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mmsim72: licensing issue

iamlearning
iamlearning over 15 years ago

Hi all,

I installed cadence ic6.1.3.1 and mmsim 7.2 for the first time. I installed them in a server to be logged in from remote workstations through the LAN. The user .cshrc files are enriched by the following lines:

set OA_HOME = "/usr/local/cadence/ic613/oa_v22.04.028"
set CDS_ROOT = "/usr/local/cadence/ic613"
set MMSIM_ROOT = "/usr/local/cadence/mmsim72"
setenv CDS_LIC_FILE 5280@CDNSServer
setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE $CDS_ROOT/share/license/license.dat
setenv SPECTRE_DEFAULTS -E
setenv CDS_Netlisting_Mode Analog
setenv CDS_LOAD_ENV CWDElseHome
setenv LANG C

set path = ($XPath $unixPath $machinePath $opusPath $CDS_ROOT/tools/bin $CDS_ROOT/tools/dfII/bin $MMSIM_ROOT/tools/bin $MMSIM_ROOT/tools/spectre/bin)

My problem is, after the creation of the netlist of the schematic circuit, my simulation halts in the following warning:

Notice from spectre.
    Waiting for available license for Virtuoso(R) Spectre.

I think, the problem is not within my license, rather in the configuration of the license, because i can simulate with mmsim62 simply by changing set MMSIM_ROOT = "/usr/local/cadence/mmsim72" to set MMSIM_ROOT = "/usr/local/cadence/mmsim" , where mmsim is a symbolic link to the mmsim62 where it is installed. MMSIM62 was installed before and I have no idea how it was configured.

 Anyone please suggest me how to fix this problem.

Do I have to copy the license to $MMSIM_ROOT/share/license ? I edited the first two lines of $CDS_ROOT/share/license/license.dat, but did nothing in $MMSIM_ROOT/share/license.

Or, do I have to create any symbolic link within the installation directory of mmsim72, for example for tools.lnx86 ? I created none.

Is there any constraint that, the installation folder must be named as mmsim ? I installed in mmsim72.

Please, give me any clue for the problem. 

Thank You,

Regards

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    siddm over 11 years ago
    thanks for the reply. How can once check which version of spectre is installed on the system?? how is it related to the version of MMSIM installed?
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    siddm over 11 years ago
    thanks for the reply. How can once check which version of spectre is installed on the system?? how is it related to the version of MMSIM installed?
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