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00 - Quick Overview

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Author Cadence PCB Solutions
Your system must have a supported operating system and should meet the recommended hardware and software requirements for the 24.1 products to run. Here is a quick overview of the requirements
  • Windows 11 and 10 (64-bit Professional, Enterprise)
  • Windows Server 2022 and 2019 (64-bit Standard Edition)

Installing Base Release

If you downloaded the ZIP archive, extract the content to an accessible location.

  1. Browse to and double-click the Setup launcher file (setup.exe).  This file is located above the Disk1 folder in the root if you have a CD or in the folder where you extracted the ZIP for a downloaded media.  If asked, click Yes to allow the app to make changes to your system. 
  2. Click Install for OrCAD X and Allegro X Products Installation. 
  3. Read and accept the license agreement and click Next. 
  4. Verify the options in the Installation Settings page and click Next.  The only for me option, selected by default, allows access only to the current user who is installing the applications. Select anyone who uses this computer (All Users) for all users of the computer to access the installed applications.  By default, Allegro X Products (Includes EDM) and OrCAD X Products are selected. Select Allegro X Products with Pulse Server only if you are an administrator and want a Pulse server installation on your system. 
Click Custom Installation if you want to install only selected products. 
  1. Verify the options in the Input License Details page and click Install.  Connect to Existing License Server is selected, and Port Number and Host Name are populated by default if the installer detects an existing license server.  Selecting Install License Server will install and configure a Cadence License Server. You must have a valid Cadence license file or a dongle to install and configure the license server.  The installer will start installing the products. This might take several minutes. 
  2. Click Finish on the Setup Complete page.  You can select to install third-party tools right away or install them at a later stage.  You can access the installed products from the Start menu by choosing from any one of the following: 
    • Cadence Help 24.1 
    • Cadence IC Packaging 24.1 
    • Cadence PCB 24.1 
    • Cadence PCB Utilities 24.1 
    • Cadence PCB Viewers 24.1     

You must be Online to access the complete documentation set. To be able to access documents when not Online, install the documents locally using the Documentation Installer available on the Windows tab of the Cadence Downloads page for OrCAD X/Allegro X 24.1 (SPB241). You must have an active Cadence license to access the Cadence Downloads page. 

Installing Hotfix 

  1. Extract the ZIP archives to a folder.
    Ensure you extract the contents of the compressed archives to a single directory.
  2. Double-click the application file.
    It is recommended that you end node.exe from Task Manager before installing Hotfix.
  3. Click Next. 
  4. Accept the license agreement and click Next. 
  5. Click Install. 
  6. Click Finish. 

View the next document: 01 - Getting Started.

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