Settings for Cable Harness Application

Special settings controlling cable harness applications are saved to a settings database CAR_SETUP. Each setting or parameter is identified by it's ID.

  1. Select function Cable Harnesses> Settings for Cable Harness Application
  2. Edit database with basic database functions.

Application Settings

In the list below, essential settings are introduced:

Default value for wire label

Default value for can be set to wire label by using parameter DEFAULT_WNAME, if there is no label present in the diagram.

DEFAULT_WNAME parameter value Default label rule
0 No default, all labels must be given
1 <DEV>:<CP>-<DEV>:<CP>
2 <DEV>/<CP>-<DEV>/<CP>
3 <DEV><CP>-<DEV><CP>
11 <CP>:<DEV>-<CP>:<DEV>
12 <CP>/<DEV>-<CP>/<DEV>
13  <CP><DEV>-<CP><DEV>

In the label rules,  <DEV> designates device name of wire end and <CP> corresponding pin number. Wire ends are ordered alphabetically by device name

Default values for Wire Types and Sizes

Parameters in the list below control default types and sizes.

Parameter ID Description
DEFAULT_WTYPE Default wire type
DEFAULT_WSIZE Default wire size
DEFAULT_WSIZEG Default wire size of ground wire
DEFAULT_WCOLOR2 Default wire colour
DEFAULT_WCOLOR Default colour of ground wire

Collecting cabled wires from wiring diagrams

Cabled wires are collected, if parameter WL_COLL_MODE has value 1. In wiring list cabled wires  are named using cable and wire tag. Parameter WL_CBLBL_SEP defines separator between cable tag and wire tag.

Interpretation of harness drawing device labels

Special setting HARN_DEV_POS with value 1 directs application to treat device name AA-BB in harness drawing to be actually -AA-BB and not +AA-BB, as the standard ED interpretation would be.