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Netlist importing problem in Orcad PCB editor 16.3

Prasanna

Hi,

I am using Orcad PCB Editor 16.3 

Its giving error while importing the netlist created by capture. This is not my first time  importing the netlst to PCB editor. But this time its giving the error even though all the libraries and the paths for that has been defined. I have taken care that there is no illegal character in PCb footprint parameter and all footprints are created using the same Orcad PCB editor 16.3 only. It says like this :


#1   ERROR(SPMHNI-176): Device library error detected.

ERROR(SPMHNI-189): Problems with the name of device 'CRYSTAL_ECLIPTEK-EC2SM_14.7456MH': 'Name is too long.'.

ERROR(SPMHNI-170): Device 'CRYSTAL_ECLIPTEK-EC2SM_14.7456M' has library errors. Unable to transfer to Allegro.

#2   ERROR(SPMHNI-176): Device library error detected.

ERROR(SPMHNI-189): Problems with the name of device 'HEADER 4_0_SULLENS_PPTC091LFBN_9': 'Name is too long.'.

ERROR(SPMHNI-170): Device 'HEADER 4_0_SULLENS_PPTC091LFBN_' has library errors. Unable to transfer to Allegro. 

 

 Hope you all got my point and plz get me some idea....

Thanks,

Prasanna 

 

  • KEN13

    Prasanna,

         Hello, First I would remove the "." and "-" from the names as PCB Editor does not like them, along with many other special characters.  I have had the same issues and had to shorten the footprint names.  Sometimes the path to the library is long and if the name is also long you will get an error.  For a check shorten the name to say....PCB designatior(Y) and the part series...Y_EC2SM.  

    Good luck,

    Ken

  • steve

    Under setup - design parameters Design Tab there is a long name size. The default is 31. I would set this to 255 (Max). Then try and import your netlist again.....

  • Prasanna

    thanks Ken and Steve !!

     Surprisingly netlist importing worked without any changes in setup parameters. What I did is just created new schematic project and pasted my project in to the new project. then i have created a netlist and that netlist came in to Orcad PCB Editor without any error.... :) LOL. This sounds really crazy, but it happened with me.... :)

    I still dont know what was the real problem... anyway thanks for helping guys!! i will use your tips next time. :)

     

    Thanks,

    Prasanna

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