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 PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template 

Last post Sun, Apr 15 2012 9:46 PM by martychi. 19 replies.
Started by surferben182 02 Apr 2011 03:19 PM. Topic has 19 replies.
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  • Sat, Apr 2 2011 3:19 PM

    • surferben182
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    PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply
    Hi,

    I am working on a school project involving a power switch and I am using PNP and NPN transistors in my pspice model. When I go to simulate the project, I am getting green circles above the two BJTs and the following error message in the System Log:

    WARNING [NET0093]   No PSpiceTemplate for Q1, ignoring
    WARNING [NET0093]   No PSpiceTemplate for Q2, ignoring

    Both devices are taken from the pspice library, which was what most other forum posts suggested. I tried creating a new project file and building the schematic from scratch to see if that would fix the issue, but it didn't.

    Any help on how to get this working would be great.

    Thank you,
    Ben
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  • Mon, Apr 4 2011 10:07 AM

    • Abha
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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply

    Hi,

    This could happen if your pspice.ini is not configured correctly. You should check the registry value for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cadence Design Systems\Interchange\ProductConfiguration\Shared\PSpiceConfigFile

    Its value should be path to a valid PSpice.ini file. This file usually lies at \tools\PSpice\PSpice.ini Please check this and let me know if this does not fix the problem. Also please mention which PSpice version you are using.

    .. Abha
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  • Sun, Apr 8 2012 7:41 PM

    • martychi
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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply

    Hi,

    This could happen if your pspice.ini is not configured correctly. You should check the registry value for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cadence Design Systems\Interchange\ProductConfiguration\Shared\PSpiceConfigFile

    Its value should be path to a valid PSpice.ini file. This file usually lies at \tools\PSpice\PSpice.ini Please check this and let me know if this does not fix the problem. Also please mention which PSpice version you are using.

    .. Abha

    ok, same problem here...but my registry has no entry whatsoever for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cadence Design Systems\Interchange\ProductConfiguration\Shared\PSpiceConfigFile...

    should I create that entry?

    if so, tell me EXACTLY what to type...my system is WINDOWS VISTA 64 with ample memory...

    thanks,

    martychi

    ok, I found some advancement, but now stuck on this:

    after running a sim (using PSICE parts in schematic, this comes up...
    WARNING(ORPSIM-15188): There are no devices in this circuit...
    but I do have devices in circuit...all from the pspice library...what is wrong?

     
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  • Sun, Apr 8 2012 9:28 PM

    • Abha
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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply

    Hi Martychi,

    You should not need the registry entry if you are using a recent PSpice version like SPB 16.3 or SPB 16.5

    In previous versions, the installer used to create this entry.

    If you want to create the entry manually, create the following keys:

    Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cadence Design Systems - Create key "Interchange"

    Under Interchange - Create "<release name>" e.g. create key 16.3.0 for 16.3, 16.5.0 for 16.5, 15.7.0 for 15.7 etc.

    Under <release>, create "ProductConfiguration"

    Under ProductConfiguration, create "Shared"

    Under Shared, create String Value with Name = "PSpiceConfigFile" and Value = "<path to ini file>"

    e.g. path may be D:\cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\pspice\pspice.ini

     

    Please let me know if it helps.

    Regards,

    Abha
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  • Mon, Apr 9 2012 6:31 AM

    • martychi
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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply

     ok, I found some advancement (I no longer need help with the registry issue), but now stuck on this:

    after running a sim (using PSICE parts in schematic, this comes up...


    WARNING(ORPSIM-15188): There are no devices in this circuit...


    but I do have devices in circuit...all from the pspice library...what is wrong?

    marty

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  • Tue, Apr 10 2012 9:07 AM

    • martychi
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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply

     I have a similar problem...I believe so...

    after running a sim (using PSICE parts in schematic, this comes up...


    WARNING(ORPSIM-15188): There are no devices in this circuit...


    but I do have devices in circuit...all from the pspice library...what is wrong?

    marty

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  • Tue, Apr 10 2012 1:39 PM

    • oldmouldy
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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply
    Try posting the Output file. PSpice>View Output File, that might give someone a view on the problem.
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  • Tue, Apr 10 2012 8:53 PM

    • Abha
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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply

    Hi,

    Could you also post the cir and/or the netlist file that is getting generated?

    Also - are you using Capture for creating the schematic?

    .. Abha
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  • Thu, Apr 12 2012 5:44 AM

    • martychi
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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply

     ok,

    here is the output file pasted here...this is only my sample circuit to test if things are working...

    **** 04/12/12 08:39:20 ******* PSpice Lite (April 2011) ******* ID# 10813 ****

     ** Profile: "SCHEMATIC1-test"  [ c:\orcad\orcad_16.5_lite\tools\capture\martys\design2-tbfiles\schematic1\test\test-tbfiles\schemati
     ****     CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
    ** Creating circuit file "test.cir"
    ** WARNING: THIS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED FILE MAY BE OVERWRITTEN BY SUBSEQUENT SIMULATIONS
    *Libraries:
    * Profile Libraries :
    * Local Libraries :
    * From [PSPICE NETLIST] section of C:\OrCAD\OrCAD_16.5_Lite\tools\pspice\PSpice.ini file:
    .lib "nomd.lib"
    *Analysis directives:
    .TRAN  0 1000ns 0
    .PROBE V(alias(*)) I(alias(*)) W(alias(*)) D(alias(*)) NOISE(alias(*))
    .INC "..\SCHEMATIC1.net"
    **** INCLUDING SCHEMATIC1.net ****
    * source TEST
    **** RESUMING test.cir ****
    .END
    WARNING(ORPSIM-15188): There are no devices in this circuit

     

    here is the actual circuit:

    ...problem with pasting here...just a simple RLC circuit with 1 VAC source.

    thanks,

    marty

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  • Thu, Apr 12 2012 5:57 AM

    • martychi
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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply

    there are no output files generated...

    posting circuit....how?

    **** 04/12/12 08:54:02 ******* PSpice Lite (April 2011) ******* ID# 10813 ****

     ** Profile: "SCHEMATIC1-test"  [ c:\orcad\orcad_16.5_lite\tools\capture\martys\design2-tbfiles\schematic1\test\test-tbfiles\schemati


     ****     CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION


    ******************************************************************************




    ** Creating circuit file "test.cir"
    ** WARNING: THIS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED FILE MAY BE OVERWRITTEN BY SUBSEQUENT SIMULATIONS

    *Libraries:
    * Profile Libraries :
    * Local Libraries :
    * From [PSPICE NETLIST] section of C:\OrCAD\OrCAD_16.5_Lite\tools\pspice\PSpice.ini file:
    .lib "nomd.lib"

    *Analysis directives:
    .TRAN  0 1000ns 0
    .PROBE V(alias(*)) I(alias(*)) W(alias(*)) D(alias(*)) NOISE(alias(*))
    .INC "..\SCHEMATIC1.net"



    **** INCLUDING SCHEMATIC1.net ****
    * source TEST

    **** RESUMING test.cir ****
    .END

    WARNING(ORPSIM-15188): There are no devices in this circuit
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  • Thu, Apr 12 2012 6:19 AM

    • oldmouldy
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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply
    Well, there truly are no devices in your circuit, whatever you may think. In the output file, the PSpice netlist for the circuit would appear between the "INCLUDING xxx.NET" and the "RESUMING xxx.cir", the header appears "* source xxx" but that's it. Try going to the project window, select the DSN file entry, then File>Archive Project, specify a new directory and create a single archive file and then post the resulting ZIP. I suspect that there may be no link between your schematic and the the root schematic folder.
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  • Thu, Apr 12 2012 6:37 AM

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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply

     ok,

    how do I actually upload this zip file?

    marty

    design2-Apr-12-2012.zip
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  • Thu, Apr 12 2012 7:06 AM

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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply
    You need to make a post and then edit it, go to the Options tab and attach file.
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  • Thu, Apr 12 2012 7:32 AM

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  • Thu, Apr 12 2012 7:56 AM

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    Re: PSpice Capture Lite Error No Pspice Template Reply
    Close Capture. Go to the design directory, delete the OPJ file. Start Capture, File>Open>Design and open the DSN file, set the Project Type to Analog Mixed A/D it will then simulate after you make a new simulation profile. For some reason the Project Type was PCB in the supplied OPJ file.
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