How Do You Download The New V2014 Release?

V2014.01 was temporarily taken off-line for repair due to a faulty .dll file. We've fixed the problem and it should be up and running shortly.

Please check back in an hour or so.

If you didn't upgrade from 2013, you will have the latest 2013 link still available and the 2014 will be disabled.

2014.01 was just reposted. Please uninstall the previous version to clear out the bad DLLs and install this latest update.

I am still struggling.  I registered on the site originally with my Institute of Engineering Technology e-mail address alias which automatically re-directs to my Crowcon e-mail address and that's what I've been using since.

The crowcon e-mail address that you've got on your system has no "user name" to it so I can't log on with it!  I guess you added it as a registered customer? If I try to re-register myself with the crowcon e-mail address I get "this e-mail address is already on the system".

Names, Usernames, and Emails are required for each account. Can't have an account if any one of these three are missing. If you're not sure what your username is, go to the password reset page, and just enter your email address only, and the username associated with the email you entered will be sent to you.

The Library Expert Viewer is a free program and it's intended use is just like any Viewer, to open data to search, find, view and quality control. Two good examples are -

1. Large company with many EE engineers who need access to the FPX file attributes that contain the Physical and Logical data including the link to the datasheet. The EE engineer can open any .DAT preference file and any FPX file in the Librarian. Maybe the engineers goal is to locate the Footprint Name for their schematic symbol or to verify the size of the Footprint and placement courtyard area or to simply open the latest version of the datasheet.
2. The Service Bureau that has dozens of customers with different library rules. Give each customer their personal DAT rule file and your entire FPX library so they can see what parts are in your library using the customer rules to view the footprint. They can easily see what parts are not in the library so they can provide the URL link or PDF datasheet. For many service bureau's, PCB library construction is costly to their customer's and they can offer more competitive prices if their customers put the correct Footprint Name in the netlist. However, we understand that some service bureau customers have more money than time so they want the service bureau to be responsible for all PCB library parts, but even large service bureau employees need the LE Viewer in that case.

More to come in the next week or so, especially in our 1st Newsletter.