slot, an interface connector or an inline connector (also referred to as generalized connectors).

Note

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

The specialized connectors are not used by any other Capital Systems Integrator functionality but display in the Design Browser (Design tab). They are used in Capital Harness Designer when the harness is manufactured.

Within a Signal Map dialog box, a generalized connector becomes a specialized connector when:

You add a new connector using the Add Connector Mapping button () on a Signal Map dialog box (see Signal Map Dialog Box for Inline, Signal Map Dialog Box for Interface Connector or Signal Map Dialog Box for Slot as appropriate for full details of the dialog box).
You create a variant connector by copying a generalized connector and specify a variant option expression on it.
You create a new variant signal or wire on a signal or wire mapped to a generalized connector cavity.
You map multiple signals to the same cavity.

Caution

Give specialized connectors different names to the generalized connectors to avoid issues when synchronizing data to Capital Harness Designer.

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Connector Refinement and Signal Mapping