ADI SimPLL Support

 
Bug Reports Please post these to the ADI SimPLL Users' Forum 
Bugs Most confirmed bugs are listed in the ADIsimPLL Users; Forum,  please check there first  
Updates Patches will be posted on this page as they become available 
Other Assistance Please post queries to the ADI SimPLL Users' Forum,  we will attempt to help as promptly as possible

 

Latest Version:  3.0  (available from the Analog Devices website)   To check your version click on 
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Bug History:

PROBLEM STATUS
27th May 2002
Running program when a warning is being displayed can result in the program crashing.   Reports usually result from
Warning 623: Carrier Recovery Phase Jitter Calculation aborted - channel not within limits of frequency domain analysis.

This warning often occurs with the default settings generated after designing a PLL with a high phase comparison frequency.

Workaround: Get rid of the warning - in general right click on the warning message and select "Message Help" for instructions.

Fixed in Ver 2.02

11thJune  2003
Version 2.0 crashes when individual noise control is selected for particular active loop filters.   

Fixed in Ver 2.02

17thJune  2003
Software defaults to wrong prescaler value.  See ADIsimPLL Users Forum

Fixed in Ver 2.02

17thOctober 2003
There is a bug when designing with the ADF7010/ADF7011 and using the divide by 2 option,  giving Error 1001.   For the workaround see the ADIsimPLL users forum.
Will be resolved in the next version
June 2004: Version 2.501 released - fixed outstanding bugs  
21st September 2004
If designing fractional-N PLL's,  if the channel spacing is specified,  ADIsimPLL sometimes chooses the incorrect prescaler,  resulting in warnings or error messages.  If you encounter this,  change to specifying the phase detector requency.
open but with simple workaround
21st October 2004
Version 2.5 will not allow ADF7010/11 designs at 433MHz.   For fix,  download the new library below.
fixed in version 2.7
5th August 2005
Version 2.7  Problem using Fractional-N designs with external prescaler - Phase Detector Frequency specified

Version 2.7 Problem using Fractional-N designs with external prescaler - Channel Spacing specified

fixed in version 3

fixed in  version 3

 

Library Update for ADIsimPLL Version 3.0:

This fixes the data errors for the ADF4002 and ADF4113HV.

Instructions:

  1. Find your current library directory - open ADIsimPLL and from the main menu select
    Libraries / Explore Library Directory

  2. open the /lib/chip directory

  3. rename AnalogDevices.lib and AnalogDevices.sfm to AnalogDevices.lix and AnalogDevices.sfx
    (to preserve them so that you can undo your changes if needed)

  4. copy in updated AnalogDevices.lib and AnalogDevices.sfm from the .zip file below

Download .zip file with updates here.

Note: Installing these updates to the /libBackup subdirectory of the main installation directory will not be effective.  

 

 

 

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