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Problem using QRC with Calibre input

mbhealy
mbhealy over 15 years ago

 Hi All,

 I'm trying to use QRC to provide me with SPICE netlist output using Calibre LVS inputs.

 I have tried to follow the QRC with Calibre Input section of the QRC user guide but I've run into a problem.

 I'm getting the following error:

 INFO (LBRCXM-630): Starting extraction...

ERROR (AGDPRP-31023): syntax error in file ./query_output/Design.lph, line 2

;|INFO (RCXSPIC-27150): The following forked command failed. Contact Cadence Customer Support for assistance.
 agdsPrep -V -rundir ./query_output -outdir ./qrc_run -e ./techdir/lvsfile:Design.alm,Design.ilf -pl Design.ports -mcell ./qrc_run/Design.hcl -d Design.devtab -prefix ./qrc_run/prefixfile -l ./techdir/lvsfile -i Design.ixf,Design.lph,Design.sph:Design.gdx -n Design.nxf,Design.stl:Design.gnx -s Design_pin_xy.spi:Design.xcn,hccidtmfile

 When I try to run the forked command 'agdsPrep -V ...' as a separate run I get  a licensing error:

 ERROR (LBLIC-14003): Neither one of the following required licenses are available:
  (Virtuoso_QRC_Extraction_XL + QRC_Advanced_Modeling) or
  (Encounter_QRC_Extraction_XL + QRC_Advanced_Modeling) or
  Virtuoso_QRC_Extraction_GXL or
  Encounter_QRC_Extraction_GXL.

 

The Design.lph file was created from the Calibre query_output command and doesn't look malformed in any way, so I don't know if that error is spurious and really it's a licensing problem. Unfortunately I can't figure out which product number  QRC_Advanced_Modeling is from our product guide. We have  Virtuoso_QRC_Extraction_XL (QRCX300) and   "Virtuoso Advanced Analysis GXL option" (QRCX310) installed. Does anyone know the product number for QRC_Advanced_Modeling? As in QRCX310 or something? This is for university use if that matters.

 

Thanks!

Michael

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    Quek over 15 years ago

    Hi Michael

    Thank you very much for the detail problem description. : )  Would you please post lines 1-5 from the file design.lph? Sometimes it might be that QRC mistook some legal characters (e.g. @) as illegal and wrongly issues a syntax error. It might also be a real error. We need to look at those lines in order to confirm this.

    It would also be good if you can retry the problem using latest version of QRC (911HF3). Product number for QRC_Advanced_Modeling is QRCX320. You can refer to table 1-1 in QRC user guide ($QRC_HOME/doc/qrcxUser/qrcxUser.pdf).

    Best regards
    Quek
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    Quek over 15 years ago

    Hi Michael

    Thank you very much for the detail problem description. : )  Would you please post lines 1-5 from the file design.lph? Sometimes it might be that QRC mistook some legal characters (e.g. @) as illegal and wrongly issues a syntax error. It might also be a real error. We need to look at those lines in order to confirm this.

    It would also be good if you can retry the problem using latest version of QRC (911HF3). Product number for QRC_Advanced_Modeling is QRCX320. You can refer to table 1-1 in QRC user guide ($QRC_HOME/doc/qrcxUser/qrcxUser.pdf).

    Best regards
    Quek
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