Preferences Settings

This section explains each setting found under the Preferences tree in the Connector for Cadence OrCAD.

This page discusses:

General Settings

The general settings hold the common settings for all plug-ins. To access these settings, click General in the Preferences tree.

Setting Description
Enable Debug Mode This check box enables the debug mode for application error analysis.
Enable Support Mode This check box enables the support mode of the application.
Reset to Application Defaults Reset to application defaults deletes all user settings and resets the application to the default settings.

Messaging Settings

You can use messaging settings to configure written log event files based on the events recorded in the log panel. To access these settings, click Messaging in the Preferences tree.

Messaging Settings Description
Override default log directory

When selected, saves the log file to a log directory of your choice.

If you do not specify a directory, the app stores the log file in %USERHOME%\.3DEXPERIENCE\logs.

For quick access to files, open the About dialog box and click the Additional tab in the Environment Details section.

Log Level

You can use several log levels. Each level has its own characteristics that can be important to you or the support team.

Log Level Description
INFO Logs additional information including warning and error messages.
WARN Logs warning and error messages and excludes the INFO messages.
ERROR Logs error messages.
DEBUG Logs verbose debug messages. Usually, only the Product Support team uses this feature to analyze issues.

Communication Settings

This communication port is for the internal communication of the connector.

To access these settings, click Communication in the Preferences tree. The Client Connector chooses the port automatically between the configured port ranges. The standard port range is between 9999 (Min Port) and 11111 (Max Port).