asiSendOptions

asiSendOptions( 
o_session
) 
=> t / nil

Description

Sends the simulation options to Cadence SPICE.

Note for Integrators: This function is defined as a method for the Analog Class. You can overload this method for your simulator class, as shown in the example for integrators.

Arguments

Value Returned

Examples

defmethod( asiSendOptions ( ( session XYZ_session ))
    let( ( sendMethod simulatorOptionVariableList value command )

     simulatorOptionVariableList = asiGetSimOptionNameList(
   session )

     foreach( name simulatorOptionVariableList

      value = asiGetSimOptionVal( session name )
   sendMethod = asiGetSimOptionSendMethod( session name )

      if( artBlankString( value )  then 
     sprintf( command "deprop XYZ_Opt %s\n" name )
   else
     caseq( sendMethod
      ( set
        sprintf( command "set %s=%s\n" 
        name value )
      )
      ( ptprop
        sprintf( command "ptprop XYZ_Opt 
        %s %s\n"name value )
      )
      ( psprop
        sprintf( command "psprop XYZ_Opt 
        %s \"%s\" \n"name value )
      )
      ( t
        warn( "don't know how to send XYZ 
        option %s\n." name  )
        command = nil
      )
     )
    )
    when( command
      asiSendSim( session command nil nil nil )
    )
   )

      t 
  )
)