Device ViewThis view represents a device and its connections.
On top is the "Loc Navigator" you can use to navigate back in locations: Building, Room, Rack, Frame.
It follows device information such as Brand and Model. To note here is the "Designation" field; this identifies the role this equipment in particular is playing in the facility. Also interesting is the "Definition"; this is the template from which this device was created (clicking the field value will take you to the Definition view in the Library). And also the "Hash Number"; this is an internal unique identifier you will use occasionally for certain operations.
The IP field shows the IP of that device, if any. Clicking on it will take you to the Web Interface of the equipment, if it exists and is accessible from your computer.
It follows three buttons: [Show All Ports], [History Log] and [Goto Circuit]. We will talk about that later.
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Finally is the Inputs/Outputs table.
Each row in the table represents a device port (input or output) to which a wire can be connected. For connected ports, information about the connected wire is also shown. Columns "Connected To" may content either a link to the other end of the wire (another Device View) or just a textual reference in case the wire is not "connected" in Green Book.
You can click in the "CABLE" column to get more information about that wire.
----> You can click in either of the "Connect To" columns to navigate to the other Device (if the cell contains a link), effectively following the circuit path.
Initially, only connected ports are displayed. Hit the [Show All Ports] button to view all ports both connected and disconnected. Now the button reads [Hide discon. Ports] so pressing it again will take you back to the connected-only view.
Button History Log will display the History Log for this device. That place is intended to maintenance notes. The button will present a white background if the log is not empty.
Button Goto Circuit will take you to the circuit in which this device is in (or a list of various if it participates in more than one). It can also lead to nowhere if the device is not in any circuit. If it is, the button will present an orange background. (See: Circuits).
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Multi-conductor connectors are represented with multiple rows: one per connection. That is the case, for example, of various GPIO or Analog Audio signals exposed in a single DB25 connector.
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Button Add Ports will allow you to add ports (inputs or outputs) to this device in particular. That will not affect the device definition from which this device was created.
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