gEDA-bug: [Bug 698538] Re: gschem: How to connect two nets from different sheets?

[Peter TB Brett <698538@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Tags added: gnetlist

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of gEDA Bug
Team, which is subscribed to gEDA.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/698538

Title:
  gschem: How to connect two nets from different sheets?

Status in GPL Electronic Design Automation tools:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi All,

  I have a problem with describing of my circuit with gEDA. I don't know
  if it is a bug in the gschema, or I have misused it.

  I have created a very simplified version of the circuit to illustrate
  the problem.

  In my system there are a few very complicated connectors, which in the
  test circuit I have imitated with CONN1 and CONN2. Each connector is
  presented on its own sheet (like con1.sch and con2.sch in the attached
  test circuit). Many pins of these connectors are not used, and some
  which are used have connected named networks (like networks DATA_IN1,
  DATA_OUT1 and DATA_IN2, DATA_OUT2 in the attached test circuit).

  Interconnections between connectors, associated with particular subsystems are described in different sheets.
  There is one such sheet in the attached test circuit - interconnections.sch

  
  When the networks are connected via element (like DATA_IN1 and DATA_OUT2) everything works fine.
  However, if I interconnect two networks directly (like DATA_OUT2 and DATA_IN1) - the interconnecting network has duplicated netname and gnetlist does not generate the netlist correctly (see the net1.sh and test1.net in the attached archive).

  I have found a dirty workaround (see the file interconnections2.sch, and the script net2.sh, which makes use of it - result is in test2.net). I add an additional element connected between the two nets.
  In this case I get the correct network, after gnetlist outputs the message: "Found duplicate net name, renaming [DATA_IN1] to [DATA_OUT2]"
  However in this case I also produce an additional ement on my PCB, so I'd like to avoid it.

  If I remove the additional element keeping the same topology, I still
  have two connected networks with different names, but gnetlist simply
  ignores connection (see interconnections3.sch, net3.sh and test3.net).

  How can I solve this problem?

  -- 
  TIA
  Wojtek Zabolotny
  wzab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx




_______________________________________________
geda-bug mailing list
geda-bug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-bug