Perform this task using the Assign Cable dialog
which can be reached as follows:
- Edit --> Cable Assignments… opens
the Cable Assignments dialog, where you select
a connection without a cable and press Edit.
- From a connection's context menu, you select Edit Cable….
Then, in the Assign Cable dialog, you can create a new cable for a connection by entering a new Cable ID, cable type,
and (optionally) the cable’s length and db loss, then press OK. The ID must be unique.
HCM currently supports the
following cable types:
- Parallel
- Gray Fully Populated
- Gray Partially Populated
- Blue Fully Populated
- Blue Partially Populated
- Bidirectional
- Serial
- Single Mode Jumper
- Multi Mode Jumper
- Single Mode Trunk
- Multi Mode Trunk
Note: HCM supports different interface types for CHPIDs
and controller interfaces and also supports different cable types
for serial and parallel interface types (see the previous list). If, for example, you want to assign a cable to an OSA CHPID type,
you first have to change the interface type from OSA to seriell or parallel. For information about how to do this, refer to CHPID interface type and Changing the channel interface type.
This involves, for example, that you can assign a cable definition
also for an internal CHPID like IQD or ICP, where no physical cable
can be attached to. Such cable definitions in HCM allow you to further document
your physical environment.