Optotriac in older spice format

I may have answered my own question already - I am trying to replace that line with the following voltage sourece -

*B2 ctrl1 4 V=IF(V(ctrl10,4)>1.45 & abs(V(34)) < 12, 2, 0)
Etest ctrl1 4 Value={IF(V(ctrl10,4) > 1.45 & abs(V(34)) < 12, 2, 0)}

I will let you know if it works.

Matt,

I was going to post some information about the B sources, but you found part of the answer. B sources are generic and can be voltage or current controlled sources. So, the first line you showed corrected should work. This is a voltage controlled voltage source. However, another B source line will need to begin with a F:

B1 ctrl10 4 I=-500*I(D1)*3m/Itrig

becomes

FB1 ctrl10 4 Value={-500*I(D1)*3m/ltrig}

Also, the final B source is converted to a G source:

B3 34 0 I=-V(3,4)/1000

becomes

GB3 34 0 Value={-V(3,4)/1000}

These changes should make the older model PSpice compatible (which is what TINA-TI requires).

Thanks Britt. There is also the H source for CCCS, for completion.

I'm having difficulty with the E source, and am getting the error from TINA-TI "Current variable number out of range."

I made sure to upgrade to the latest TINA version. There was another thread with a similar error message about node number being out of range which recommended an updated TINA version.

Thanks,
m

Here's the full netlist again...

* MOC3081 I_trig=15mA
* D+ D- MT2 MT1
*
.subckt moc3081 1 2 3 4
.PARAM Itrig=15m
.PARAM RH1=20k
.PARAM RH2=20k
.PARAM RH3=16.7k
Q1 vb1p vb1 4 0 NPN1
Q2 vb1 vb1p vd1 0 PNP1
R3 vb1 4 {RH2}
D1 1 2 DL
R1 ctrl10 4 1
C1 ctrl10 4 10µ
R2 ctrl1 vb1 {RH1}
R4 vd1 vb1p {RH3}
B1 ctrl10 4 I=-500*I(D1)*3m/Itrig
R7 vb2p 4 {RH3}
R6 vd2 vb2 {RH2}
Q3 vb2p vb2 vd2 0 NPN1
Q4 vb2 vb2p 4 0 PNP1
D3 vd2 3 D1
D2 3 vd1 D1
R5 N001 vb2 {RH1}
E1 vd2 N001 ctrl1 4 -1
R34 3 4 100MEG
R12 ctrl1 4 1
* B2 ctrl1 4 V=IF(V(ctrl10,4)>1.45 & abs(V(34)) < 12, 2, 0)
E2 ctrl1 4 Value={IF(V(ctrl10,4) > 1.45 & abs(V(34)) < 12, 2, 0)}
C2 ctrl1 4 1µ
B3 34 0 I=-V(3,4)/1000
R13 34 0 1k
C3 34 0 .1µ
.MODEL PNP1 PNP(Is=1e-15 BF=10 Cjc=10p Cje=20p Tf=0.1u Ise=1e-12)
.MODEL NPN1 NPN(Is=1e-15 BF=10 Cjc=10p Cje=20p Tf=0.1u Ise=1e-12)
.MODEL D1 D(Is=0.1u Rs=2 Cj0=50p)
.MODEL DL D(Is=1e-20 Rs=5)
.ends moc_3081

Matt,

Try this one. I have attached a .lib file that I think will work (it should import). The F source translation is not an ABM like one. I forgot that about the F and H sources...

I think that the u (micro) symbol was giving TINA-TI a little bit of an issue (C3, C2, etc.). Hopefully, I have found all of the issues.

moc3081.lib

That worked brilliantly.  Many thanks.

That error message was esoteric.  Good catch with that micro symbol.  I hadn't even noticed!