Re: right click PSUD2 OSX
i am an absolute beginner on mac, having exlusively used them only since 1992. so please have some patience…
i admit using a logitech MX 3 for Mac mouse which does offer a very comfortable hardwired right click. for people with less-than-average ambidexteriosity, trying to avoid having to place their only two fingers on the pad, the alternative would be to use one to press the CONTROL key and the other to double click on the part of the schematic you intend to change, insert or delete.
as for the .psu files: that’s PSUD’s nativeand proprietary file format. it does not open with any other app (AFAIK); you save a project as .psu if you want to modify the content. to keep the circuit or the chart as souvenir, PDF is indeed a good solution. but you don’t need to take the scenic route via Acrobat Reader or so. Just select PRINT in the FILE menu (a pity btw that the usual key combination?? + P?(COMMAND + P) does not work because you need to select between printing the schematic or the chart) and then instead of printing, hit the PDF button in the lower left. it opens a pull-down menu with various options. you can either select SAVE AS PDF, which will leave you with a PDF showing a small circuit and lots of white. instead use OPEN IN PREVIEW ?> TOOLS > RECTANGULAR SELECTION. frame your masterpiece and then CROP (using a german localization, i’m not sure if selection and crop are the actual terms in english language menus). if you have a vector based design software such as e.g. Illustrator installed, you can then open this .ps file and manipulate ad lib. (PSUD does not allow to slide the divider ?between circuit and results/graph vertically, you can’t enlarge the circuit.)
hth, christian
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Hello John,
The damnedest thing ~ I tried it again and EUREKA ~ PSUD2 does indeed insert filters on a MacBook. I had no idea of the existence of that pop-up.
My MacBook was bought 'refurbished' and I have some issues with it (e.g. Maps are blank every other day) so perhaps it's a case of a worker blaming her tools...
I've only been using Macs since the early 1990s (and amateur programming, in Fortran and Basic, long before that ~ never something called machine code or ugghh MS DOS though ~ so I was certainly not up to speed with two-fingered tapping and I believe I'm correct in asserting that there is nothing in the (IMHO rather sparse) PSUD2 'documentation' about having to do the two-fingered shuffle to insert filters - on any operating system.)
For that previously missing piece of information I have to thank you very much. I can now play the theoretical game 'do not blow up the rectifier' to my heart's content.
However, this has thrown up another nasty for this naive Mac user... .PSU files ~ I can save them but cannot view them.? Acrobat Reader immediately throws in the towel (corrupt attachment / not supported type blah;) whilst I could use screenshot to save them it's yet another mystery.
Finally, when I do the calculations for the HEXFREDs I propose to use, I might be in position to start building an amplifier.? I've only been collecting expensive parts for a decade or more.
Once again, John, please allow me to say that your advice has been priceless.
Siobhan
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On Monday, May 23rd, 2022 at 14:21, John Werle < toadhall67@...> wrote:
Okay, weird. I, too, have a MacBook Pro, and use PSUD. This same issue drove me crazy but doing the setup of the track pad, as per the link, it is no longer an issue. To double check, I just tried it - two fingers, tap, and I get the insert/delete window. I don't know what else to say. John
John Thank you but right clicking on a mac trackpad is not the issue ~ the issue i have with PSUD2 /73 is that no amount of jiggery pokery enables more than one filter and therefore no means to evaluate a "real world" situation. I have asked about this before...
Thanks again.
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Re: right click PSUD2 OSX
"However, this has thrown up another nasty for this naive Mac user...?.PSU files?~ I can save them but cannot view them.??Acrobat Reader?immediately throws in the towel (corrupt attachment / not supported type blah;) whilst I could use screenshot to save them it's yet another mystery."
Hi Siobhan,
You can't read .psu files with Adobe Acrobat Reader I'm afraid. The only way to "see" them is to start up PSUD and open them from there.
Regards,
Duncan
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Re: right click PSUD2 OSX
Hello John,
The damnedest thing ~ I tried it again and EUREKA ~ PSUD2 does indeed insert filters on a MacBook. I had no idea of the existence of that pop-up.
My MacBook was bought 'refurbished' and I have some issues with it (e.g. Maps are blank every other day) so perhaps it's a case of a worker blaming her tools...
