Manage port types

The function "manage port types" starts a wizard that lists all port types currently present in your Pathfinder installation.

Use this wizard to:

• create new port types
• import port types from the online catalog
• edit existing port types
• delete port types

Please consider that port types can only be edited or deleted if they are not (or no longer) part of an existing component definition (device or cable). Moreover, Pathfinder helps you to check the precision fit (between two or more ports through a cable), e.g. it will not be possible to connect two RJ45 sockets with a USB cable because the port types are not compatible (number of pins).

Auf der ersten Seite werden alle dem System bekannten Porttypen aufgelistet. Dabei werden jene Porttypen, die derzeit durch keine der in Pathfinder vorhandenen Komponentendefinitionen verwendet werden, in kursiver Darstellung aufgeführt. Die Liste der Komponentendefinitionen, die einen gegebenen Porttypen verwenden, erhalten Sie, indem Sie mittels eines Rechtsklicks auf einen der Einträge in dem erscheinenden Popup-Menü den Menüpunkt "Zeige Komponentendefinitionen, die diesen Porttyp benutzen" auswählen.

Im unteren Bereich der Seite finden Sie die Möglichkeit, neue Porttypen zu erstellen, zu importieren, zu löschen oder den ausgewählten Porttypen zu bearbeiten. Porttypen können nur gelöscht werden, wenn Sie durch keine in Pathfinder vorhandene Komponentendefinition verwendet werden. Wollen Sie einen solchen Porttypen löschen, müssen Sie zunächst die Komponentendefinition entfernen.

On the first page, all port types known to the system are listed. The ones which are currently not being used by any component definition in Pathfinder are shown in italic. You can get a list of the component definitions which are currently being used by component definitions in Pathfinder, by right clicking on "show component definitions that use this port type" on one of the entries in the pop-up-menu. 

In the lower part you find the option to create new port types, as well as import, delete or edit existing ones. Port types can only be deleted, if they are not in use by any component definition present in Pathfinder. If you wish to delete anysuch port type, please remove the component definition first.   

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 New port types ca be imported from the Pathfinder online catalog. Before creating new port types, please check the catalog for existing ones. To import a port type, select one and and click on "import". After succesfully importing a new port type, the list will be updated. 

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Creating new port types takes two steps: On the first page, you enter basic information of the new port type to be created. The combo-box "template" offers you a choice of images based on  a number of standardized graphics included in Pathfinder. Click "next" in order to define the "mapping" of the port type on the next page. "Port type mapping" defines which port types will be interconnected. This connection is utilized for patching and laying cables to help you choose the right cable. Click "finish" to save your changes.    

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Editing port types is very similar to creating new ones. To avoid accidental changes, click on "edit" first and verify the following dialog. Now you can edit and supplement basic port data on the right hand side. Click "next" to go on to make changes to the port type mapping. Save your changes with "finish".

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