By harrison - 6/3/2025 9:15:40 AM
Hi,
We're wondering what Stardraw determine are data and control ports on devices so when we make our own blocks we match the standard?
IE, USB, Ethernet, RS232 etc etc
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By Kevin Harrison - 6/3/2025 9:50:38 AM
Hi Harrison, Thank you for your post. Block Schematic symbols conform to the following standard for physical ports on a device: Audio signals - Audio Circuit Paths Video signals - Video Circuit Paths Power signals - Power Circuit Paths Data/Control, including all transport protocols such as: TCP, USB, Dante, RS-232, etc., etc. - Control Circuit Paths.
You may find the video on our movies page titled #09 Adding New Products, useful as it covers the use of the User Defined Product wizard, a very handy tool for creating UDPs.
I hope this helps. Kind regards Kevin Harrison
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By harrison - 6/3/2025 10:19:39 AM
Thanks Kevin
What do you class as a data signal? As this isn't shown on the video and is the one we're unclear on
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By Kevin Harrison - 6/3/2025 10:48:01 AM
+xThanks Kevin What do you class as a data signal? As this isn't shown on the video and is the one we're unclear on Hi Harrison,
As stated in my last post: Data/Control, including all transport protocols such as: TCP, USB, Dante, RS-232, etc., etc. are all placed on 'Control Circuit Paths' layer.
Please let me know if there's something I've missed or if I've misunderstood your question. Kind regards Kevin Harrison
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By harrison - 6/3/2025 10:51:43 AM
Hi Kevin
When we add a block schematic symbol there are 7 options for ports. Data and Control are separate options
Both layers also exist as default
Just wanting to be clear
Thank you
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By Kevin Harrison - 6/3/2025 11:07:16 AM
+xHi Kevin When we add a block schematic symbol there are 7 options for ports. Data and Control are separate options Both layers also exist as default Just wanting to be clear Thank you  Thanks, Harrison.
In the UPD wizard, you have the option to specify additional ports, these are: Lighting, Data, and User. You may use these additional layers in your UDPs as you wish. However, all published symbols, the symbols that we author in-house, and that are published to the libraries in SD7, conform to the layers specified in my previous post. In other words, the symbols we provide do not contain any ports on the Lighting, Data, and User layers.
I'm sorry for the confusion.
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By harrison - 6/3/2025 11:09:00 AM
Hi Kevin
Thanks for the clarification, much appreciated!
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