Trigger cable and the Configurator

[Axel]

All,

Quick question to any that may have some thoughts to share.  I have the trigger cable installed between the two units and have clicked on the "Trig in" on the master in Configurator.  I inadvertently clicked on the AES on the slave unit and the graphic changed to show the line drawn between the two units.  
(see screen shot below)
This makes me wonder if the trigger is not talking to the slave unless an input is selected on the slave.  
I had assumed the trigger was sharing temperature and related information between the two units even when "trig in" is toggled on but a slave input not selected with the line drawn as per below.  Hope this makes sense.

Cheers,
WDW

If your first configuration showed no line between the trigger sockets, then no trigger cable is needed. 

If you aren't using any inputs on the Companion, you don't need to connect the trigger cable.

Here's my configuration as an example: 

Always was under the impression the trigger cable performed a "system's maintenance" function such as thermal management even if not using any ''slave' input".  So are you saying that if not using any of the slave inputs I do not need the trigger cable at all?  

WDW

Yes, that's correct. No inputs on my Slave are used, only one pair of outputs, so no link cable needed. If you look at my configuration, the link on the Slave is greyed out and unable to be switched on.