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Users can specify that a Port/Pin/Len is set to 'Back Connect'. Back Connect is a method to connect two pieces of Equipment together, without having the connection appear in the Cable Path. This is useful for connecting two pieces of Equipment like a Switch to a Patch Panel. When a User attempts to disconnect the Cable Path this Back Connect will remain in place. When ports are transferred, any Back Connects are transferred along with the port.
In the Back Connect section, there are two fields; the 'Destination Equipment' and the 'Destination Port/Pin/Len' Pickers. Neither field will be Required until the other Picker has a value.
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The two pieces of Equipment are now linked with a Back Connection.
Remove a Back Connection
Back Connects prevent deleting a PPL because both pieces of Equipment need that Back Connect reference. In order to Delete a PPL, clear the Back Connect Equipment from the PPL form for one of the two pieces of Equipment. This will remove the Back Connection, allow the User to delete the PPL, create a new one, and then apply the Back Connection to it instead. When you remove a back connect from one PPL it will remove the Back Connect from both PPLs.
If there is a range of Back Connects to remove from a single piece of Equipment, it can be done using the
button on the PPL grid, found on the Manage Equipment Form. From the PPL Range Form, there is a
button.
Path Leg Usage
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