Tracing Circuits and associate circuits to devices/interface

[Óskar Egilsson]

Hi,

Hope this is a active forum to get some feedback, discussion and pointers.

I am interested in better visibility with circuits. How they are connected and where they are used. As usual there are probably reason for everything and a few possible angles to look at this.

But here is my take...

When a single endpoint of a circuit is defined and it is terminated to a device interface

Now the visibility of a circuit associated to a device interface is very clear and this is good !  You see the circuit with a globe icon on the interface and it is clickable, also when looking up the circuit you get to see the termination with cable ID, device and interface ID at a glance. :-D

When I assign the second endpoint and terminate that also to a device the visibility of a circuit being involved goes away. :-(

From the device point of view, I now see the two devices as they are directly connected together. there is no indication that a circuit is involved. (at a glance)

And now from the circuit point of view, the termination is only indicated by a cable-ID. You no longer see a device and interface behind the termination ( at a glance)*

*However if you complete a single termination first on a circuit, then add the second termination. It will retain the cable-ID, Device and interface of the first after adding the second termination. If you add both circuit termination points ( A&Z) then proceed to add a device to each termination it will only show cable ID for both ( no reference to device or interface)

Was going to attach screenshot compilation for clarity....but it wont allow me.

Hope the above text is understandable. :-)

Two suggestions:

When a circuit is associated to a connection between devices, indicate it with a globe icon, that is clickable to view circuit. Same as when a device is connected to a circuit with only one termination.

When viewing a circuit with two terminations defined(A & Z) and both of those connected to a device. Display the device and interface for both. Same as when a circuit only has one termination and single device.

Looking forward to some feedback.

reg.

Oskar

[deja...@gmail.com]

Hello,

As i have been having some issues with circuits myself i found out today that there will a bunch of changes to this in the upcoming version. Take a look there.

From Jeremy Strech "The cable tracing logic and validation have been completely overhauled for v2.10 (see #4900). This should no longer be an issue once v2.10 is released, but you can try the beta now if you'd like to help test. "