Genesys 2007.08 - Release Notes

Genesys 2007.08 is now shipping. It is available for download to all customers with active support contracts and to holders of Demo Tokens.

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Genesys 2007.08 Release Notes

Supported Operating Systems

Genesys 2007.08 supports Windows XP (32 and 64), Windows Vista Business (32 and 64), Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. Genesys will run in 32 bit compatibility mode on a 64 bit platform.

Compatibility with previous Genesys versions

Workspaces saved in Genesys 2007.08 are not backward compatible with Genesys 2004.07 or prior versions.

Workspaces saved in Genesys2007.08 that have newer features will behave as follows when loaded from an earlier version with a new feature.

Installing HASP Keys with Microsoft Windows Vista

Warning: Do not insert the USB key until directed to do so.

Note: During the driver installation Genesys must be run as Administrator. To run as Administrator do one of these:

• Log in as Administrator.
• Browse to the directory where Genesys was installed (default is C:\Program Files\GENESYS2007.08\bin), right click GENESYS.exe and choose “Run As” Administrator.

To install the hardware key drivers:

• Run Genesys as Administrator. This will run Authorize and ask you for licensing options.
• For Product Options click Purchased Software and then click Next.
• For Licensing Options click Genesys Hardware Key and then click Next. The HASP driver will begin installing.
• At the The process must be run again prompt click OK.
• At the Do you want to try again? prompt insert the USB key and click Yes.
• Click Next for both the Product Options and Licensing Options.
• Follow the prompts to complete the authorization process.

Workspace Objects may disappear

There are still a few rare cases where you can mistakenly name two workspace objects with the same name. If you do so you may find that one of the objects will disappear when you reload the workspace. This can be edited manually in the XML workspace file (the .wsx file) by finding the

XName=”myname” UserName=”myname”

fields of the offending objects and changing “myname” to something not duplicated. Load the workspace in Wordpad, search for “myname” (with the quotes) to find the entry, then edit the two myname fields. Always copy the file before attempting to manually edit it.

Momentum GX

Genesys currently ships without a viewer and no data generation for farfield radiation and EM currents. We hope to add this functionality in the next release.

When drawing a layout and then subsequently launching a Momentum GX simulation, it is a best practice to review the Layout Properties Layers tab to ensure the correct substrate information is being used.

If you place a 1-port SGND part (such as a DC voltage source using the SGND symbol) then you must manually change the footprint to an appropriate 1-port footprint, such as “SIGNAL, COPLANAR, 50mil”.

Ports and footprint

If you want to place a port without an associated EM port you can change the footprint to @ and it will not place an EM port.

Behavioral Filters

Algebraic filters that were used in version 2004.07 are now the primary behavioral filter model. Synthesized circuit filters models are available by simply adding a '_C' to the algebraic models.

SPECTRASYS Simulation Measurements

If Calculate Noise has been disabled any measurements related to path noise will not appear in the path dataset. The user will then be given a warning if they are trying to examine noise measurements without calculating noise.

If Calculate Intermods has been disabled, any measurements related to path intermods will not appear in the path dataset.

Calculate Now and Model Caching

Simulations will calculate without model caching if you double-click the simulation and click the Calculate Now button in the dialog. Right-clicking and picking Calculate Now or using the Calculator button uses model caches if they exist. You can also turn off simulation caching in Tools Options for the same effect (this will slow down tuning and optimization).

VerilogA

The VerilogA models work with all simulators, except for the hisim model, which does not currently work with HARBEC.

Graphs

Annotation changes, such as text string changes are not currently undoable on schematics

Antenna Plots: zooming with mouse wheel issue - zooms about center of chart, should be centered around mouse cursor position

In some very rare cases graphs may not update correctly. Resizing a graph causes it to almost totally recalculate. Double-clicking a graph and clicking OK in the dialog causes it to totally recalculate.

In some cases a level diagram may initially show only part of itself. Zoom to page or zoom out to see the entire level diagram.

Equations

Note that many of the built-in functions in Genesys are in the Eagleware Functions Equation library. You can embed them and view them in your workspace using the Library Selector or the Add Item / From Library… command

Equations parse as an entire block. If you mix input and output lines in an equation block it may happen that the output lines do not calculate (because the data is not yet valid) and then the input variables will not exist. Always split your equation blocks into input blocks and output blocks.

You can not tune equations that are located locally in a design that is used as a subcircuit unless you disable Model Caching (not recommended). Any tunable variables can be put into global equation blocks and they will work fine.

Tune Windows

When first introducing a tune docking window, in some cases, although there are tunable variables in the schematic, the tune window does may not initialize.  Hit the refresh icon in the small tray of icons immediately above the tune window to remedy this.

Net 0

Starting with Genesys 2007.03 we assume that net 0 (if you have one) is ground. This improves compatibility with Spice import substantially. When you load an existing workspace with a net 0 that is not connected to a ground (GND) you will get a dialog asking if we should rename the net.

Notes

There may be some cases where notes do not realize they have been updated (if you just reformat, for example). Type a space / backspace (typing but doing nothing) to tell Genesys the notes have been updated.

Genesys License Server Issue

We believe that the Genesys license server may be incompatible with the ORCAD license server. Attempting to run both on a single computer could lead to failure in the Genesys license server startup.

HASP driver updates

If your older hasp driver is working fine, we have added a prompt to Authorize to
let you retain the older driver. If Genesys is running and you would like to update your HASP driver you must close Genesys and run Authorize directly to update the driver.

CrypKey has been removed

If you have a previous version of Genesys running on your computer you may want to remove CrypKey service. To remove Crypkey run Setupex /u from the bin directory of your old installation (for Genesys this is in the genesys\bin directory usually \Program Files\Genesys200*.*\Bin).

PLL and TLine

PLL and TLINE are not supported on 64 bit Windows or on Windows Vista (32 or 64). Until we can integrate them into Genesys, PLL and TLINE will not be supported on Win64 or Vista.

Help does not work on Vista.

When exiting in Windows Vista, these programs attempt to write files on exit.  Ignore and press OK.

Title Block Library

Text blocks that begin with an = are treated as equations.