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**IMPORTANT!
PLEASE READ**
V5.1.1
has added and updated a number of parts. The following instructions
will show you how to add these parts to your database. Please
note that this is a cumulative patch and includes 'new' parts
from previous versions.
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Please
download and apply the update
patch to update your version to v5.0.10 before proceeding.
The patch will also place a database patch file named "markers_probes.pat"
into the B2 Spice v5 directory. This is the patch file that
will be applied to the database.
- once
the program is updated, run the Database Editor by going to
Windows' START menu->Program->B2 Spice A_D v5->B2
Spice Database Editor.
- In
the Database Editor, go to the Special->Apply Patch
to Database... menu
- This
will open up a standard OPEN dialog. Navigate to your B2 Spice
v5 directory, which by default is C:\Program Files\B2 Spice
A_D v5 and open the file named "markers_probes.pat".
If you cannot locate it, it can be downloaded by right clicking
the following link and doing a "save as...": Database
Patch File
- The
Database Editor will begin applying the patch to the database.
You will be alerted with the following dialog:
This just means that the symbol already exists in the database.
In this case, it will be OK to overwrite these symbols. Click
on the YES TO ALL button to proceed.
- Momentarily,
the program will alert you that "Merge Conflicts written
to file named mergeConflicts.txt in the current working directory."
This is just a log file of the changes made and can be ignored.
Click OK to finish.
At
this point, the database has been patched and the probes have
been added. Run B2 Spice v5 and go to the Probes dropdown box
and select any probe. A probe in the shape of a red triangle
should appear. If so, the patch was successful. You can find
more information about the use of the probes and markers in
the Release Notes as well as the document "circuit probing.pdf",
both found in the B2 Spice v5 directory.
If
you are not confident about this process, you can just download
the new database and replace your existing database by downloading
the following zip file and extracting the database to the B2
Spice v5 directory, overwritting the existing one. V5
Database.zip (32 Mb)
Please
contact us if you
have any questions or problems.
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