Managing Pin Allocation

You can reserve several pins of a component for a specific usage. You can also remove a pin from a reservation which consists in giving a free status to the pin.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:
See Also
Electrical Logical Functions and Methods

Manage Pin Allocation in Session

You can manage several pins of a component that are created in session.

  1. From the Edition section of the action bar, click Pin Allocation Management .
    The Manage Pin Allocation dialog box appears.

    For more information about the dialog box options, see Pin Allocation Management dialog box description.

  2. Select an electrical component in the tree.
  3. To reserve a set of pins, select one or several free pins in the pin selection tree or type a Pin number in the corresponding box and click Reserve.
  4. Select the new tab Rsrv 1. It contains the description of the first reservation.

    Note: The tree now contains only the reserved pins.

  5. To remove a pin from a reservation, select it in the pin selection tree and click Remove Pins / Update attributes.
    By default, the first tab called Reserve pins becomes active to display the status of all the pins.
    Note: If a reservation contains only one pin that you removed, therefore the reservation and its corresponding tab will be deleted.
  6. In Rsrv 1 tab, type a description in the Subtype box and click Remove / Update.
  7. Click Close.

Manage Allocation of Saved Pins/Pins in Session

You can manage several pins of a component that are loaded in session or saved.

Before you begin: Load an existing system in session.
  1. From the Edition section of the action bar, click Pin Allocation Management .
    the pins' symbols are now blue meaning these elements exist in session and or are saved.
  2. Select a component.
  3. To reserve pins, select them in the pin selection tree or type a Pin number in the Reserve pins tab and click Reserve.

    Notes:
    • If it is not already the case, the component will be locked, otherwise a message will be displayed explaining that it is already used in another session.
    • In our sample, 2 pins are reserved in session and all data is saved.
    • At the end of the process, the component will be unlocked.
    • If your component is a disconnect, selecting Pin Allocation Management will always reserve two pins.

    Tip: You can use a validation business rule when you reserve a group of pins.