Connector Summary Report does not work like I expect. Am I using it correctly?

Connector Summary Report does not work like I expect. Am I using it correctly?

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Connector Summary Report does not work like I expect. Am I using it correctly?

phillipVEYPH
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The connector summary report was not working like I expected it to. So I made a simple schematic to see where things are different than I expect. 

I made two connectors, each 4-pins, and called them P101 and P102. The To/From report looks like I expect, so that checks out. But then the Connector Summary report shows for each that Max=0, Used=1, and PINSUSED=1.

I don't know if that is working correctly and my expectations are wrong. Or if that report is not doing what it should. 

The following image shows the schematic, To/From report, Connector Summary report, and Connector Detail report. 

autocad-connector-summary.png

 

Also, even with this simple drawing when I run the Electrical Audit I get two issues: "Child component without parent" for P101 and P102. I'd like to understand why I get that error and how to fix it. (I've tried to create a parent component and associate it with the connectors, but have not been successful at removing that error.)

 

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I didn't include what I expected to see. My expectation is that the Connector Summary would show:

Connector, MAX, USED, PINSUSED, REPEATS

P101, ??, 4, 1,2,3,4

P102, ??, 4, 1,2,3,4

I don't know what should be in MAX, but I thought it would tell me that 4 pins are used, and would enumerate which pins. 

I welcome advice and feedback.  

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rhesusminus
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Oh, so you're expecting AutoCAD Elecrtical to be compatible with itself?

Noooo.... This works for the manual connector symbols. Not for the "dynamic" connectors:

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phillipVEYPH
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This is disheartening.