Before Starting Cadence

 

... you should verify the following:

  • That the environment variable $AMS_DIR is set to the directory where the HIT-Kit is installed
     
    setenv AMS_DIR <Full path to HIT-Kit root Directory>

     

  • That the environment variable $CDSDIR is set to the directory where your Cadence Software is installed
     
    setenv CDSDIR <Full path to Cadence installation>

     

  • That the directory $AMS_DIR/cds/bin is on your search path
     
    set path = (${AMS_DIR}/cds/bin ${AMS_DIR}/Flexlm/v9.5/<os_version> $path)

    Note:  

    • os_version is Solaris_8_9_10 for Solaris8/9/10 and Linux_RHEL3 for Red Hat Linux EL 3.0 / EL 4.0, respectively.
    • amslmd requires FlexLM 9.5. Therefore use lmgrd and lmutil included in the HIT-Kit. Using the Cadence license management tools might fail for the HIT-Kit licensing system.

     

  • Set environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE:
    •  
    setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE <absolute path to license file amslmd.lic>

    or if LM_LICENSE_FILE is already set:

    setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE ${LM_LICENSE_FILE}:<absolute path to license file amslmd.lic> 

     

  • If you use Analog Design Environment set the environment variable:
     
    setenv CDS_Netlisting_Mode Analog
     

 

Starting Cadence

To ensure correct operation of the HIT-Kit within the Cadence environment the software should be invoked using the script ams_cds which is fully described in the next section - HIT-Kit Startup Script.

 

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