A Quick Fix for the Problem
Quite by accident, I've found a way to make multiple dongles work together, at least on my system:
- Turn off system
- Remove all keys from the system, except for the Pads key.
- Turn on system and boot
- After login, plug in rest of keys
I sometimes have to stop/re-start the Orcad key in order to make Orcad work, but after that all my software works together.
Long Term Fix
I'm told that there is now a fix in the works and I am looking forward to this issue being put to rest for good.
I greatly appreciate that the Mentor management has taken this issue seriously after the rather lukewarm response I got from the initial application engineer. This is much more in-line with the generally competent and responsive support I've gotten from the Pads staff over the years.
Thank you.