Adds a port to a compound/script element (Note that this command does not apply for primitive elements). This topic addresses the addport command in INTERCONNECT - for information about the FDTD command, see addport (FDTD) .
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Syntax |
Description |
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addport("element", "port", "type", "data", "position", "location"); |
Adds a new port to the element with the specified properties. Returns the name of the port that is created. |
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Property |
Default value |
Type |
Description |
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element |
required |
string |
Name of the element to add a port to. |
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port |
required |
string |
Name of the port to add. The named will be modified if there is already a port of the same name. |
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type |
required |
string |
The type of port to add. The options are: Bidirectional, Input, Output, Analyzer Input |
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data |
required |
string |
The type of data for the port. The options are: Variant, Optical Signal, Electrical Signal, Digital Signal |
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position |
optional |
string |
Position of the port. The options are: Top, Bottom, Left, Right |
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location |
optional |
number |
location of the port, within the range [0, 1]. |
Example
Open this example file compound_element.icp from Compound Elements and input the following script
disconnect("Optical Network Analyzer","input 1","Compound Element","port 2");
disconnect("Optical Network Analyzer","output","Compound Element","port 1");
removeport("Compound Element","port 1"); #delete the port
addport("Compound Element","port 1","input","optical Signal"); #add port
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