Connectable Devices Reference Table

Electrical connections are made via connection points. The table below identifies:

  • What devices can be connected together.
  • The different types of connection point needed.
  • Connection point cardinality properties (i.e. the number of connection points you can create per device) in brackets after the connection point, where: (0:1) means 0 to one (0:N) means 0 to many (1:N) means 1 to many
  • Which connectable device moves during the connecting process.

First Connectable Device First Connection Point Second Connectable Device Second Connection Point Which Connectable Device moves...
Mounting equipment Cavity [0:N]
  • Equipment
  • Mounting equipment
  • Shell
  • Single insert connector
  • Multi insert connector
  • Stud
  • Terminal block
  • Terminal strip
 Cavity connection point [0:1] Second Connectable Device
Cavity connection point [0:1] Mounting equipment Cavity [0:N] First Connectable Device
Equipment Cavity [0:N]
  • Shell
  • Single insert connector
  • Stud
  • Terminal block
  • Terminal strip
  • Contact
  • Filler plug
 Cavity connection point [0:1] Second Connectable Device
Cavity connection point [0:1] Mounting equipment Cavity [0:N] First Connectable Device
Backshell connection point [0:N] Backshell Backshell connection point [0:1] Standard Connection: Second Connectable Device
Shell Cavity [0:N]
  • Single insert connector
  • Stud
  • Terminal block
  • Contact
  • Filler plug
 Cavity connection point [0:1] Second Connectable Device
Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
 Cavity [0:N] First Connectable Device
Shell connection point [0:1] Shell Shell connection point [0:1] First Connectable Device
Backshell connection point [0:N] Backshell Backshell connection point [0:1] Second Connectable Device
Single insert connector Cavity [0:N]
  • Contact
  • Filler plug
 Cavity connection point [0:1] Second Connectable Device
Connector connection point [0:1] Single insert connector Connector connection point [0:1] A specific behavior applies if :
  • both devices are under the same Electrical Geometry, then the first one moves.
  • only one of both devices is under an Electrical Geometry, then this is the one which moves.
  • there is no Electrical Geometry, then the first selected device moves.
Connector connection point [0:1] Multi insert connector Connector connection point [0:N] First Connectable Device
Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
 Cavity [0:N] First Connectable Device
Backshell connection point [0:N] Backshell Backshell connection point [0:1] Second Connectable Device
Multi insert connector Cavity connection point [0:1] Mounting equipment Cavity [0:N] First Connectable Device
Connector connection point [0:N] Single insert connector Connector connection point [0:1] Second Connectable Device
Stud Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
 Cavity [0:N] First Connectable Device
Cavity [0:N] Contact Cavity connection point [0:1] Second Connectable Device
Splice Segment position point [0:1] Segment end Splice position point [0:1]  
Terminal strip Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
 Cavity [0:N] First Connectable Device
Cavity [0:N] Contact Cavity connection point [0:1]  
Terminal block Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
 Cavity [0:N] First Connectable Device
Cavity [0:N] Contact Cavity [0:N]  
Contact Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Equipment
  • Shell
  • Single insert connector
  • Backshell
  • Terminal block
  • Terminal strip
  • Stud
 Cavity [0:N] First Connectable Device
Filler plug Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Equipment
  • Shell
  • Single insert connector
 Cavity [0:N] First Connectable Device
Backshell Backshell connection point [0:1]
  • Single insert connector
  • Shell
  • Equipment
 Backshell connection point [0:N] First Connectable Device
Cavity [0:N] Contact Cavity connection point [0:1] Second Connectable Device
Segment Segment end
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
  • Single insert connector
  • Stud
  • Terminal block
  • Terminal strip
  • Contact
  • Backshell
  • Splice
 Segment connection point [0:N]  
Segment end Splice position point [0:1] Splice Segment position point [0:1] Second Connectable Device