PSpice for TI halts with Libraries Error - Possible Automatic Update Issue

Robert,

Thank you for your post and your interest in Pspice for TI.

We are sorry to hear about the problems you have faced with the tool.

Please try rebuilding the library by using Help/Reinstall Models and Libraries:

After that, please restart the tool, do not accept any offered updates for now, and try running your simulation. 

Please let us know if that fixes the problem. Thank you for your patience.

Regards,
John

Hi John,

Thanks for prompt reply. However, on my installation under "Help" you do not get the "Reinstall TI Models and Libraries" option, see below 

Regards

Robert

Hi John,

Doesn't look like the screen shot stayed after posting so here goes again :-

Thanks Robert. 

I forgot I am working with a beta version. Sorry about that.

The minimum system requirements specified by the Pspice for TI vendor are shown below.
Does it align with the machine you are using?

Regards,
John

Hi John,

No problem - these things are sent to try us.

As for the platform, it is a fairly high end Dell tower running 64 bit Windows 10 Pro  so I think it should be OK. Here is a screenshot of the system resources reported by PSpice Help.

Regards

Robert

Hi John,

Some supplementary information which may be useful.

1) It seems that I can repeatedly re-run PSpice so long as I don't turn off the PC but maybe that's just because the power cycle causes it to automatically update.

2) Below is a screen shot of the console after this problem has occurred.

--------------- INFO(ORPROBE-3209): Simulation Profile: SCHEMATIC1-Pos12V_to_Neg15V_ver1 ---------------
INFO(ORPROBE-3183): Simulation running...
** Profile: "SCHEMATIC1-Pos12V_to_Neg15V_ver1" [ f:\usl\pm40_v2\-6.4v psu\lm43601\pspice sims\lm43601 +12v to -15v @ 339ma load-psp
Reading and checking circuit
WARNING(ORPSIM-15246): Library index file nom_pspti.ind does not have the correct format
INFO(ORPSIM-15422): Making new index file nom_pspti.ind for library file nom_pspti.lib.
Making index file for library D:\Cadence\SPB_Data\cdssetup\pspTILibDir\nom_pspti.lib
Please be patient. This may take several minutes...
ERROR(ORPSIM-15115): Illegal self-referencing or duplicate library file D:\Cadence\SPB_Data\cdssetup\pspTILibDir\TPS1H100B-Q1_TRANS.LIB.
ERROR(ORPSIM-15107): Unable to make index for library file D:\Cadence\SPB_Data\cdssetup\pspTILibDir\nom_pspti.lib.
ERROR(ORPSIM-15460): Subcircuit LM43601_TRANS is undefined
Circuit has errors ... run aborted
See output file for details
INFO(ORPROBE-3188): Simulation aborted

Regards

Robert

Robert ,

Thanks for the add'l info.

We have discovered some issues, one of which is mentioned in your message, the TPS1H100B-Q1_TRANS.LIB.

We are investigating it now, and will have an update shortly.

Regards,
John

Robert,

Would you mind taking a look at the file C:\SPB_Data\cdssetup\pspTILibDir\LibraryUpdate.log? Does it contain any lines saying error?

Thanks,
JC

Hi JC,

At this moment, after my third re-installation today, PSpice is working OK so the contents of the .log file may not be much help. However, here it is :-

[2020_July_19_22_51_53] [SUCCESS] - Library Update Started.
[2020_July_19_22_51_53] [SUCCESS] - Library Update Success: Transaction Begin
[2020_July_19_22_51_53] [SUCCESS] - Library Update Success: Created Schema Successfully.
[2020_July_19_22_51_54] [SUCCESS] - metadata.json Normalize Success
[2020_July_19_22_51_55] [SUCCESS] - Import Metadata SQL Success
[2020_July_19_22_57_55] [SUCCESS] - Processed Olb Count:4062
[2020_July_19_23_10_04] [SUCCESS] - Processed Library Count=4062
[2020_July_19_23_21_36] [SUCCESS] - Library to JSON Success
[2020_July_19_23_22_22] [SUCCESS] - Library Update Success: Uploaded All Components to DB Successfully.
[2020_July_19_23_22_30] [SUCCESS] - Library Update Success: Transanction Committed.
[2020_July_19_23_22_31] [SUCCESS] - Library Update Success: Closing DB Successfully.
[2020_July_19_23_22_32] [SUCCESS] - Library Updated Successfully.

As soon as PSpice stops working, which will probably be be quite soon, I will re-check the log file and post it.

Regards

Robert Phillips

Hi John,

Just to let you know that some time yesterday,bafter my second or third re-install of PSpice of the day, the libraries issue seems to have gone away, at least for the time being. I'll leave the case open for a bit longer in case it comes back but I guess it is possible that someone your end has fixed it.

Regards

Robert

Thank you for the heads-up Robert.

I am glad the problem has been corrected. 

Just so you know, your findings pointed us to some errors in the library. 
My colleague JC has been working to fix those, and we are both hoping this will be the end of the problems.

Please keep us posted of anything that doesn't seem right.

Thank you for your patience and support in this.

Regards,
John