I've only been using Macs since the early 1990s (and amateur programming, in Fortran and Basic, long before that ~ never something called machine code or ugghh MS DOS though ~ so I was certainly not up to speed with two-fingered tapping and I believe I'm correct in asserting that there is nothing in the (IMHO rather sparse) PSUD2 'documentation' about having to do the two-fingered shuffle to insert filters - on any operating system.)
For that previously missing piece of information I have to thank you very much. I can now play the theoretical game 'do not blow up the rectifier' to my heart's content.
However, this has thrown up another nasty for this naive Mac user... .PSU files ~ I can save them but cannot view them.? Acrobat Reader immediately throws in the towel (corrupt attachment / not supported type blah;) whilst I could use screenshot to save them it's yet another mystery.
Finally, when I do the calculations for the HEXFREDs I propose to use, I might be in position to start building an amplifier.? I've only been collecting expensive parts for a decade or more.
Once again, John, please allow me to say that your advice has been priceless.
Siobhan
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On Monday, May 23rd, 2022 at 14:21, John Werle <toadhall67@...> wrote:
Okay, weird. I, too, have a MacBook Pro, and use PSUD. This same issue drove me crazy but doing the setup of the track pad, as per the link, it is no longer an issue. To double check, I just tried it - two fingers, tap, and I get the insert/delete window. I don't know what else to say. John
John Thank you but right clicking on a mac trackpad is not the issue ~ the issue i have with PSUD2 /73 is that no amount of jiggery pokery enables more than one filter and therefore no means to evaluate a "real world" situation. I have asked about this before...
Thanks again.
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To John on insert blocks: Just tried it on my MacBook, pressing two fingers in the middle of the pad gives the right-click option which allows you to inset the new blocks. It was the toughest thing for me to get used to on the Mac having no right-click. When I went back to Windows, the two finger tap worked on there two so it's become a bit of a habit across both systems now :) To Dave on ceramic caps: Do you mean the schematic symbol being non-polarised caps? It's always shown the non-polarised caps, however it's something that bugs me, so PSUD3 will have polarised caps (pic shown for attention). The only danger with this, is that they will be wrong if someone is putting together an old school tube power supply with paper-in-oil caps. I may as well make this "choosable" :)? 
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The first schematic, and feel free to correct me?if I'm wrong, but those RC filters are only to correct the tonal quality. They are only used as change the frequency of the sound.
The second schematic, that filter is not an RC filter. It is meant to stabilize the power supply voltage, however, the schematic shows ceramic, not polarized electrolytic capacitors. Don't understand the use of these type of caps.
Check out the description on using the track pad to right click.
On Sun, May 22, 2022, 7:30 AM neutron51493 via <neutron51493= [email protected]> wrote:
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On Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 at 14:24, ZZZ wrote:
Dear Group
Hello.? I must immediately confess that I am no engineer ~ as can readily be appreciated as I have a >gulp< MacBook Pro. ??
Please would someone help explain how one navigates the programme to chain several filter sections, thus :-
When the menu offers a choice of one and seemingly no opportunity to add more (as in the above)
Many thanks
B Wildered?
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On 5/22/2022 9:30 AM, neutron51493 via groups.io wrote: how one navigates the programme to chain several filter sections, thus :- On Windows, I right-click and get a menu with 'Insert' which lets me add a filter section of my choice. See attached. As John says, Mac is different. Mice generally, hold the Control key while you click the mouse. There are other ways.
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Re: CLC floating point error
If anyone needs the Cree device (Sic?C4D20120A) I've put an updated .rect file in the Files/support_uploads folder.
To install it, you need to download to the area where PSUD2 stores rectifier files. On English language machines this will be:
[Windows]? ?C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\psud\rectifiers
[MacOS Finder]? ?Documents -> psud -> rectifiers
[MacOS Terminal]? ?~/Documents/psud/rectifiers
Regards,
Duncan
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Re: CLC floating point error
Found it, seems to be related to the Cree SiC diodes in the database. When I use the IXYS it works just fine.
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Re: CLC floating point error
Hey Jim, good to hear from you :)
If there's a floating point error, I'm 99.9% sure it will be in the rectifier model. I've looked at the Cree SiC C4D02120A and it seems to be a very high VLaw parameter (81). In days of old, it was possible to add your own rectifiers to the "pool" which then ended up being incorporated into the download for PSUD2. However some of them, like this one, have values that may cause problems.
