Whats wrong with including this file in the simulation files in the tests for Assembler?

I don't see that error (I'm assuming you've used stimulus file, given all the extra backslashes).

One thing you need to be careful of when editing the file when using stimulus file is that it may not detect the change in the file unless you edit it via the button on the simulation files form (mainly because the stimulus file is processed to allow special sequences to be mapped from schematic names to netlist names), and then copied into the netlist directory. You can check that by following the actual included file from the hyperlink in the spectre log file.

My suggestion is simple to remove all the extra backslashes and reference it as a "definition file" instead. That's simpler.

Andrew

Yes, I checked the hyperlink. The changes seem to be detected.

I will try the definition file instead and see if it works. Thanks!

It did not work with definition file either.

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parameters ac_vsig=1

tran tran stop=14u errpreset=conservative maxiters=5 skipdc=no write="spectre.ic" writefinal="spectre.fc" \
method=euler annotate=status oppoint=logfile \
infotime_pair=no infotimes=[10.3543255u] infonames=[dcInfo] \
actime_pair=no actimes=[10.3543255u] acnames=[stb_sec]

dcInfo info what=oppoint where=rawfile
stb_sec stb start=1k stop=100M dec=100 probe=ux1.ux2.ux3.vstb localgnd=gnda

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It works for me (I had to change the path to the probe, but that was it). No errors. 

What exactly does the spectre log file show? I get that sort of error if I omit the backslash (continuation character) at the end of one of the lines:

    ERROR (SFE-874): "/export/home/andrewb/demos/OCEAN/forum2.scs" 6: Cannot run the simulation because syntax error `Unexpected equals "="' was encountered at line 6, column 11. Correct the syntax error and rerun the simulation.

Which spectre version are you using? Your message appears slightly different to mine.

Andrew

Error found by spectre during circuit read-in.
ERROR (SFE-874): "/path_to_test_bench/namedStimuli/file.scs" 7: 14: Unexpected equals "=". Cannot run the simulation because of syntax error. Correct the error and rerun the simulation.

The spectre version is,

getVersion(t)
"sub-version IC6.1.8-64b.500.9 "

That's the IC version, not the spectre version. The spectre version will appear at the top of the spectre log file.

It would help to know what exactly is at line 7 of the file and character 14 (and also what is on line 6).

Andrew

Sorry for the delay. Been a bit busy. Will get back to you on this by end of day.

Thanks!

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parameters ac_vsig=1

tran tran stop=14u errpreset=conservative maxiters=5 skipdc=no write="spectre.ic" writefinal="spectre.fc" \
method=euler annotate=status oppoint=logfile \
infotime_pair=no infotimes=[10.3543255u] infonames=[dcInfo] \

//actime_pair = no actimes = [10.3543255u] acnames=[noise1]
actime_pair=no actimes=[10.3543255u] acnames=[stb_sec]

dcInfo info what=oppoint where=rawfile
stb_sec stb start=1k stop=100M dec=100 probe=ux1.ux2.ux3.vstb localgnd=gnda

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The above does not work. If you remove "//actime_pair = no actimes = [10.3543255u] acnames=[noise1]" ie the commented line, it works fine.

Not surprising - commented lines get removed and hence are like a blank line with no continuation character - so the subsequent line isn't seen as a continuation of the previous (non-commented) line (the line starting with infotime_pair).

Andrew

Not surprising - commented lines get removed and hence are like a blank line with no continuation character - so the subsequent line isn't seen as a continuation of the previous (non-commented) line (the line starting with infotime_pair).

Andrew