Using pPar("") in AMS simulation

Hi,

I currently have a problem trying to pass instance parameters to a spectre model by using pPar("[parameter_name]") when I run AMS simulations.  My virtuoso version is virtuoso 6.1.6

Here are the 2 following scenarios:

1) If I set  the parameter_name = some number in my ADE-L state and run the simulation, the instance parameter with "parameter_name" is set to 0.

2) If I set the parameter_name = some number directly on the instance schematic in the Virtuoso schematic editor, the instance parameter is set correctly in the netlist.

This is a problem I only encounter while running AMS simulations.  I do not have the same problem when running a pure spectre simulation.

Please let me know what I can do to resolve this problem (is there a simple work around for using pPar with AMS).