I'll look at some better parameters for this device.
Regards,
Duncan
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Check out the description on using the track pad to right click.
On Sun, May 22, 2022, 7:30 AM neutron51493 via <neutron51493= [email protected]> wrote:
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On Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 at 14:24, ZZZ wrote:
Dear Group
Hello.? I must immediately confess that I am no engineer ~ as can readily be appreciated as I have a >gulp< MacBook Pro. ??
Please would someone help explain how one navigates the programme to chain several filter sections, thus :-
When the menu offers a choice of one and seemingly no opportunity to add more (as in the above)
Many thanks
B Wildered?
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Hey Duncan,
Long time no speak. Glad to see PSUD is still alive and kicking.
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I was doing some tests on Build76 and am getting floating point errors when I use a choke greater than 18H in a CLC filter. See attachments,
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Jim
vt52.com
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Fw: [duncanampspsud] PSUD2 build 73 (OSX)
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On Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 at 14:30, neutron51493 via groups.io <neutron51493@...> wrote:
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On Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 at 14:24, ZZZ wrote:
Dear Group
Hello. ?I must immediately confess that I am no engineer ~ as can readily be appreciated as I have a >gulp< MacBook Pro. ??
Please would someone help explain how one navigates the programme to chain several filter sections, thus :-
When the menu offers a choice of one and seemingly no opportunity to add more (as in the above)
Many thanks
B Wildered?
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On Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 at 14:24, ZZZ wrote:
Dear Group
Hello. ?I must immediately confess that I am no engineer ~ as can readily be appreciated as I have a >gulp< MacBook Pro. ??
Please would someone help explain how one navigates the programme to chain several filter sections, thus :-
When the menu offers a choice of one and seemingly no opportunity to add more (as in the above)
Many thanks
B Wildered?
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Re: The true cost of converting a windows program for use on a Mac
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the message, however there are a few paragraphs in it which I need to comment on, specifically:
> PSUD II is specifically written for the? Windows OSes and requires the Win32 library (only available on a Mac running a windows virtual machine or emulator).
While it's 100% true to say that PSUD II was originally written for Windows, it is now a multi-platform development covering Windows and MacOS. The replacement, PSUD3, will also encompass Linux installations as this appears to be a popular operating system with hobbyists. I can confirm that PSUD II does not require a Win32 library when used on MacOS, it uses the Cocoa widget set which is native to the Apple XCode development environment - it's a 100% MacOS app, not a port or something run on top of something else. I am actually registered as an Apple Developer, just not an Apple Store customer.
> The $99 cost for using the apple store is most likely not the issue.
Correct - this is not just about money, this is about giving up time to learn the Apple store, maintain it, abide by all the rules, having software tested/reviewed/rejected etc.? I'm not ruling it out for the future (it may result in a small charge for the app), but for now, it's not in the plan. The "non developer" MacOS version is easy for me to do, so I continue doing it.
> He would have to translate the program to a code language that is compatible with the Apple OS.? This is not a trivial exercise and could take months to do.
To be 100% clear about this, there's no translation involved. It's exactly the same code used on the Apple as is used on Windows. There are minor variations, for example with handling filenames and location of personal data as these vary between operating systems; but in the main, it's the same piece of code.
As a high level view, I'm trying to keep this group as a support resource to help those who need advice with using the software. I'm happy to give up time to do that and there are also others in this place who give freely of their time to assist users of the software; something I greatly appreciate. However, "guy needs help with installation on MacOS", seems to have descended into a debate about Apple development costs etc. which is arguably not the purpose of the group. Not saying there isn't a need for such a discussion, but this isn't the place to do it so I've locked this thread and the previous thread so we can focus the content on using PSUD II.
Thanks all for your input, I do appreciate it and find it all useful. I hope everyone understands the approach, why I've locked the threads and reason behind it, thanks.
Regards / 73
Duncan M0KGK
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The true cost of converting a windows program for use on a Mac
Duncan,
Thank you for the free software.? I have used it for many years
and appreciate the work that you have done.
To Mac Users,
I am running PSUD II version 2.2 Build 73 on my MacBookPro.? When
installing you have to allow an installation from outside the
Apple store.
I developed commercial applications for Android, Apple, Apple iOS
and Windows computers.
PSUD II is specifically written for the? Windows OSes and requires
the Win32 library (only available on a Mac running a windows
virtual machine or emulator).
