Trying to model structured cabling patch panel with different types of modules

[dionrowney]

I am trying to model a patch panel from CableExpress. The chassis allow 16 modules in a 4x4 grid. We have defined different modules in netbox that populate the front ports and rear ports according to which module is used. some modules have 12 front ports and 2 rear ports and some are pass through MPO with 8 ports on front and 8 on the back.

The module does not seem to take into account modules or dynamic display that doesnt fit into a rigid grid. If modules were to be used it would have to render out DIVs for the modules using a template for the modules and then another grid for each possible grid within that module.

I am not sure if this is possible with the current plugin or maybe I am missing something.

Sorry to ask this in an issue.

Attached is an example of the panel in question:

In this example position 5 is 8 MPO ports in this orienation

x x x x
x x x x

while the others are 12 LC ports like this

x x x x x x
x x x x x x

At any time somoone could come in and change a 12 port LC module to be a 6 port LC module etc.

Any thoughts?

thanks