Can I assign Category wise Cable IDs?
Yes, XTEN-AV allows you to assign cable IDs based on cable categories. This helps keep your drawings, reports, and documentation clean and well-organized.
Assigning cable IDs by category helps you:
- Easily identify different types of cables (HDMI, CAT6, Audio, Control, etc.)
- Maintain consistency across drawings
- Avoid confusion during installation and troubleshooting
- On the XTEN-AV Dashboard you will find the settings option. Please click on it.
- On the Settings menu, navigate to Cable Settings.
- In order to assign a uniform style and cable Ids format for a category (signal type), check the 'Category wise Cable ID' toggle button. And assign style and cable IDs format.
- Click on the 'Save' button to save your changes.
- Open the Line Schematics in the X-DRAW editor.
- Create a cable connection between the source and the destination devices ports. : https://knowledgebase.xtenav.com/en-us/article/how-to-make-a-connection-in-x-draw-editor-1ggqku3/
- After connecting the ports, click Pull Cable Settings and Apply Cable Style under Cable Settings to view the updated cable information.
- Click Save to apply and keep your changes.
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Updated on: 08/21/2026
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