diff --git a/sources/TerminalStrip/realterminal.cpp b/sources/TerminalStrip/realterminal.cpp
index 4ad4bcd..c7f4827 100644
--- a/sources/TerminalStrip/realterminal.cpp
+++ b/sources/TerminalStrip/realterminal.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,50 @@
 #include "physicalterminal.h"
 #include "terminalcolor.h"
 #include "../qetgraphicsitem/conductor.h"
+#include "../qetgraphicsitem/terminal.h"
+#include "../diagram.h"
+#include "../cable/cable.h"
+#include "../cable/cablemanager.h"
+
+namespace
+{
+		/**
+		 * The cable cores wired to one terminal element, worked out from
+		 * the cables of the project (PR #1438). A core knows its
+		 * conductor, and CableManager::refreshLabels() writes the cable
+		 * and the core into the properties of that conductor, so reading
+		 * the conductors of the element is enough.
+		 * Each pair is (cable designation, core colour or number).
+		 */
+	QList<QPair<QString, QString>> wiredCores(Element *element)
+	{
+		QList<QPair<QString, QString>> cores;
+		if (!element || !element->diagram()) {
+			return cores;
+		}
+		const auto project = element->diagram()->project();
+		for (const auto terminal : element->terminals())
+		{
+			for (const auto conductor : terminal->conductors())
+			{
+				const auto properties = conductor->ownProperties();
+				const auto cable = CableManager::cableByUuid(project, properties.m_cable_uuid);
+				if (!cable || cable->designation().isEmpty()) {
+					continue;
+				}
+				auto wire = cable->colorOfCore(properties.m_cable_slot);
+				if (wire.isEmpty() && properties.m_cable_slot >= 0) {
+					wire = QString::number(properties.m_cable_slot + 1);
+				}
+				const QPair<QString, QString> core(cable->designation(), wire);
+				if (!cores.contains(core)) {
+					cores.append(core);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return cores;
+	}
+}
 
 /**
  * @brief RealTerminal
@@ -161,18 +205,52 @@ QString RealTerminal::Xref() const
  * @return The name of the cable (hose) connected to this terminal.
  * The value is stored in the informations of the element.
  */
-QString RealTerminal::cable() const {
+QString RealTerminal::cable() const
+{
+	const auto cores = wiredCores(m_element.data());
+	if (!cores.isEmpty())
+	{
+		QStringList cables;
+		for (const auto &core : cores) {
+			if (!cables.contains(core.first)) {
+				cables.append(core.first);
+			}
+		}
+		return cables.join(QStringLiteral(", "));
+	}
+
 	if (m_element) {
 		return m_element->elementData().m_informations.value(cableInfoKey()).toString();
 	}
 	return QString();
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief RealTerminal::cableIsAutomatic
+ * @return true when the cable and the core of this terminal come from
+ * a cable of the project wired to it, false when they are the values
+ * typed in by the user in the terminal strip editor.
+ */
+bool RealTerminal::cableIsAutomatic() const {
+	return !wiredCores(m_element.data()).isEmpty();
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief RealTerminal::cableWire
  * @return The color / number of the wire of the cable, connected to this terminal.
  */
-QString RealTerminal::cableWire() const {
+QString RealTerminal::cableWire() const
+{
+	const auto cores = wiredCores(m_element.data());
+	if (!cores.isEmpty())
+	{
+		QStringList wires;
+		for (const auto &core : cores) {
+			wires.append(core.second);
+		}
+		return wires.join(QStringLiteral(", "));
+	}
+
 	if (m_element) {
 		return m_element->elementData().m_informations.value(cableWireInfoKey()).toString();
 	}
diff --git a/sources/TerminalStrip/realterminal.h b/sources/TerminalStrip/realterminal.h
index b149694..0668f49 100644
--- a/sources/TerminalStrip/realterminal.h
+++ b/sources/TerminalStrip/realterminal.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class RealTerminal
 		QString Xref() const;
 		QString cable() const;
 		QString cableWire() const;
+		bool cableIsAutomatic() const;
 		bool isShield() const;
 		QColor color() const;
 		QColor stripeColor() const;
diff --git a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/modelTerminalData.h b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/modelTerminalData.h
index 97ad958..b289c36 100644
--- a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/modelTerminalData.h
+++ b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/modelTerminalData.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct modelRealTerminalData
 				mrtd.Xref_ = real_t->Xref();
 				mrtd.cable_ = real_t->cable();
 				mrtd.cable_wire = real_t->cableWire();
+				mrtd.cable_auto_ = real_t->cableIsAutomatic();
 				mrtd.conductor_ = real_t->conductor();
 				mrtd.led_ = real_t->isLed();
 				mrtd.shield_ = real_t->isShield();
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ struct modelRealTerminalData
 		QString Xref_;
 		QString cable_;
 		QString cable_wire;
+		bool cable_auto_ = false;	//True when cable_ and cable_wire come from the cables of the project
 		QString conductor_;
 		bool led_ = false;
 		bool shield_ = false;
diff --git a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditor.cpp b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditor.cpp
index ceafd9c..46f67b3 100644
--- a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditor.cpp
+++ b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditor.cpp
@@ -215,8 +215,13 @@ void TerminalStripEditor::apply()
 							current_data.m_informations.addValue(key, value);
 						}
 					};
-					set_info(RealTerminal::cableInfoKey(), data_.cable_);
-					set_info(RealTerminal::cableWireInfoKey(), data_.cable_wire);
+						//A cable worked out from the cables of the project is
+						//never written in the element: it would stay there,
+						//out of date, once the cable is renamed or removed
+					if (!data_.cable_auto_) {
+						set_info(RealTerminal::cableInfoKey(), data_.cable_);
+						set_info(RealTerminal::cableWireInfoKey(), data_.cable_wire);
+					}
 					set_info(RealTerminal::shieldInfoKey(), data_.shield_ ? QStringLiteral("true") : QString());
 					//The color and the section are stored with the dot as decimal separator, whatever the locale
 					set_info(RealTerminal::colorInfoKey(), TerminalColor::toSpec(data_.color_, data_.stripe_color_));
diff --git a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripmodel.cpp b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripmodel.cpp
index 0296472..c92aebc 100644
--- a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripmodel.cpp
+++ b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripmodel.cpp
@@ -430,8 +430,12 @@ Qt::ItemFlags TerminalStripModel::flags(const QModelIndex &index) const
 	Qt::ItemFlags flags = Qt::ItemIsEnabled | Qt::ItemIsSelectable;
 
 	auto c = index.column();
+		//The cable cells are only edited by hand when no cable
+		//of the project is wired to the terminal
+	if ((c == CABLE_CELL || c == CABLE_WIRE_CELL)
+		&& !dataAtRow(index.row()).cable_auto_)
+		flags = flags | Qt::ItemIsEditable;
 	if (c == LABEL_CELL || c == TYPE_CELL || c == FUNCTION_CELL
-		|| c == CABLE_CELL || c == CABLE_WIRE_CELL
 		|| c == COLOR_CELL || c == SECTION_CELL || c == WIDTH_CELL)
 		flags = flags | Qt::ItemIsEditable;
 	if (c == LED_CELL || c == SHIELD_CELL) {