This procedure explains how to connect a wire to a terminal strip.
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Press F7 to open the Domain Explorer.
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Expand the Panels by Category or Panels by Location folder.
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Right-click a panel or a terminal strip and then on the shortcut menu, select Actions > Connection.
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If, in the Domain Explorer, you selected a panel and not a terminal strip, in the Connection window, select one from the Terminal Strip list.
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In the Domain Explorer, select a cable and expand its hierarchy to display its wires.
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Select a wire and drag it to a terminal (shown as a screw head
) in the Connection window.
Select 
to find a specific terminal or the next available terminal. Smart Instrumentation marks your terminals with 
.
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On the Wire Connection Options dialog, select the wire that you require and then select OK.
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If you are connecting more than one wire in a cable or cable set to a group of terminals on a terminal strip, make sure that the wire end that you connect is the same for all the wires. This is important to ensure that the connections appear correctly in reports.
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If one end of the wire is already connected, Smart Instrumentation selects the loose end by default.