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Linking Equipment with a Back Connection will only store on the relevant Equipment records and serves as a method to track the two link pieces of Equipment together. However, Path Legs can be easily generated to include these two pieces of Equipment in a Path. This can be done from the Service Desk or the Cable Paths form. If a User attempts to select a piece of Equipment with this Back Connect set up, the other piece of Equipment will automatically pull into the relevant fields of the Ports/Pins/Lens form.

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1. Begin a new Path.
   • Either by clicking the  button on the Service Desk > Cable tab.
   • Or by clicking the  button on the Cable Paths form.
2. Both methods will open the 'Add New Path Legs' form.
   
3. In the 'Origination Equipment' Picker select the Switch Back Connection "Test Switch One":
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   • Note that since an Origination PPL is not yet selected only the fields relevant to the Origination Equipment are filled in.
4. Now in the Origination Port/Pin/Len picker select the Port 'A-011' which was set as a Back Connected piece of Equipment previously.
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   • Note that the entire set of fields for the Destination autofill with the data for Patch Panel Back Connection Two "Test Patch Panel One" because of the Back Connection.
   • At this point if a User wants to edit data in the Destination, that data could be edited to create a different Path Leg. There is no enforced link between the Back Connected Equipment and what exists on the Path Leg. The autofill is for convenience only.
6. Click the  button to save this Path Leg.
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7. For this example, a Jack is also selected for Path Leg 200.
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8. Close the Add New Path Legs form.
   • From the Service Desk > Cable tab click the  button to see the View Path report.
   • From the Cable Paths form click the  button to see the View Path report.

The View Path should look something like this:
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Back Connect Path Leg Deletion

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1. Select Path Leg #100 and click the Delete Selected button.
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2. Click the  button to see the Path Leg 200.
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3. In the View Path report the Patch Panel Back Connection Two "Test Patch Panel One" is still the first part of the Cable Path.
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   • Note that even though the Patch Panel is Back Connected to the Switch Back Connection "Test Switch One" that connection does NOT show in the Path Leg, unless it is specifically selected as in the previous example.
4. With the Path Leg still deleted the User can confirm the Equipment records still have their respective Back Connect pickers having set values.
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Back Connect Ranges

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