ContactPoint
Note: There is a newer version of this specification see VEC 2.1.0
A contact point defines the relationship between Terminals, Seals, Plugs, Cavities and Wires. It specifies a single contacting variant. This means that the contacting is manufactured, as specified by the ContactPoint. Either all participants (Cavities, Terminals, Seals, Wires) set into a relationship by the ContactPoint exist in a specific harness or none. There is no requirement, to filter the participants of a contacting situation with information derived from VariantConfigurations or assembly / module associations in order to create a manufacturing variant.
The ContactPoint represents a single potential. Consequently, all cavities and wires referencing / being referenced by a ContactPoint are short-circuited and have the same potential (even if the signals on the wires are named differently. If a contacting of a terminal has more than one potential (e.g. a coax-contact) one contact point for each potential is needed.
General Information
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Owner | contacting |
| Applied Stereotype | |
| Base Classifier | ConfigurableElement |
| Is Abstract | false |
| Derived Classifiers |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Mult. | Description | Owning Classifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| identification | String | 0..1 | Specifies a unique identification of the ContactPoint. The identification is guaranteed to be unique within the ContactingSpecification. |
ContactPoint |
Outgoing Relations
| Type | Role | Mult. | Mult. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TerminalRole | mountedTerminal | 0..1 | 0..* | References the terminal that is used for contacting defined by the ContactPoint. |
| CavityMounting | cavityMounting | 0..* | 1 | Defines the mounting to a cavity of the terminal associated with the ContactPoint. The cardinality is 0..* in order to allow a variant dependant cavity mounting. In such a scenario a cavity mounting is valid in a configuration if all addressed cavities and therefore the associated connector housing is available. |
| WireMounting | wireMounting | 0..* | 1 | Specifies the WireMouting defined by ContactPoint. More than one WireMounting is allowed in order to support variance. In concrete configuration the WireMounting with all referenced elements present is used. |
Incoming Relations
| Type | Mult. | Role | Mult. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PinWireMappingPoint | contactPoint | 1 | ||
| ContactingSpecification | 1 | contactPoint | 0..* | Specifies the ContactPoints defined by the ContactingSpecification. |