Cable Instance Properties

This pages describes the patch cable and installation cable properties

You can view and manage the cable properties here.

Installation Cable Properties

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In the installation cable properties, you can view and edit the following fields:

Definition: Describes the component definition name of the instance.

Cable Style: Describes whether the cable is an installation cable or a patch cable.

Name Assign a name to the cable instance.

Number: Assign a number to the cable instance.

Description: Write a short description about the cable instance.

Purchase date: Set the date of purchase of the item.

Installation date: Set the installation date of the item.

Cable length: Assign the length of the cable.

Tags: View and manage tags for the selected cable instance. For more information, go to: Tags Module

Color: View and manage the cable definition color of the selected instance.

Installed/free/total: Describes the total number of wires or fibers used out of the total available in an installation cable.

Usage [%]: Total number of wire or fibers used, shown as a percentage of the total available in an installation cable.

Patched/free/total: The patched and available front ports from the total number of corresponding back ports connected via installation cables.

Usage [%]: Total number of wire or fibers used, shown as a percentage of the total available.

Usage Threshold in [%]: Denotes the number of instances, of the definition, that can be created.

Reached Threshold in [%]: Total number of instances created, shown as a percentage of the total allowed.

URL: Assign links to the cable instance.

External ref.: Assign any external references for the cable instance.

Bookmark: Bookmark the cable to share with other users in Pathfinder.

Documents: Add and manage documents related to the selected instance.