ISIS question on power pins

[ppa88]

I am trying to design a long duration timer using CD4060 wherein I am required to connect the VSS pin not to the ground but to the collector of a transitor. To do that I require to make this hidde pin visible.

What is the simplest method to make it visible ? I tried decomposing , making visible and then compiling a new device with the same mdf file but that does not seem to work.( I get a lot of timing related errors on running the simulation)

As an alternative , if I try to connect the hidden pin to the collector net by using the PIN = NET property assignment, I get the error "No power supply specified for the net #0000 (the transistor collector net)

Any clues will be appreciated.

With thanks,
ppa88

[localcrack]

please go in

Templates -> Design Defaults
check the Show Hidden Pins

[ppa88]

I did that and now I can see the power pins of 4060 but ISIS does not allow an "electrical" connection to be made to those pins though it allows me to draw a wire. When you normally draw a wire to a pin of a component in ISIS you see a small red rectangle after you drag the wire to the pin and are about to left click the mouse to make a "electrical" connection to that pin. In this case I have noticed that the rectangle does not appear when I drag a wire from the collector of the transistor to the VSS pin of 4060 and though the wire seems to land on that pin , an "electrical" connection does not get formed. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[zuisti]

Hi ppa88,
look at this thread, seems it's the same thing:
http://support.labcenter.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1338&p=4331&hilit=hidden+pin#p4331
Hope this helps...

[ppa88]

So nice of you Zuisti to lead me to that link. It more or less solved my problem, now I have to fine tune it to get the proper simulation results.