A computing device adapted to configure a telecommunications system that includes hardware components, wherein the hardware components include one or more remote units (112, 114, 124, 126, 128, 130) communicatively coupled to a central access node (108, 110) with communication cables or optical fibers, the computing device comprising: a processor device; a non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a signal distribution engine is stored, wherein the signal distribution engine comprises computer-executable instructions, wherein the processor device is configured to: generate a signal distribution graphical user interface that includes representations of signal sets transported by the telecommunications system, representations of the hardware components of the telecommunications system, and associations between the signal sets and the hardware components of the telecommunications system; output the signal distribution graphical user interface for display on a display device communicatively coupled to the computing device; and wherein the processor device is further configured to: in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select a specified signal set, highlight the representations of the hardware components of the telecommunications system with which the specified signal set is currently associated; and/or in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select a specified hardware component of the telecommunications system, highlight the representations of signal sets with which the specified hardware component of the telecommunications system is currently associated. a processor device; a non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a signal distribution engine is stored, wherein the signal distribution engine comprises computer-executable instructions, wherein the processor device is configured to: generate a signal distribution graphical user interface that includes representations of signal sets transported by the telecommunications system, representations of the hardware components of the telecommunications system, and associations between the signal sets and the hardware components of the telecommunications system; output the signal distribution graphical user interface for display on a display device communicatively coupled to the computing device; and wherein the processor device is further configured to: in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select a specified signal set, highlight the representations of the hardware components of the telecommunications system with which the specified signal set is currently associated; and/or in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select a specified hardware component of the telecommunications system, highlight the representations of signal sets with which the specified hardware component of the telecommunications system is currently associated. generate a signal distribution graphical user interface that includes representations of signal sets transported by the telecommunications system, representations of the hardware components of the telecommunications system, and associations between the signal sets and the hardware components of the telecommunications system; output the signal distribution graphical user interface for display on a display device communicatively coupled to the computing device; and wherein the processor device is further configured to: in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select a specified signal set, highlight the representations of the hardware components of the telecommunications system with which the specified signal set is currently associated; and/or in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select a specified hardware component of the telecommunications system, highlight the representations of signal sets with which the specified hardware component of the telecommunications system is currently associated. in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select a specified signal set, highlight the representations of the hardware components of the telecommunications system with which the specified signal set is currently associated; and/or in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select a specified hardware component of the telecommunications system, highlight the representations of signal sets with which the specified hardware component of the telecommunications system is currently associated.