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***** Assura terminated abnormally *****

rafaelon
rafaelon over 9 years ago

Hi Cadence friends,

I am using LVS - Assura. I am with the following problems:

*Error*  strcat: argument #1 should be either a string or a symbol (type template = "S") - nil
*Error* load: error while loading file - "/.../AssuraLVS/bandgapReference_LVS.rsf" at line 13
*Error* load: error while loading file - "*loadstring*"
Errors exist in master control file "/.../AssuraLVS/bandgapReference_LVS.rsf".

Could you give me more information about these errors?

Rafael

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 9 years ago
    Not without seeing the bandgapReference_LVS.rsf file to see the contents (particularly line 13, but best to show the whole file).
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  • rafaelon
    rafaelon over 9 years ago
    Hi Andrew
    Here is the content of the bandgapReference_LVS.rsf file:

    ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; @(#)$CDS: assura version av4.1:Production:dfII6.1.5:IC6.1.5.500.14 12/27/12 08:31 (vl-sfrh47) $
    ; sub-version 4.1_USR3
    ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------


    ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; RSF include(/export/vol1/cadence/installs/XFAB/xc06/cadence/v4_1/assura/v4_1_6/Assura/XC06M3/LVSinclude.rsf) Section
    ; Specified in the Assura UI
    ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    ; LVSinclude.rsf
    load( strcat(getShellEnvVar("T_DIR") "/cadence/xc06/skill/thesSdl.il"))
    ;joinableNet()

    . . .
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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 9 years ago

    OK, that's fairly clear then. Hopefully you'll have been able to figure it out too. You don't have the $T_DIR UNIX environment variable set before you start Assura - this appears to be expected to point to the root of your Design Kit (or something like that) - either way, check to see if there's a cadence/xc06/skill dir underneath the expected location and ensure that you've used:

    setenv T_DIR /the/path/to/the/kit

    or

    export T_DIR=/the/path/to/the/kit

    depending on the shell you're using. I expect the documentation tells you to do this somewhere (the documentation for the kit/rules, that is).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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