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Tip of the Week: How to find the command line of a child process
If you ever need to figure out what the command line is for a sub-invoked or child process, here are some tips: 1). Enable the "Command Line" column in Task Manager This is a simple and effective way...
View ArticleTip of the Week: Microsoft will end support for Windows Server 2003/R2 next year
Microsoft will end support for Windows Server2003/R2 next summer on July 14, 2015. End of support for Windows Server 2003/R2 meansthat no more updates or patches will ship from Microsoft. Microsoftwill...
View ArticleHow to Configure USB CDC Function to work as Virtual Com Port using Nucleus...
hi!!!!I am using Nucleus RTOS, on K70120M target board.I tried to configure USB as CDC function device to make use of it as virtual com port.I am unable to send or receive data.Can anyone help me how...
View ArticleTip of the Week: Getting the MAC address on Windows
Most of you reading this already know that opening a DOS command shell and entering the command 'ipconfig /all' will return a lot of useful information, including the MAC address. If you use the MAC...
View ArticleTip of the Week: Important X-ENTP VX.1 Media Installation Information
There are significant changes in the X-ENTP VX.1 release media and some new options that affect which downloads you should get and how you should install them. We strongly encourage you to carefully...
View ArticleTip of The Week: The Do’s and Don’ts of Switching PCB Releases
The Configurator has been discontinued in all VX releases, replaced by the 'Registrator' and 'Release Switcher' programs. Here are the main points to know about on the topic of switching between PCB VX...
View ArticleTip of the Week: DOS Command Line Productivity Tricks
Hello Community! Welcome to the first Tip of the Week for 2015. I've been doing a lot of work in a DOS command window lately and I've learned a few things that have helped me be more productive. I...
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Tip of the Week: Never Select "Run as administrator" Again
When you need to run shell commands on Windows as an Administrator, you typically must right-click the cmd.exe and choose "Run as administrator" in order to elevate the privileges in that shell. Well,...
View ArticleTip of the Week: Create Alias Names for License HostIDs
If you are tracking and maintaining licenses for multiple license servers and/or users, remembering which server or user has which HostID can be a challenge. The Mentor License Utility (MLU) provides a...
View ArticleTip of the Week: Restarting Windows Without Restarting Your PC
What do you do when Explorer crashes? No matter what you do, it won't respond to mouse clicks, the windows white out and all you get is the spinning circle. Other applications are still working, it...
View ArticleTip Of The Week: Configuring license timeout in vNPI 9.5
vNPI 9.5 can be configured to automatically check the licenses back in when a certain idle period has elapsed. This is done in the Engineering Toolkit window configuration settings.Open vNPI 9.5...
View ArticleTip of the Week: The Power of WMIC
I'm a huge fan of command line utilities that provide fast, no-nonsense access to information and allow me to perform some basic configuration tasks. Evidently there are some people at Microsoft who...
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Tip of the Week: Drag a path to your Windows command line
Did you know you can drag a path from Windows Explorer to the Windows command line? It's true! Watch:
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Tip of the Week: Mentor License Utility v3.0 - 'Server Services' Tab
The Server Services tab in Mentor License Utility v3.0, provides quick access to almost every corner of your Mentor Graphics (mgcld daemon) license manager service. Lmgrd.exe/Mgcld.exe version, TCP...
View ArticleTip of the Week: Use System Restore
System Restore's job is to keep notes of everything you change on your computer, enabling you to reverse them with a couple of clicks.On Windows 7, right-click Computer, select Properties > System...
View ArticleTip of the Week - Skipping MSVC++ Redistributable Installation
In most Mentor Graphics PCB releases, the MSVC++ Redistributable software is installed every time you install software. It's useful in the cases where you install new releases, but its not always...
View ArticleTip of the Week: Reread or restart?
A common question arises when managing a license server. Should I use lmreread to pick up changes in the license file or options file or should use lmdown and then restart the license server? Over the...
View ArticleTip of the Week: PADS VX.1 Key Licensing and Infrastructure Information
There are a number of licensing and install changes in the PADS VX.1 release that you should review before you download and attempt to install....
View ArticleTip of the Week: Batch Script Commands to Terminate Programs
If you write batch scripts to install, update or remove Mentor Graphics software, then you might find this Tip of the Week useful. It’s very important, particularly for our PCB flow software that has...
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Tip of the Week: PADS VX.0 and VX.1 can run side-by-side
One of the benefits of "VX" releases is they can run side-by-side. This means there is no longer a requirement to "switch" releases like there was with PADS 9.5 and earlier. Both PADS VX.0 and PADS...
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Tip of the Week: Two new features of Windows 8.1: Quiet Hours and Automatic...
These two features are available in Windows 8.1: Quiet Hours to Disable NotificationsA new feature of Windows 8.1 is the option to turn the notifications off or set a period of time for which the...
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Tip of the Week: How to enable ping on Windows Server 2012
Now that Xpedition flow is supported on Windows Server 2012 you may be considering that platform for your Remote Server Configuration Manager and/or xPCB Team Server host. If so, be aware of a new...
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Tip of the Week: Disabling Windows Device Driver Updates
There may be cases where a driver update can have unintended consequences. On occasion you may back rev the driver to restore functionality, but then later find that Windows Update has dutifully...
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Tip of the Week: Script to report currently configured SDD release
Now that VX releases can run side-by-side, it can be tricky to determine the active/current release. For example, if you double-click a .pcb which version of Xpedition or PADS Layout will it launch in?...
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Tip of the Week: How to See if a Process is running as administrator on...
It is sometimes helpful to find out which processes are running with elevated permissions. Follow these steps to determine the UAC Virtualization status: Open the Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).Click on...
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Tip of the Week: Mapping Feature Name to Functionality in PADS
I've spent much of my week answering questions about what functionality PADS license feature names authorize. While this can become a complex subject, much of this information is documented in the...
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Tip of the Week:Use mglaunch.exe to run wrapper scripts in VX releases
VX releases (for example: PADS VX.1.1) set very few environment variables as compared to pre-VX releases (PADS 9.5 and earlier). The only environment variables that get set are the MGLS_LICENSE_FILE...
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importing image into PADS layout
I am new here and would like to share new method.Necessary tool is just a FontCreator ( it costs $69 now)By using this FontCreator, make a true type font and save and install Windows.Below is the font...
View Articlevplan process need to have report for smt number of feeder top and bottom
As of right now, Vplan process had the report for number of feeder in SMT auto session but in general sense. There is no report contain information of how many feeders for each top and bottom side.
View ArticleTip of the Week: Reporting license version with lmstat
The lmstat command will report the quantity of a particular feature with the -f option. However, if you have multiple versions of a license feature, they're rolled up into a single count by default....
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