


Of course this process will work if done on paper (CAD?) prior to wiring but then you have inserted a step that need not have necessarily been done. Also, not every serial out or in needs a sister in or out. Not as easy as one might expect due to constraints you might find in the text that came with your equipment - for just one example, some ports might want to work best at different speeds. So, one wire at a time, I made notes on the schematics that came with the equipment to keep track of where the serial outs went to the serial ins. I thought that that approach would save time and be a historical archive of some need if not note.Īs it turned out (for me) the most important decision I made was to label each end of each wire that I connected by just taking one wire at a time. That worked well until I ran into the problem of understanding all of the combinations and permutations of integrating the schematics that came with my equipment of choice and my hoped for system schematic. I too thought that a schematic was the way to go so I tried to use my 2D software of choice to do so. Larry, et al, I don't know if my input will be worth anything but - just in case - here goes.