The $99 cost for using the apple store is most likely not the
issue.
He would have to translate the program to a code language that is
compatible with the Apple OS.? This is not a trivial exercise and
could take months to do.
I know this because I have translated some of my windows programs
to both Android and the Apple iOS.? Programs that I use personally
and do not want to waste time converting I run on my Mac using a
Windows OS virtual machine.
Best regards,
Steve
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perhaps the mac users could take up a collection... ?
- Ian
On 5/8/2022 09:29, summers_folium_0k
via groups.io wrote:
I think it is 99 USD / year
Regards?
Rob
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The
workaround for MacOS is very straightforward. ? After
trying to open PSUD for the first time, go to System
Preferences>Security and Privacy>General tab.? You
will then have to "unlock" the pane by clicking the lock
at the left lower corner and entering your password.? I
don't recall the exact sequence, but you should be able
to then allow MacOS to run PSUD. ?
Out of
curiosity, what would it cost to be an "identified
developer"?
On Sun, May 8, 2022 at
7:02 AM Duncan Munro < duncan@...>
wrote:
It's
not an Apple exclusive I'm afraid; Windows 10 & 11
are displaying similar warnings if the software isn't
registered with them, arguably easier to work round
though.
Regards,
Duncan
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perhaps the mac users could take up a collection... ?
- Ian
On 5/8/2022 09:29, summers_folium_0k
via groups.io wrote:
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I think it is 99 USD / year
Regards?
Rob
?
The
workaround for MacOS is very straightforward. ? After
trying to open PSUD for the first time, go to System
Preferences>Security and Privacy>General tab.? You
will then have to "unlock" the pane by clicking the lock
at the left lower corner and entering your password.? I
don't recall the exact sequence, but you should be able to
then allow MacOS to run PSUD. ?
Out of
curiosity, what would it cost to be an "identified
developer"?
On Sun, May 8, 2022 at
7:02 AM Duncan Munro < duncan@...>
wrote:
It's
not an Apple exclusive I'm afraid; Windows 10 & 11 are
displaying similar warnings if the software isn't
registered with them, arguably easier to work round
though.
Regards,
Duncan
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I think it is 99 USD / year
Regards?
Rob
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Am 08.05.2022 um 18:04 schrieb Chris <acheld_at_gmail_com_9bd68tgjww7574_16dadbc6@...>:
? The workaround for MacOS is very straightforward. ? After trying to open PSUD for the first time, go to System Preferences>Security and Privacy>General tab.? You will then have to "unlock" the pane by clicking the lock at the left lower corner and entering your password.? I don't recall the exact sequence, but you should be able to then allow MacOS to run PSUD. ?
Out of curiosity, what would it cost to be an "identified developer"? On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 7:02 AM Duncan Munro < duncan@...> wrote: It's not an Apple exclusive I'm afraid; Windows 10 & 11 are displaying similar warnings if the software isn't registered with them, arguably easier to work round though.
Regards,
Duncan
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Re: Mac won't open because developer cannot be verified
The workaround for MacOS is very straightforward. ? After trying to open PSUD for the first time, go to System Preferences>Security and Privacy>General tab.? You will then have to "unlock" the pane by clicking the lock at the left lower corner and entering your password.? I don't recall the exact sequence, but you should be able to then allow MacOS to run PSUD. ?
Out of curiosity, what would it cost to be an "identified developer"?
On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 7:02 AM Duncan Munro < duncan@...> wrote: It's not an Apple exclusive I'm afraid; Windows 10 & 11 are displaying similar warnings if the software isn't registered with them, arguably easier to work round though.
Regards,
Duncan
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Re: Mac won't open because developer cannot be verified
It's not an Apple exclusive I'm afraid; Windows 10 & 11 are displaying similar warnings if the software isn't registered with them, arguably easier to work round though.
Regards,
Duncan
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Re: Mac won't open because developer cannot be verified
Welcome to the sparkling world of Apple !! Pino Inviato da iPad
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Il giorno 7 mag 2022, alle ore 22:01, Pete Boser via groups.io <pboser@...> ha scritto:
?Hi,
I have a new Mac after years of PC only, and when I download the Mac version from the website I get a message saying:?
“psud2_build73” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified.?macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware."
I looked back in the group and it seems like folks are not having this issue.? Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Pete
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