User guide

Using EDA Data Servers
1-6: Getting Started (An Overview)
Using EDA Data Servers
The EDA data servers provide a structured, trackable, reliable, and safe
mechanism for tracking project changes.
You are responsible for putting the appropriate files into the following directories:
•
/dra/2brel/programs/
PartNumber.nn
/
— device files, diagnostic programs.
•
/dra/2brel/mech/
PartNumber.nn
/
—AutoCAD files or Pro/E files such as .
prt
,
.
drw
, and .
asm
.
•
/dra/2brel/docs/
PartNumber.nn
/
—board modification histories, rework
instructions, any MS Word doc that’s not a drawing.
Notes:
These directories are in
/bayeast/dra
or
/baywest/dra
and will be referenced as
/bay
dir
/
dra
, with
dir
meaning “direction.” The
nn
number (01 for 300123-A.01) should match the
minor
rev
number that will result when you run
bom_upload
and EDA completes the upload in SAP.
When you update a BOM and issue a PCN:
1.
The minor revision level changes for the BOM.
2.
Periodic scripts look through
/bay
dir
/dra/2brel
directories for parts with
minor revisions that match the SAP database resulting from the PCN.
3.
Appropriate files should be moved automatically (or, for the West Coast,
manually) from
/bay
dir
/dra/2brel
to
/bay
dir
/dra/rel
.
To put files on EDA’s release area:
1.
Put schematics in the /bay
dir
/dra/2brel/mech directory as explained in
Putting Schematics in the /2brel/mech Directory
on page 4-8.
2.
Put mechanical files (such as drawings) in /bay
dir
/dra/2brel/mech as
explained in
Mechanical Data
on page 4-6.
3.
Put device files (software object files such as .jed or .abl files) for
programmable parts in the /bay
dir
/dra/2brel/programs directory as
explained in
Data Storage for Programmed Parts
on page 4-3.
4.
Put documentation types of files (specifications, rework instructions, etc.)
in /bay
dir
/dra/2brel/docs as explained in
Doc Data
on page 4-10.
5.
Create or update a BOM. See
Creating and Updating BOMs
on page 1-7.
6.
Request the upload of the BOM. See
Uploading a BOM
on page 1-9.