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Ports/Pins/Lens Equipment GridUsers can navigate to the 'Ports/Pins/Lens (PPL) Equipment grid' by following this path: Main > Inventory > Equipment > Ports/Pins/Lens.If a piece of Equipment has an Equipment Catalog that has the Cabling Equipment flag checked, then it will also have a tab labelled Ports/Pins/Lens. This shows all PPL originating from the equipment and to the equipment (if any) to which each PPL is connected. From this tab new PPLs may be added, edited, or removed. PCR-360 provides functionality for bulk PPL creation, editing, removal, copying, and transferring of PPL. PPL records can be directly modified on a specific Cabling Equipment record. These modifications will be consistent with the other rules of editing PPL records. AddMore information on the button for the Ports/Pins/Lens form is available here. RangesThe button is very similar to the 'Add' button but has some additional functionality. The 'Ranges' button will allow a User to Add multiple Ports/Pins/Lens(PPL) with a single action to save time when adding large lists of PPL. The Range form will allow the User to designate a low to high prefix range to be added. (For example 1-3). Additionally, the User can designate a separator (Example: " - " ) and a low to high suffix. (For example 1-5). Assuming a prefix Range of 1-3, a separator of " - ", and a low to high suffix of 1-5 the User would be adding 15 records with the button. In this case the following would be added:
The 'Ranges' is more than a simple Add form, however, and will allow the User to edit multiple PPL. If after adding the above table the User were to click the Ranges button again and enter a prefix of 2-3, and a suffix of 1-1 they would select the 2-1 and 3-1 PPL for editing. This functionality allows the User to quickly Add and assign status' to multiple PPL. Back Connect RangesThe PPL Range form allows for Back-Connect Ranges. Below is the add new "Ranges" form from the Port/Pins/Lens grid on any Cabling Equipment. To use this feature, the user just needs to enter the Destination Equipment and designate a low prefix to a low suffix range to be added. This functionality allows the User to quickly connect multiple pieces of Equipment together, without having the connection appear in the Cable Path. When ports are transferred, any back connects are transferred along with the port. CopyThe button makes a copy of all the existing PPL on another piece of Equipment and will assign the copied PPL to the current piece of Equipment. These copied PPL will not overwrite any existing PPL and instead appear as new, separate records. Transfer RangeThe button will move all the existing Ports/Pins/Lens(PPL) from one piece of Equipment and assign them to the current piece of Equipment. This button can also be used to renumber PPL on the same piece of Equipment. To Transfer a PPL Range, follow these steps:
Transfer AllThe button allows transferring every PPL on an Origination Equipment to a Destination Equipment. The form aims to eliminate a few steps when the User simply needs to move ALL of the ports. Any PPL from a Child Equipment Record will NOT be Transferred. To transfer all PPLs on Equipment, use the following steps.
If a User has attempted to Transfer Child Equipment PPL during the process, they will be greeted with this warning message to alert them about what will not be transferred. Edit SelectedThe button will allow the editing of a single PPL record. A User can only edit the single record, and if multiple records editing is desired the Ranges button should be used. Delete SelectedThe button will allow the User to delete the selected record(s). This deletion is not just the association and will remove the PPL from PCR-360. Service DeskThe button will open the Service Desk Action associated with the PPL. This button will only open the Service Desk Action once the PPL has its Status effected by the Service Desk. Once a PPL has been designated in Service Desk, it cannot be selected to be added to a different piece of Equipment. This helps to prevent duplicate assignments. View Path
RenumberUsers can quickly renumber Ports/Pins/Lens (PPL) with the Transfer form.
The selected Range will be renumbered and remain on the original Equipment record since the Origination Equipment and Destination Equipment fields match.
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