General

Cross-connection

A cross-connection is the elementary relationship between two components. This means that a physical connection is established between a component point and another component point:

However, the connection must not necessarily exist between different components. It can also connect two points on the same component.

Patching

The action performed to create these connections is called “patching”.

Cross-connections are non-directional

In principle, these connections are non-directional, i.e. there is no point “from” and no point “to”.

A cross-connection corresponds to e.g. a solder or plug connection in reality. This type of connection has no direct equivalent in ConnectMaster, like e.g. components.  There are no “Cross connection types”.

Characteristics

Instead, a cross-connection is a physical relationship which is created between two component points.  Its characteristics are:

Point 1, Point 2

Every connection is defined exactly through its two component points. The following information is necessary for its description:

 Component name, point name / side / position

e.g.:

 “Terminal 1A”, Point 46 / R / 3 to

 “Cable FOC 3c”, Adr7 / L / 1

The points can be changed later, which corresponds to the “shifting” of a connection.

Usage

The characteristics „Usage“ of a cross-connection is not a characteristic of the connection itself. Rather, by definition, all points and connections of the physical path also automatically have its usage.