Get hierarchical net name of one terminal on all instances of a particular cell

Hello,

I am using Cadence IC6.1.4.500.5.

I have been tasked with the following:


1. Find all instances of a cell called, for example, "switch."

2. On each instantiation of "switch," do the following:

      a. find the terminal in<1>, measure the voltage on the net connected to that terminal

      b. save the net name (the hierarchical net name, not the name on that particular schematic ) of the net that is connected to that terminal in (a) above.

   I have tried to figure this out using the documentation for days, but I just can't seem to get anywhere. The following is what I've tried:

1. Use the schHiFind() function (and related settings) to select the cell. Then get information about the terminals to hopefully get the net information. The problem with this is that I can't seem to extract the net name the way that the calculator does. This is what I do:
_hiFormApplyCB(schSchFindForm) ; assuming form is setup correctly, tell the form to press ok

schFindSelectObject()   ;select the object as well as find it  geEnterAddInstProbe(hiGetCurrentWindow() )     ;probe the cell

OBJECT=geGetAllProbe(hiGetCurrentWindow())~>pathObjectName         ;tell me the instance of the probed cell

OBJECT=car(OBJECT)

PATH=geGetAllProbe(hiGetCurrentWindow())~>pathList              ;tell me the path to the probed cell

PATH=car(PATH)

NETS=css()~>terminals~>net~>name;    give me the net name of the nets connected to the cell I select   

ONOFF=nth(2 NETS)

PROBES=nth(1 NETS)

VEX=strcat("/" PATH "/" OBJECT "/" ONOFF)

VEX2=strcat("/" PATH "/" OBJECT "/" PROBES)

VDC(VEX); get voltage of switch terminal

Unfortunately, this doesn't work because what appears in the calculator isn't always what I get above. For example, above I might get "/I0/I2/I26" for PATH and "I105" for OBJECT. For PROBES I might get something like net061. Then if I do VEX=strcat("/" PATH "/" OBJECT "/" ONOFF), I get "/I0/I2/I26/I105/net061". Then, If I do VDC(VEX), I get VDC("/I0/I2/I26/I105/net061"). The problem with this is that when I use the calculator and probe the specific net of this specific instance, I get VDC("/I0/I2/net061") because net061 appears at upper levels of hierarchy. So my VDC(VEX) expression doesn't work...

So what I am wondering is if there is a way to get the net name and path at the highest level of hierarchy that it appears. My thought is that if the calculator can do it, I should be able to find a way to do it...

Another issue I have is that I am using the probe function and schFind-related functions to do my work. This is not optimal. The only reason I am doing this is because it has gotten me the farthest. If I want to do the above routine without a schematic opened (i.e., as a procedure in an OCEAN script), I am guessing that I'll be out of luck. So is there a different way to do the above?  

Thanks,

John