At 14:27 29.01.02 +0000, you wrote: > >>, synchronizer > > > >What is the problem with the synchronizer - I have not found anything I > >think is broken with it? > > >It fails sometimes - well sort of anyway. > >On our relatively complex designs, update PCB sometimes misses out changes, >we have a rule that >it should be run 3 or more times to ensure all of the changes go across. > >Can't give any specific examples - its not me that drives it, but I've seen >it happen.
If you change a component in schematic to a component with more pins, then the syncronizer fails in the first pass. It creates a marco for changing the footprint, then it tries to creat macros to connect nets to the additional pins (add node to net), but those pins are not existent on the pcb, because the footprint has not changed yet. So it fails to connect the nets to this new nodes. I can't remember exactly, may it just claims not to be able to connect the node, but it does it, because the footprint is already changed when it executes the "add node" macros. I hope I have expressed myself clearly, if not, well... my english is just not better than this. Edi Im Hof >Jason. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + IH electronic + Phone: ++41 52 320 90 00 + + Edi Im Hof + Fax: ++41 52 320 90 04 + + Doernlerstrasse 1, Sulz + URL: http://www.ihe.ch + + CH-8544 Rickenbach-Attikon + E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + + Switzerland + + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
