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Hello,
I have successfully autorouted some wires in Wildfire 4 using a Logical Reference File, but I cannot get the same thing to work using a cable. I modified my original Logical Reference File to replace the 3 Wire Spools with a single Screened Twisted Pair Cable Spool.
I am told that nothing has been autorouted because there is insufficient entry port data.
The connectors are the same as they were when it autorouted the wires, so they must (?) be OK. Therefore, in my mind, the problem must lie either in the Cable Spool definition (not likely, I believe), or in the information telling Pro/E which pins to connect using which conductors.
I cannot find a definitive guide to the syntax of this information, so I have attached the relevant portion of my Logical Reference File. Can you see what I have done wrong here?
Thanks,
John
WF4, M220
! ------------
! Cable Spools
! ------------
! NOTES:
! ------
! (1) ALL CABLE DENSITIES MUST BE FIXED.
!
NEW CABLE_SPOOL l15461-22409_19-0pt12_scr_tp 3
PARAMETER COLOR GREY
PARAMETER NUM_CONDUCTORS 3
! --------------------------
! COMPONENTS AND CONNECTORS
! --------------------------
!
NEW CONNECTOR HPDU-J4
PARAMETER DESCRIPTION 12273352-5
PARAMETER REF_DES SK1
PARAMETER MODEL_NAME PNI_RP-03V-S_SHELL
PARAMETER DEF_INTERNAL_LEN 1
PARAMETER NUM_OF_PINS 3
PIN 1
PARAMETER ENTRY_PORT CS0
PARAMETER PIN_NAME A
PARAMETER SIGNAL_NAME TURRET MA PWR RTN
PIN 2
PARAMETER ENTRY_PORT CS1
PARAMETER PIN_NAME B
PARAMETER SIGNAL_NAME TURRET MA PWR 1
PIN 3
PARAMETER ENTRY_PORT CS2
PARAMETER PIN_NAME C
PARAMETER SIGNAL_NAME TURRET MA PWR RTN, CONDUCTOR 2
NEW CONNECTOR TNB-J13
PARAMETER DESCRIPTION CIR08CFZ-40-36-5S-F80
PARAMETER REF_DES SK2
PARAMETER MODEL_NAME 96264002
PARAMETER DEF_INTERNAL_LEN 7.50
PARAMETER NUM_OF_PINS 3
PIN 1
PARAMETER ENTRY_PORT ENTRY_PORT
PARAMETER PIN_NAME A
PARAMETER SIGNAL_NAME TURRET MA PWR RTN
PIN 2
PARAMETER ENTRY_PORT CS1
PARAMETER PIN_NAME B
PARAMETER SIGNAL_NAME TURRET MA PWR 1
PIN 4
PARAMETER ENTRY_PORT CS4
PARAMETER PIN_NAME C
PARAMETER SIGNAL_NAME TURRET MA PWR RTN, CONDUCTOR 2
! --------
! CABLES
! --------
NEW CABLE CABLE1 l15461-22409_19-0pt12_scr_tp
ATTACH SK1 " SK2 "
CONDUCTOR 1
ATTACH SK1 1 SK2 1
PARAMETER NAME WIRE1
CONDUCTOR 2
ATTACH SK1 2 SK2 2
PARAMETER NAME WIRE2
CONDUCTOR 3
ATTACH SK1 3 SK2 4
PARAMETER NAME WIRE3