Adopting Connection Point Designations

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Adopting Connection Point Designations

The connection point designation can – just as during DT adoption – be adopted from a function lying in the search direction.

Preconditions:

You have opened a project.
You have activated the Adopt connection point designation check box in the project settings (File > Settings > Projects > "Project name" > Management > Compatibility).
In the project settings, you have defined that devices and macros are to be numbered online on insertion (File > Settings > Projects > "Project name" > Devices > Numbering (online)).
Depending on the plot frame, you have placed several components next to each other or below each other in the schematic.
You have deleted the entry in the Displayed DT field of the properties dialog for the subsequent components.

Select the first component (with respect to the reporting direction) in the graphical editor and then select the Properties popup menu item.
In the Properties <...> dialog, select the <Function category> tab.
In the Connection point designation field, select an entry from the drop-down list or enter the desired connection point designations manually. The field should contain all connection point designations to be assigned to the current and subsequent components.
Click [OK].
Mark the first subsequent component placed in the reporting direction and then select the Properties popup menu item.
In the Properties <...> dialog, select the <Function category> tab.
In the Connection point designation field, select an entry from the drop-down list.

The list shows the superfluous connection point designations that were not needed for the first component.
Click [OK].
Repeat steps 5 to 8 for all other subsequent components.

Tip:

Instead of selecting the component in the graphical editor, you can also select the appropriate function from one of the navigators.

Example:

You have placed three power switches (depending on the plot frame used) next to or above each other in the schematic. When generating symbols for the power NO contact, the possible connection point designations are preset to "1;2", "3;4", and "5;6". You have deleted the entry in the Displayed DT field of the properties dialog for the second and third power switches.

When you open the properties dialog for the first switch, the following connection point designations are offered in the Connection point designation field:

1;2
3;4
5;6
1;2;3;4;5;6.

If you select the entry "1;2;3;4;5;6", the power NO contact can pass the unneeded connection point designations on to the following components. For the second power NO contact, then, the following connection point designations are offered:

3;4
5;6
3;4;5;6.

If you select the entry "3;4;5;6", then only the connection point designation "5;6" is offered for the third switch.

The following table illustrates the behavior for different entries for the connection point designations of the first power NO contact:

Connection point designation	Behavior
1;2;3;4;5;6	The connection point designations of all three components are influenced.
1;2	Only the first component is affected. The connection point designations of the following components are not changed.
1;2;3;4	The first and second components are affected, but the third component is not changed.
1;2;;;;;	In the first component, "1;2" is entered as the connection point designation, and the connection point designations of the other two components are deleted.
Empty	In the first component, the connection point designations are deleted. The two other components are not changed.
1	In the first component, the first connection point designation is filled with a "1", and the second connection point designation is deleted. The two other components are not changed.
;2	In the first component, the first connection point designation is deleted, and the second connection point designation is filled with a "2". The two other components are not changed.
;	In the first component, the connection point designations are deleted. The two other components are not changed.
1;2;3;4;5;6;A;B;C;D	The connection point designations of all three components are influenced. Superfluous connection point designations are removed.