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How do I make my Library Manager auto-refresh after a workarea update?

LongTimeNovice

Hello.

 I apologize if this isn't the correct forum for my question.

 I'm using Cadence 6.1.5 with Library Manager version 2.6

 Up until very recently, my library manager would automatically refresh after doing a workarea update (I'm using the SOS version tool).

 Now it doesn't automatically refresh.  I have to go the View menu and click Refresh after each workarea update.  My coworkers don't have this problem.  I do enjoy adjusting settings in my .cdsenv file, but I don't know what I would have done to cause this.

 What controls the auto-refresh function?  I assume there's a checkbox someplace to turn this function on and off.

 Thank you for any advice you can provide!

 Steve.

 

 

  • Andrew Beckett

    Steve,

    I had a quick dig around and I can't see any way to stop the auto refresh (I assume you're talking about the auto-refresh spotting new libraries which have been added to the cds.lib and it does a "DB auto refresh" message in the library manager?). Note that this auto-refresh doesn't necessarily mean that virtuoso itself can see everything...

    So I'm not sure what your problem is (I looked in the code too). You are probably best logging a service request to investigate this further.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • LongTimeNovice

     Thank you, Andrew!

    After the SOS update,  the Library Manager says "Refreshing data from disk..." and then that's where it stops.  Like it's expecting to do it and just can't.  When I do a View/Refresh, Library Manger says

    "\a cdsLibManager->viewRefreshButton->value = t
    \o MPS request: refresh library list"

     and it refreshes properly.

     I don't see "DB auto refresh" anywhere.  The refresh I'm talking about actually refreshes my cellviews if they were updated during the SOS workarea update. So if I've got a schematic open, and that schematic has changed since I opened it, it will refresh when I hit the OK button on the "Refresh Data From Disk" GUI that automatically pops up after my update.  But now that GUI is no longer automatically coming up after my updates.

     I'm going to temporarily run Cadence with a default .cdsenv file and .cdsinit file to make sure it's nothing in my settings causing the problem.  If that doesn't work, I'll submit the problem to my CAD team.  If they can't figure it out, they'll submit a service request to Cadence.

     Thank you so much for looking into this.  I really appreciate the time you spent on it.  If I end up with a solution from CAD or Cadence, I'll post it here.

     Have a great day!

     Steve.

  • Andrew Beckett

    Steve,

    That is functionality that is part of ClioSoft's SOS interface - the fact that it triggers a refresh (equivalent to View->Refresh) after an update. Unfortunately I just found that my local SOS licenses have expired when I was about to test this, but the best thing to do would be to contact ClioSoft's customer support about this, since it's their tool.

    Best Regards,

    Andrew.

  • LongTimeNovice

     Hey, Andrew, that makes so much sense.  Thank you!  I will turn my attention to the ClioSoft software.

     Thank you again and have a great day!

    Steve.

     

  • LongTimeNovice

    So I looked around for any local setup files related to ClioSoft SOS.  I couldn't find any.

    So, throwing caution to the wind, I deleted all the contents of my /tmp directory (I don't know if that was necessary) and logged-out of Linux. When I logged back into Linux and started Cadence, everything worked as normal.

     My problem is resolved.

     Thank you, Andrew!

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