Pulsonix Vault is a data management system that can help you organise and manage your Pulsonix data in a safe and secure way.
In its simplest form it could be viewed as a managed library, holding Parts, Footprints and other data in the same way as your existing Pulsonix libraries. However, it is much more than that, as it can hold design files as well as library data, it controls how they are updated and who can update them, understands the relationships between items, and maintains a revision history of each item. Pulsonix Vault can help you organise, manage and track the creation and modification of your important Pulsonix data, at the same time making that data available where it is needed across your organisation.
Pulsonix Vault consists of two main elements, a server and a client (or indeed many clients). Additional elements are used to assist with tasks such as installation, configuration and backup.
The Vault can hold the following types of library data: Parts, Footprints, Schematic Symbols, Schematic and PCB Doc Symbols and 3D Packages.
It can also hold the following types of file based data: Schematic and PCB Designs, Schematic and PCB Technology Files, Schematic and PCB Profiles, Schematic Block Files, PCB Panels and STEP Model Files. Any other type of file may be stored as a Generic File.
The Vault is designed to provide you with a secure environment for managing your published data. You may still use locally stored design files and native libraries for developing data, and release your completed items to the Vault when you are ready to do so.
Each item that is placed into the Vault is given a unique item identifier, or IID. Each time that item is saved to the Vault, a new version of the item is created, with this latest version having a new version timestamp or Version. This is distinct from the Revision, which is the user configurable version name. In this way, the Vault builds and maintains a full history of all revisions of an item.
The IID combined with the Version uniquely identifies a specific version of an item. In this way a Part for example can know which exact version of a Footprint it is to use. Not just any version of the Footprint, only the specific version that is indicated by the IID and Version listed in the information held along with the Footprint name inside the Part.
Vault Commands
The key commands used to set up and use the Vault are: