Port Information and Cable Color

A lot of port specific information can be viewed by hovering over it. Also ports are color coded for a quick and easy overview at first glance.

Cables are colored based on their cable definition. You can change the templates color and all instances will be affected.

Port Hints

In front view hover over a port to view a hint with the most important information.

The port hint includes port relevant information such as ID, name and number as well as port type and port qualities.
The port hint also provides information about the port status (both front and back for patch panels). The port status is also reflected by the port color.

Finally, the port hint provides the network path of the cable if connected.

Pathfinder uses a color code to visualize the port status.

The colors indicate the port status as follows:

1: Only the opposite side is connected.

2: The port is defective.

3: The port is idle.

4: The port is reserved for a connection.

5: Only the front port is connected.

6: Both the front and back ports are connected with an installation and patch cable respectively.

7: The Port is Disabled

Pathfinder follows the following standards for the default color codes of fiber cables:

Fiber No.	Color Code	SWI	DIN	ISO	IEC	TIA/EIA-598
1	RD	red	red	blue	blue	blue
2	GN	green	green	orange	yellow	orange
3	YE	yellow	blue	green	red	green
4	BL	blue	yellow	red	white	brown
5	WH	white	white	grey	green	grey
6	VI	violet	grey	yellow	violet	white
7	OR	orange	brown	brown	orange	red
8	BK	black	violet	violet	grey	black
9	GY	grey	turquoise	white	turquoise	yellow
10	BN	brown	black	black	black	violet
11	PK	pink	orange	pink	brown	pink
12	TQ	turquoise	pink	turquoise	pink	turquoise